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limpyhobbler

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18. Great post. Straight people get gay-bashed all the time

Reply to cthulu2016 (Original post)

Fri May 11, 2012, 09:52 PM

May 2012

either on suspicion of being gay or just for the entertainment of the bullies.

One way you can be suspected of being gay is simply by not participating in gay bashing. Or by sticking up for the kid that's being picked on, or being friends with that kid. Any kind of non-conformity really.

It's a real character building experience to have to go through that. High school was the worst. I faced some of that stuff but was lucky enough to have a good group of friends who were all misfits in one way or another.

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My (hetero) brush with being murdered for being gay [View all] cthulu2016 May 2012 OP

Thanks for not sparing any details. People need to know. freshwest May 2012 #1

Wouldn't ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2012 #2

For a lot of history and in a lot of cultures... cthulu2016 May 2012 #4

90% of homophobia is actually based in misogyny; i.e., there is nothing worse than StarryNight May 2012 #30

Amazing. Thanks for sharing. LeftofObama May 2012 #3

powerful and important d_r May 2012 #5

A kick Blecht May 2012 #6

I'm perfectly straight and I was viciously bullied by kids who thought I was gay... Odin2005 May 2012 #7

Thank you for writing this. CaliforniaPeggy May 2012 #8

Nah... I warrant no credit cthulu2016 May 2012 #10

There was a study in WA State schools a few years back-- eridani May 2012 #9

K&R varelse May 2012 #11

K&R abelenkpe May 2012 #12

Or in my case the militant lesbian because I had an afro. n/t vaberella May 2012 #13

Thank you, I was bullied in school because of my size, but not to the extent rustydog May 2012 #14

That is worse than anything that happened to me cthulu2016 May 2012 #15

I see exactly where you were coming from. It was "normal" where I came from too rustydog May 2012 #32

k&r nt steve2470 May 2012 #16

This was devastating to read. redwitch May 2012 #17

Great post. Straight people get gay-bashed all the time limpyhobbler May 2012 #18

Yes, any deviation from perceived local tribal masculine norm cthulu2016 May 2012 #22

Our society enables sociopaths from the get go felix_numinous May 2012 #19

As I pointed out on another thread, When adults abdicate their responsibility tblue37 May 2012 #21

Well written and powerful. n/t beac May 2012 #20

Were those the good old days BanzaiBonnie May 2012 #23

Thanks for sharing libodem May 2012 #24

Freaking wow! malaise May 2012 #25

I hope things have gotten better today. airplaneman May 2012 #26

High school jocks and gym teachers- secondvariety May 2012 #27

Excellent thread! I saw the same stereotyping as I was growing up in the 1960s. radicalliberal May 2012 #28

K & R !!! WillyT May 2012 #29

Same thing happened to my younger brother because he was small in size Raine May 2012 #31

kick grantcart May 2012 #33