At 6/1/22 02:07 AM, WendigoVDB wrote:

At 5/31/22 11:15 PM, anymany wrote:

At 5/31/22 10:15 PM, JerseyWildcard wrote:

At 5/31/22 09:36 PM, anymany wrote: I'll be in the closet since i still have yet to come out to my family.

my family is rather homophobic and transphobic and im scared that they'll just "tolerate me"

Funny enough, I didn't exactly come out to my family either, but I'm also not really hiding it. I would assume the rainbow flags in my home, my annual trips to NYC to see Broadway shows, and the whole "not having a opposite sex romantic partner ever" should be big enough hints for my family, if they are not too dense.

well the only one family member who know are my mom and stepfather, that's due to some....unfortunate circumstances, however, they believe that im gay, im bi. like a year ago I had a girlfriend so that threw them off and im pretty sure they think that it was probably just a phase, im pretty open about it with my co-workers tho bc they are very openly accepting of it. my family not so much, aside from my mom but i still am hesitant about telling her.

its comments that my family make that just really don't make me want to come out to them. there's a kid in my neighborhood in mexico who wears dresses and acts very fem, my family makes comments about how "ridiculous / hideous he looks" or to just "keep it private". bless his soul and I wish him the best, it takes some serious balls to be that flamboyant in mexico

and it's shit like that that just really petrifies me and doesn't want to make me come out

Same here. The world sucks.

At 6/1/22 02:08 AM, WendigoVDB wrote:

At 5/31/22 09:36 PM, anymany wrote: I'll be in the closet since i still have yet to come out to my family.

my family is rather homophobic and transphobic and im scared that they'll just "tolerate me"

Tolerate? The hell does that mean

At 5/31/22 08:09 PM, sovkhou wrote: While I love this month primarily it gets people seething about it, I also just dread multi-billion dollar companies telling me they really care about the LGBT community and then once the month is over they go:

I'll enjoy the time I got anyway.

At 6/1/22 11:24 AM, anymany wrote:

At 6/1/22 02:07 AM, WendigoVDB wrote:

At 5/31/22 11:15 PM, anymany wrote:

At 5/31/22 10:15 PM, JerseyWildcard wrote:

At 5/31/22 09:36 PM, anymany wrote: I'll be in the closet since i still have yet to come out to my family.

my family is rather homophobic and transphobic and im scared that they'll just "tolerate me"

Funny enough, I didn't exactly come out to my family either, but I'm also not really hiding it. I would assume the rainbow flags in my home, my annual trips to NYC to see Broadway shows, and the whole "not having a opposite sex romantic partner ever" should be big enough hints for my family, if they are not too dense.

well the only one family member who know are my mom and stepfather, that's due to some....unfortunate circumstances, however, they believe that im gay, im bi. like a year ago I had a girlfriend so that threw them off and im pretty sure they think that it was probably just a phase, im pretty open about it with my co-workers tho bc they are very openly accepting of it. my family not so much, aside from my mom but i still am hesitant about telling her.

its comments that my family make that just really don't make me want to come out to them. there's a kid in my neighborhood in mexico who wears dresses and acts very fem, my family makes comments about how "ridiculous / hideous he looks" or to just "keep it private". bless his soul and I wish him the best, it takes some serious balls to be that flamboyant in mexico

and it's shit like that that just really petrifies me and doesn't want to make me come out

Same here. The world sucks.

it really does, bless the people who are willing to fight for LGBTQ+ rights bc i sure as hell dont have the balls to

At 6/1/22 11:43 AM, EscapistProductions wrote:

At 6/1/22 11:24 AM, anymany wrote:

At 6/1/22 02:07 AM, WendigoVDB wrote:

At 5/31/22 11:15 PM, anymany wrote:

At 5/31/22 10:15 PM, JerseyWildcard wrote:

At 5/31/22 09:36 PM, anymany wrote: I'll be in the closet since i still have yet to come out to my family.

my family is rather homophobic and transphobic and im scared that they'll just "tolerate me"

Funny enough, I didn't exactly come out to my family either, but I'm also not really hiding it. I would assume the rainbow flags in my home, my annual trips to NYC to see Broadway shows, and the whole "not having a opposite sex romantic partner ever" should be big enough hints for my family, if they are not too dense.

