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In reply to the discussion: Seriously, who cares? [View all]EnergizedLib
(3,167 posts)Of course you matter, you absolutely matter. I just dont know why bigots care so much of who you are that they want to enact legislative barriers against who you are. Why is it a big deal and why cant people just live their lives?
Somewhere in your emotional make-up, you connect sexual orientation and gender identity to explicit sexual content, in a way you believed required an express limitation on what was allowed to be taught.
Not necessarily. People are different sexual orientations are called groomers, and while not all content is age appropriate, Im for children learning people are different than them and they should and respect everyone.
"Allies" who dismiss the reality of our lives as no big deal - or who feel the need to qualify their support with "but . . . " mean that we need to spend time and energy not only staying safe from those who want to literally erase, but also from those who claim to support us, but educating those who want to figuratively erase us and our lived lives.
I would say Ive posted many times on here hinting towards being an ally, that I dont see people of different orientations as threats, whereas as I see a lot of youth pastors as one.
The transphobic/homophobic narrative is really pounded and drummed on social media and I see it a lot, whereas I believe its manufactured.