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What did you learn about LGBT people from EC?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by Vav, Jan 8, 2016.

  1. Vav

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    Before I came to EC I thought most trans people were very binary and straight. When I came to EC I noticed a lot of trans people were gay/bi or nonbinary. I thought it was just this website, but I'm noticing the same thing in real life. I don't know that many trans people, but most of them are nonbinary and all of them are bi/pan.
     
  2. Kinky

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    I learned that I wasn't liberal as I thought and there were other LGBTs who held the similar conservative views as me :slight_smile:
    Also, I learned that identity politics were a mess.
     
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    Other queer nerds and sports fans exist.



    I'd say too that biphobia is as rampant amongst gay people as it is amongst straight people, but I've learned that just as much in interacting with gay people in person.
     
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    Before I found EC I thought most LGBT people were like some tumblr users. I have now learned I was sooo wrong which is a good thing I guess lol. :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:
     
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    Before EC, I thought all trans people are either straight or bi. That's why I am surprised seeing trans folk members of EC that are homosexual.
     
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    I've learned most of what I know from EC. This was the first LGBT site that I joined when I first came out as bisexual.
     
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    I learned to embrace myself for who I am, and that an identity doesn't define me. Also that gender is a lot more fluid than people make it out to be.
     
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    I learned how many trans people aren't actually straight, even though I used to assume that they were.
     
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    I was slightly transphobic before coming to EC. Coming here, reading people's peoples struggles and journeys with their gender, it made me understand better and I became a better person and I don't judge people for gender/sexuality anymore.
     
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    -I learned that LGBT people, and gay men in particular, are extremely flamboyant and full of energy all the time
    -I learned that lesbians are most often much more masculine than gay men
    -I learned that LGBT people are trying to destroy the family
    -I learned that bisexual people only think about sex all the time

    ... JK

    I learned, as in learned through experience, thereby truly learning, that LGBT people are just like everybody else.
     
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    I learnt that some people within LGBT can bully other LGBT groups. Not a nice thing to learn, but reality, I guess.
     
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    I'm still trying to accept myself for who I am. Seeing other people's stories has been helpful for me. I'm still trying to live with the possibility of living without my mum's approval and I think that would take some time. There really isn't much of an out and open LGBT community here so it's nice to know that there is a greater LGBT community in the world.
     
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    Too much for me to even list. Where I live (As of 2015-2016), there's absolutely zero education on any of this. There was one health class, but it was completely heteronormative so kind of useless for anybody who isn't straight. I've also noticed a lot of things I said when I was younger weren't okay, I probably would have never realized that without coming here.
    I wish I could go back and apologize to those I hurt when I was younger and uneducated. :icon_sad:
     
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    I used to think a trans person was just a gay person who underwent a sex change operation. I now know just how wrong I was.

    I also learned a lot about bisexuals as well. I didn't realize they were so discriminated against until I came to this forum. I believed they existed, but I just thought they all had "straight privilege". Again, I now know just how wrong I was.
     
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    I learned quite a bit from EC, especially when it comes to not being a shitty ally to other marginalized communities.
     
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    I learned a lot from EC, including pansexuality, asexuality, romantic orientation, and people who identify as nonbinary. I also learned that gender expression is different from gender identity.
     
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    EC is another reminder that LeGBuTt people are as varied as everyone else. Positive and negative. I've learned about everything from asexuality to politics. Lots of interesting ideas.
     
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    I learned in the past month i've been here that, if you are nice to people, they'll be nice back to you, and that we're not "special" just human like everyone else who talks and walks on twos. We i came here i had this idea( that's slowly fading away) that we're "special" or something, by that we i mean that being gay or lesbian, bi trans pr everything was such a big deal. I'm starting to see that it's not, even though that doesn't make it a less part of my life, so yeah, that's what i've learnt on EC, i think.

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    Oh yeah, i tragically also learnt this too. Sucks huh?

    I've also learned that when i'm around people like me (digitally) i'm more open about myself. And by that mean, i have shared some of my most embarassing stories of all time. I've never been so comfortable talking about myself before, really. This feels wierd :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:
     
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    I learned that I'm not the only gay guy with a heart. There's plenty of guys out there that want to fall in love.
     
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    I learned that it's a very complicated world we live in, and that sexuality is much more fluent and complicated (and confusing) that "just" straight-bi-gay.

    I also learned that many lgbt+'ers are very sensitive people. (some too sensitive/politically correct for my taste.)

    And, most importantly, that I'm not alone with my thoughts.

    Loneliness doesn't seem so lonely when I have others to share it with :slight_smile:
     
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