What is this I don't even

[longslowaccident]

I want to know who the fuck it was that decided queer people are sex-crazed idiots who want only to have sex with person after person, and in some cases including children, so that just about every queer person in the world can line up and PUNCH THEM IN THE FUCKING FACE

I seriously want to know where this line of thinking came from. I'm tired of hearing about how gays want ONLY sex from people of their desired genders, that bisexuals cannot be faithful to one partner because WELL THEY'RE BI SO THEY OBVOUSLY ~WANT~ SOMEONE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX THAN THEIR CURRENT PARTNER. The other day on the radio, Beth the news girl was commenting on Chely Wright's recent outing, and one of the DJs did a Brad Paisley voice (Chely and Brad dated years ago), going, "You mean all that time we were going out you were DIDDLING other girls?!" (and the other DJ chimed in with, "and you didn't even let me watch?!") BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY she COULDN'T be in a monogamous relationship because she's attracted to others--it's IMPOSSIBLE for her to have been faithful to her boyfriend because she's gay. She doesn't have a brain or heart, only a sex drive, and thus MUST have been fucking around with other girls while dating Brad. (Let's turn it around, shall we? EVERY heterosexual man that has a girlfriend is DIDDLING OTHER GIRLS while with her, because he's attracted to females and can't stop himself! THIS IS SURELY TRUTH.)

IT'S NOT JUST A FUCKING JOKE, YOU FUCKING DICKS. That's the kind of SHIT that only encourages these stupid fucking ideas. God forbid your kids have a gay baby-sitter or teacher, because OBVIOUSLY all the little boys/girls are going to be molested. It CANNOT be that a person, regardless of sexual orientation, simply wants to care for or teach children. Are all heterosexual teachers going to molest children? NO. What about other caregivers? NO. Guess what--there are TONS of heterosexual sex offenders, many of which have gone after children. When a queer friend of mine visited last January, she was holding my daughter's hand through a grocery store, and walked off with her toward the rides and games while I was in line to pay for our things. If ANYONE ever even implied that that was inappropriate, I will promptly lose my shit. IT'S A PROMISE.

I don't understand how quite a lot of heterosexual people think this way. Do they think gay people are STUPID? Or just so, so perverted that they can't help themselves? Queer people just CANNOT be intelligent, responsible, emotionally-healthy, NORMAL PEOPLE JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. My own mother spouts "I DON'T TALK ABOUT MY SEX LIFE SO DON'T TELL ME ABOUT YOURS" the second a queer person's sexuality is mentioned. Because everyone knows gay people can't stop talking about who they have sex with, and how. The news girl on the radio didn't want to go backstage to see Joan Jett quite so much any more once it was mentioned Ms. Jett likes the ladies. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE JUST SO ATTRACTIVE NO ONE CAN KEEP THEIR HANDS OFF YOU. At least, gay people can't. Gay high school kids are bullied, intimidated, and beaten because everyone is deathly afraid of BEING TOUCHED or LOOKED AT by someone. I can't even imagine how horrible the lives of some of these kids are, especially when locker room situations arise. When I was in high school there was only one boy that was out, and it was a small enough school that people mostly said shit, to him or behind his back--as far as I know, he wasn't physically abused. Still, there were PLENTY of other ways people went out of their way to hurt him or make him feel bad. WRRRYY

Why does it have to be the foremost thing about a person? As soon as some people hear "gay" or "bi" about someone, it seems to be ALL THEY NEED TO KNOW. The queer person can't possibly be JUST A PERSON. Okay, and how about this--how is it even anyone's BUSINESS who someone is sleeping with? Or IN LOVE with? You can be out and proud, but that opens you up to much ridicule and prejudice. You can keep it to yourself, but then you're either keeping it ALL to yourself, or you can tell specific people, but eventually moronic people find out, and then you're back to getting piled on with all of the stupid fucking shit ignorant and oblivious people brand you with.