well the only one family member who know are my mom and stepfather, that's due to some....unfortunate circumstances, however, they believe that im gay, im bi. like a year ago I had a girlfriend so that threw them off and im pretty sure they think that it was probably just a phase, im pretty open about it with my co-workers tho bc they are very openly accepting of it. my family not so much, aside from my mom but i still am hesitant about telling her.

its comments that my family make that just really don't make me want to come out to them. there's a kid in my neighborhood in mexico who wears dresses and acts very fem, my family makes comments about how "ridiculous / hideous he looks" or to just "keep it private". bless his soul and I wish him the best, it takes some serious balls to be that flamboyant in mexico

and it's shit like that that just really petrifies me and doesn't want to make me come out

Same here. The world sucks.

it really does, bless the people who are willing to fight for LGBTQ+ rights bc i sure as hell dont have the balls to

And you don’t have to if you’re not comfortable. You can do something else for the cause, like helping trans friends pick out names and clothes or something like that. (That’s what I do, haha)

At 6/1/22 10:01 AM, EscapistProductions wrote: I agree with this, in that sexuality in itself shouldn’t be made into a social hierarchy as if being one way is better than another. I think that a lot of folks took the messages that the month was originally intended to send, which were likely more like “let’s celebrate the act of being confident and open about yourself in a world where it’s uncertain how people will treat you” and “let’s have valuable discussions about the subject and spread awareness of the nuances”, and took it more as simply “LGBT = good”.

How much value, do you think, does this month still have in those other aspects?

Personally I’m actually kind of excited for the discussion part this year - I feel very ready to actively try to find out more about myself, and to help support other people who may be struggling if I can. So I still see value in that part. What about you?

At 6/1/22 11:24 AM, anymany wrote:

At 6/1/22 02:07 AM, WendigoVDB wrote:

At 5/31/22 11:15 PM, anymany wrote:

At 5/31/22 10:15 PM, JerseyWildcard wrote:

At 5/31/22 09:36 PM, anymany wrote: I'll be in the closet since i still have yet to come out to my family.

my family is rather homophobic and transphobic and im scared that they'll just "tolerate me"

Funny enough, I didn't exactly come out to my family either, but I'm also not really hiding it. I would assume the rainbow flags in my home, my annual trips to NYC to see Broadway shows, and the whole "not having a opposite sex romantic partner ever" should be big enough hints for my family, if they are not too dense.

well the only one family member who know are my mom and stepfather, that's due to some....unfortunate circumstances, however, they believe that im gay, im bi. like a year ago I had a girlfriend so that threw them off and im pretty sure they think that it was probably just a phase, im pretty open about it with my co-workers tho bc they are very openly accepting of it. my family not so much, aside from my mom but i still am hesitant about telling her.

its comments that my family make that just really don't make me want to come out to them. there's a kid in my neighborhood in mexico who wears dresses and acts very fem, my family makes comments about how "ridiculous / hideous he looks" or to just "keep it private". bless his soul and I wish him the best, it takes some serious balls to be that flamboyant in mexico

and it's shit like that that just really petrifies me and doesn't want to make me come out

Same here. The world sucks.

it really does, bless the people who are willing to fight for LGBTQ+ rights bc i sure as hell dont have the balls to

At 6/1/22 10:51 AM, sovkhou wrote:

At 6/1/22 08:44 AM, orangebomb wrote:

At 5/31/22 08:09 PM, sovkhou wrote: While I love this month primarily it gets people seething about it, I also just dread multi-billion dollar companies telling me they really care about the LGBT community and then once the month is over they go:

I hate these kind of arguments because it’s an intentional Morton’s fork that’s been created. While I’m not necessarily saying that it’s perfect or even ideal, the fact that companies are willing to even put a rainbow logo means (tacitly) that gay people exist and they buy their stuff like everyone else.

That's just the bare minimum, I've seen greater efforts be made on this month by small companies or just indie groups of all kinds than multi-billion companies just changing their logo for a month. Big deal for me to poke at companies a little.

At 6/1/22 05:00 PM, WendigoVDB wrote:

At 6/1/22 04:59 PM, AndersForsberg wrote:

What are you gonna do this Pride Month?

I'm gonna tell people about that time I paid a fella £5 to suck me off

That's... Y'know, just prostitution. It ain't that good of a story.

At 5/31/22 09:14 PM, Ragnarokia wrote: Ah yes, Pride month, as the USA is in the middle of trying to further control women's bodies and make being non-gender binary illegal, good to see everyone is coming together this month like the companies refusing to take a stand against what is happening while claiming to support diversity. Good times.

