Re:Nearly Half of Americans Are Lonely
by Broken_Hippo on Friday August 03, 2018 @07:54PM
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I do think trans women and men definitely have the hardest time. Assault, murder, and freaking rape. And depending on the area, a male being raped might not be eligible for a rape charge if the police will even do anything about it.
Re:Nearly Half of Americans Are Lonely
by steve_musk on Friday August 03, 2018 @08:35PM
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I’m curious as to why you think kids using the f word means things are bad?
Not trying to imply anything I’m genuinely curious.
Re:Nearly Half of Americans Are Lonely
by Broken_Hippo on Saturday August 04, 2018 @03:41AM
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When folks are calling others slurs and insults based on sexuality, there is still a lot of taboo around it. If it isn't bad to be part of the LGBT community, it is harder to use any of the words describing folks like me as insults. It is in the same strand as using nationality or skin color references as insults: If it isn't a bad thing, you won't use the insult. Of course, you could be ignorant - especially at a young age, but that also means no one has bothered to explain what it means nor encouraged to be inclusive. They definitely weren't talking about the word "fuck" in any of its forms.
Re:Nearly Half of Americans Are Lonely
by steve_musk on Sunday August 05, 2018 @03:26PM
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Ah, yeah I was thinking of a different f word.
And that's with me being white and having the ability to pass as an ordinary dude most of the time. Trans women (especially of color) die every day, and that's just the ones who get reported on. Just as many get treated as "brawls gone wrong" or "tragic suicides" because their family didn't accept them and give correct information in the obituary.
There are more cisgender and heterosexual people willing to stand up against it, but that mainly helps when it comes to policy. It doesn't help much with the day to day for most.
edit: I do appreciate you asking. Way too many people assume things are fine now because there's gay people on TV, or some other arbitrary metric. There's still a long way to go.