I guess it's better than it used to be, like thirty years ago, but my god, sometimes the indignation of these comments is too much to bear, and I just want to fucking explode all over these dumb fucks because even one casual comment that's baseless and derogatory only has like five hundred responses I could give for it. LIKE SCIENCE. You know...that logical stuff that PROVES things? Or are we not including since in our prejudice today? You ever notice that the smart, intelligent people are the ones who understand this, while the ignorant, stupid, ~not the brightest crayon~ people are the ones who are all homophobic? I'M JUST SAYING. (That or religion gets them. Read THIS, numbnuts.) Oh god, I don't even want to get into the injustice of marriage equality. EVERY ONE of the arguments against it is STUPID.

RIGHTEOUS ANGER

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[lesablefox.livejournal.com]

iawtp

[gandolforf.livejournal.com]

<3

[enlisted-smile.livejournal.com]

I agree with all this.

That logic for bi people has always really really bugged me. By that logic, all straight women are doing other men behind their boyfriend's back, and all men are doing other women behind their girlfriend's back, simply because they're attracted to the opposite sex. And I understand that people have a hard time understanding how someone could NOT be with the other gender they're attracted to (since it's very, very different to be in a relationship with a man vs a relationship with a woman), but the concept of boundaries is not that freaking difficult.

[gandolforf.livejournal.com]

By that logic, all straight women are doing other men behind their boyfriend's back, and all men are doing other women behind their girlfriend's back, simply because they're attracted to the opposite sex.

Oh, but, no they're not! They're STRAIGHT, so people can assume they have brains. Gay/bi/trans/queer people DON'T. They can't think for themselves about the feelings of others or the consequences of their actions! Only sex! SEX SEX SEX, spout the stupid heterosexuals in question. Who are the ones who seem to only have freaking SEX on their minds, hmmm??

I understand that people have a hard time understanding how someone could NOT be with the other gender they're attracted to

Hmm, I'm not sure about this. I guess I can see how a lot of people would be confused by this, if, for example, a lesbian is with a man. But if she wants to be with that man, and loves him, and they have a trusting relationship, I don't see where the problem lies. The answer to any confusion on who she chooses to be with, at least to me, seems fairly obvious: A) Love, and b) None of your fracking business.

the concept of boundaries is not that freaking difficult.

And still, there are all of these heterosexual people who don't understand the concept that queer people understand this. For me, it just again begs the question: who are the ones that don't get it, here?


also omg your icon is adorable~

[sharselune.livejournal.com]

I completely agree with everything you've said here.

[gandolforf.livejournal.com]

And yet, there is still so much that could be said. Frustration!!

[sensorium.livejournal.com]

Ugh, yes, all of this.

[gandolforf.livejournal.com]

Disgusted agreement is sad, because of the way other people act ):

[sunsetsinthewes.livejournal.com]

I love you, but I think I might love this post a little more.

But, yeah, this is one of my biggest pet peeves. And that "joke" made by the DJs? No. No no no no no.

[gandolforf.livejournal.com]

<3

Yeah, they like to also say shit like, insinuate a man might be gay based on the way he looks, or one comment they've made, one thing they've done, then go "WELL, IT IS IOWA". Like, our state has equal marriage, so NOW people have the ~approval~ to be gay. (Which, most of the time, the people they're hinting about probably aren't--they'll do stuff like ask someone if he watches GLEE, then remind everyone which state we live in.) WTF

[subluxate]

HANDHOLDING IS ~WRONG~

[gandolforf.livejournal.com]

It is when you're QUEER

Handholding is just a gateway action to HARDCORE PERVERSION

[katiemariie.livejournal.com]

HANDHOLDING IS THE MARIJUANA OF PHYSICAL AFFECTION.

[katiemariie.livejournal.com]

My sister is usually a very open-minded, non-douchey type person, but she's remarked that she could never date a bi guy because he would be dirty and always thinking about other guys. That's when she at least acknowledges that bisexuality exists. She's also of the belief that bi people need to just "make up their minds" and "pick one." Cue me sputtering incoherently about her stupidity.

[gandolforf.livejournal.com]

I hear about people who think like that, but I was hoping I'd never know for sure that they really exist. Jeeez.