At 5/31/22 06:30 PM, WendigoVDB wrote: It's finally June and you know what that means! If you own a big enough company now's the time for you to stamp the gay pride flag everywhere you can! A whole month of celebrating the fights, mourning the losses and constantly reminding people of all that the queer community has achieved thus far! We are Legion, we are plenty!

Alright now, I'm actually really excited about Pride Month this year. I've seen a more active community recently and I really hope I can be more open about my sexuality towards others this time around. Perhaps I'll join a parade if I gey caught in one. If... we're not being chased after with pitchforks and torches, this is. God, I love my country.

What are you gonna do this Pride Month?

At 6/2/22 10:18 AM, GabrielFPaquette wrote:

At 5/31/22 06:30 PM, WendigoVDB wrote: It's finally June and you know what that means! If you own a big enough company now's the time for you to stamp the gay pride flag everywhere you can! A whole month of celebrating the fights, mourning the losses and constantly reminding people of all that the queer community has achieved thus far! We are Legion, we are plenty!

Alright now, I'm actually really excited about Pride Month this year. I've seen a more active community recently and I really hope I can be more open about my sexuality towards others this time around. Perhaps I'll join a parade if I gey caught in one. If... we're not being chased after with pitchforks and torches, this is. God, I love my country.

What are you gonna do this Pride Month?

I hope the pride flag gets copyrighted

At 6/2/22 10:20 AM, WendigoVDB wrote:

At 6/2/22 10:18 AM, GabrielFPaquette wrote:

At 5/31/22 06:30 PM, WendigoVDB wrote: It's finally June and you know what that means! If you own a big enough company now's the time for you to stamp the gay pride flag everywhere you can! A whole month of celebrating the fights, mourning the losses and constantly reminding people of all that the queer community has achieved thus far! We are Legion, we are plenty!

Alright now, I'm actually really excited about Pride Month this year. I've seen a more active community recently and I really hope I can be more open about my sexuality towards others this time around. Perhaps I'll join a parade if I gey caught in one. If... we're not being chased after with pitchforks and torches, this is. God, I love my country.

What are you gonna do this Pride Month?

I hope the pride flag gets copyrighted

Who's it gonna belong to, then? Some fat person on Tumblr?

At 6/2/22 10:18 AM, GabrielFPaquette wrote:

At 5/31/22 06:30 PM, WendigoVDB wrote: It's finally June and you know what that means! If you own a big enough company now's the time for you to stamp the gay pride flag everywhere you can! A whole month of celebrating the fights, mourning the losses and constantly reminding people of all that the queer community has achieved thus far! We are Legion, we are plenty!

Alright now, I'm actually really excited about Pride Month this year. I've seen a more active community recently and I really hope I can be more open about my sexuality towards others this time around. Perhaps I'll join a parade if I gey caught in one. If... we're not being chased after with pitchforks and torches, this is. God, I love my country.

What are you gonna do this Pride Month?

I hope the pride flag gets copyrighted

At 6/2/22 10:25 AM, NewgroundsRanger wrote:

At 6/2/22 10:18 AM, GabrielFPaquette wrote:

At 5/31/22 06:30 PM, WendigoVDB wrote: It's finally June and you know what that means! If you own a big enough company now's the time for you to stamp the gay pride flag everywhere you can! A whole month of celebrating the fights, mourning the losses and constantly reminding people of all that the queer community has achieved thus far! We are Legion, we are plenty!

Alright now, I'm actually really excited about Pride Month this year. I've seen a more active community recently and I really hope I can be more open about my sexuality towards others this time around. Perhaps I'll join a parade if I gey caught in one. If... we're not being chased after with pitchforks and torches, this is. God, I love my country.

What are you gonna do this Pride Month?

I hope the pride flag gets copyrighted

I don’t think It can. It was designed by one gay guy years ago but he didn’t copy right it so everyone can use it… I think.

At 5/31/22 07:21 PM, YonusBahtzee wrote: hot take: I'd rather not have my sexuality flaunted around for a month like it's the only thing I'm known for. my sexuality doesn't make me worth any more attention than anyone else.

also sexuality isn't worth celebrating. it's not a virtue we have to work hard towards like generosity, compassion, patience, wisdom, moderation, etc. sexuality comes naturally to us.

It's like if we celebrated sleep or hunger, there's nothing worth celebrating it's just a natural process that's second nature to us.

tl;dr to each his own.