M!X Posted April 30, 2023 Posted April 30, 2023 I get what you want to say but we can't have our cake and eat it too we always drag straight culture for being basic and bland since it's everywhere but now as we we are accepted more and more and our culture is more visible and not niche our culture is also getting "watered down" because more people in general are coming out and yeah it turns out just because we are gay does not mean we are not "basic" in the end there will always be niche things when it comes to the movies, music, shows etc I mean not all straight people are into marvel movies, country music, sports, the office, cringy gifs and etc even though it seems that way, most people in general are just basic
bijonse Posted April 30, 2023 Posted April 30, 2023 Nope people take us more seriously now. I just wish legislation wasn’t going back in time like it is now
SuperCiC1 Posted April 30, 2023 Posted April 30, 2023 Considering the article I just read about assimilation and contact theory, no.
#Beautiful Posted April 30, 2023 Posted April 30, 2023 theyre throwing tomatoes and orthodox icons in the streets at pride here in romania. id rather have the "mainstream" western treatment of the lgbt than the eastern european russian infused one
#Beautiful Posted April 30, 2023 Posted April 30, 2023 3 hours ago, Avantpop said: this is giving millennial/boomer stop with the gatekeeping i for one cant wait until we get assimilated and nobody cares that im a *** anymore this should be everyone's (that is sane) take
illia Posted April 30, 2023 Posted April 30, 2023 8 minutes ago, #Beautiful said: theyre throwing tomatoes and orthodox icons in the streets at pride here in romania. id rather have the "mainstream" western treatment of the lgbt than the eastern european russian infused one Exactly This thread just screams "first world problems"
#Beautiful Posted April 30, 2023 Posted April 30, 2023 8 minutes ago, Flomik said: Exactly This thread just screams "first world problems" people telling on themselves while they think they're spitting some sort of wisdom. so odd
IWantASoda35 Posted April 30, 2023 Posted April 30, 2023 I don’t. The constant teasing I got during the broke back mountain era was horrendous
FightForTanas Posted April 30, 2023 Posted April 30, 2023 I dont know what old LGBT culture really was but I will say that im tired of straights attacking LGBT youth in 2023. Its sick and its why we have to stick together more than ever. I hate the petty arguments within the community when we should really be sticking together and going against the straights!!
FightForTanas Posted April 30, 2023 Posted April 30, 2023 7 hours ago, Avantpop said: this is giving millennial/boomer stop with the gatekeeping i for one cant wait until we get assimilated and nobody cares that im a *** anymore But thats the problem. Straights are using gay culture, imagery, slang etc but still hate gay people.
imabadkid Posted May 1, 2023 Posted May 1, 2023 you know we're living in crazy times when u see str8 men on social media using gay slang... maybe it's a sign of progress... idk, it's interesting.
Flare Posted May 1, 2023 Posted May 1, 2023 Everything you said, just replace LGBT with “video gaming”, “anime”, and probably 300 other thinge. I just think this phenomenon has happened because of how mosern “tiktok style” social media works and corporations (as you said). It’s the same effect when an underground artist becomes too popular. Mainstream people just found out “hey these niche sub-cultures of society actually aren’t as weird as we thought, let’s enjoy it too” and therefore it becomes over-consumed/talked about then watered down (as influencers and other capitalist things take over).
Communion Posted May 1, 2023 Posted May 1, 2023 Yes and no. Fetishization of MLM relationships in media by straight cis women is a bit annoying, but a lot of old gay cinema used to just be so generic and full of the same, old tried tropes. There was some tumblr meme from years ago that said gay movies came in two flavors: Gay American jock struggles to come to terms with his sexuality because he's not femme European twink sex worker falls in love with closeted old gay man who pays him for sex. One of them probably dies by the end. The diversity and breadth of what stories are told in LGBT cinema and music is more than we have ever had.
HANZ94 Posted May 1, 2023 Posted May 1, 2023 Lol y’all should be thankful being lgbt is more mainstream than ever gays from past generations would love to live in our times
Bethenny Frankel Posted May 1, 2023 Posted May 1, 2023 Is OP actually serious? You are entitled and obviously don't appreciate how much gays have fought for DECADES to get where we are today. I might not have been alive during those times, but respect your elders.
theweekend Posted May 2, 2023 Posted May 2, 2023 not me. I can live in a gay bubble so it's like it's ever that gay community. there's no need to miss the old days.
Riverbank Posted May 2, 2023 Posted May 2, 2023 First world gays can always book a plane ticket to Tehran if they miss being oppressed so much
Headlock Posted May 2, 2023 Posted May 2, 2023 I miss the days where the chance of people screaming ****** at me on the street or physically hate criming me was higher!! It was so much more exclusive!!!1!
Pikachoo Posted May 2, 2023 Posted May 2, 2023 um.. why would you want to go back to a time when being gay wasn't as accepted and experienced hostility?
Headlock Posted May 2, 2023 Posted May 2, 2023 On 4/30/2023 at 9:08 AM, GraceRandolph said: My perspective is definitely Western centric, but as I’ve stated, there was real hope in the early 10’s for the gay community, and I’m afraid the fruits of that labor have been disappointing. Mediocre representation, conservative backlash, and Pete Buttigieg? Sorry, but things were a lot more optimistic a decade ago from where I’m sitting. So you say things aren’t progressive enough, and therefore want to return to the days… where things were even less progressive? On 4/30/2023 at 9:26 AM, GraceRandolph said: I agree! But I do think some of my favorite representation was in the earlier period (Brokeback Mountain, Willow on Buffy) though. The unfortunate thing now is that the idea of a gay lead for a four quadrant blockbuster film seems dead after Lightyear and Stranger Worlds. You mean… queer characters in love stories in media that both end in tragedy with one of them being murdered? That’s the peak of representation to you?
Robyn. Posted May 2, 2023 Posted May 2, 2023 There's no way you'd miss oppression? The only bad thing about LGBT going mainstream are the losers wanting desperately to be apart of it like it's some sort of achievement.
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