Religious Abuse. Using their faith as a guise for harassment. If they believed in demons, not to mention that you are demonic, they wouldn't actually come anywhere near you. This is just an elaborate "Fuck You" dressed as concern.

Yes! When you use homophobia, you legitimize it. It runs on stigma, so each use furthers stigma.

Using bigotry against bigots confirms to them they are right. They are blind to their own hypocrisy, so shoving it in their face is lost on them and their supporters.

Now I know why people give up the internet.

My first was a coworker at a theatre company.
TERRIBLE idea, but kinda worth it. Broke my heart, but also a good reality check.

I would only say to cast a wide net.😁
My husband and I met on an obscure site ~20 years ago. We would have never crossed paths IRL, he was in the burbs and I was in the city. Lived in gaybor hoods, went to bars, festivals, I just couldn't get noticed in person.🤷‍♂️

Hey, I am not above taking him down with a clown hammer. Squeak, squeak.
Doesn't mean the clown hammer is Mjolnir now.

No, but if I could choose 3...LOL.

Haven't had any. Side benefit of mild misanthropy😁

"I did not coerce them, ya know, OTHER than being an authority figure in their educational environment!"

Do these people NOT think?

Back in the day, there was a website/forum called Str8 Acting dot com, that I was sadly a member of.
There was so much learned helplessness like this from these allegedly masculine men. "What did they say when you applied for your Normie Gays float?" "Why should I bother? They'd never let me!"🤦‍♂️

Oh Tom, poor guy, unable to walk and chew gum at the same time. How does he fit breathing into his hectic schedule?

Wow! Great stuff!

(i may be a teensy bit 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚞𝚌𝚔.)

Those are song lyrics, keep going.

Deeply in love with seven different men,
All of whom I can't have, who else wants in?
Who else wants in?
Who else wants in?

The seven different men have just walked in to this ugly little bar in the west end....

Obviously this is perception, and that's kind of what the call to speak up is about. Break the illusion that muscle equals MAGA.

A lot of the right's power is in controlling the narrative, even when they are blatantly lying.

It's the manosphere, more Joe Rogan than Vance. Have you not notice all the fantasy Trump Strongman art?

The thought is that more big beefy lefy straight men speaking out might help encourage more young men to support left wing politics, or at least make them more open to listening. They can reach an audience that others cannot.

The right has slowly taken over bodybuilding and fitness culture. There is now a strong association between big muscles and MAGA.

There was also a survey that recently suggested young straight men associate the right with masculinity and strength, and the left with femininity.

I have encountered this type a lot. He is mad nobody rolled out the red carpet. LGBTQ is DIY, plenty of room at the table, but everyone brings their OWN chair.

There's not "masc for masc" space because he won't do the work! There's space for trans, because trans people made those spaces happen!