Ever since that LGBTQ survey came out, my wife and I (lesbians) have been doing bits about the oppression of Gen Z queers.
“Ugh, I just got microaggressed at Target. I mean, the cashier didn’t say anything, but I could tell he wasn’t validating my demisexuality.”
“God, that’s awful. It reminds me of when all my friends died of AIDS.”
Ever since that LGBTQ survey came out, my wife and I (lesbians) have been doing bits about the oppression of Gen Z queers.
“Ugh, I just got microaggressed at Target. I mean, the cashier didn’t say anything, but I could tell he wasn’t validating my demisexuality.”
“God, that’s awful. It reminds me of when all my friends died of AIDS.”
Tasteless jokes aside, the responses to some of the other questions are disturbing. A significant % of Gen Z queers say they avoid stores, restaurants, and the doctor for fear of discrimination. It’s not healthy. For every 20yo queer person who feels empowered by their TikTok diary of oppression, there are a bunch of kids watching who think “Oh my God, the world wants to murder me.”
Solid bits! I mean, I cancel thee, but solid bits!
I agree about the survey; when I read all the questions, I came away with a sense of "God, are these kids going to be okay?" The cumulative effect is a portrait of young people who are dominated by fear and fragility, and those aren't qualities that serve people well in life.
People definitely have the luxury of being more sensitive, which is good and bad; I'd rather not go back to the days of casually throwing around homophobic slurs, but I wonder if young queers aren't being trained to treat anything other than complete acceptance as hostility. On the other hand, judging from the BS coming out of TX and FL, there's some real pushback and threats. the Nazis came for "degenerates" first, after all.
Remember the “It gets better” campaign? It was credited with literally saving lives, but I suspect that today it would be derided as “toxic positivity.” I do feel for these young folk, but, simultaneously kinda want to give them the ole “snap outta it!”
Ever since that LGBTQ survey came out, my wife and I (lesbians) have been doing bits about the oppression of Gen Z queers.
“Ugh, I just got microaggressed at Target. I mean, the cashier didn’t say anything, but I could tell he wasn’t validating my demisexuality.”
“God, that’s awful. It reminds me of when all my friends died of AIDS.”
Tasteless jokes aside, the responses to some of the other questions are disturbing. A significant % of Gen Z queers say they avoid stores, restaurants, and the doctor for fear of discrimination. It’s not healthy. For every 20yo queer person who feels empowered by their TikTok diary of oppression, there are a bunch of kids watching who think “Oh my God, the world wants to murder me.”
Solid bits! I mean, I cancel thee, but solid bits!
I agree about the survey; when I read all the questions, I came away with a sense of "God, are these kids going to be okay?" The cumulative effect is a portrait of young people who are dominated by fear and fragility, and those aren't qualities that serve people well in life.
Thank you very much! And yes, Carina is my unofficial hype-woman, kind of the Flav R Flav of this operation.
People definitely have the luxury of being more sensitive, which is good and bad; I'd rather not go back to the days of casually throwing around homophobic slurs, but I wonder if young queers aren't being trained to treat anything other than complete acceptance as hostility. On the other hand, judging from the BS coming out of TX and FL, there's some real pushback and threats. the Nazis came for "degenerates" first, after all.
Remember the “It gets better” campaign? It was credited with literally saving lives, but I suspect that today it would be derided as “toxic positivity.” I do feel for these young folk, but, simultaneously kinda want to give them the ole “snap outta it!”