Results from the force-teaming of the TQ with LGB.
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( BondiBlue )
It also obfuscates how TQ+ are homophobic oppressors. Lesbians face oppression from TIMs calling them "eliminationist Nazis" because they're repulsed by AGP gurldicks. T is medicalizing away the gay, which is why Iran is one of the most "trans-friendly" and homophobic places in the world. And then there's whatever else ends up in the grab bag of "Q+++++" that force-teams normal LGB with diaper fetishists and zoophiles and pedos and kink and polycules and necrophiles and etc. etc. etc. all under the banner of "queer".

( sylviasmushrooms )
I’m pissed off. On Facebook a post from the ACLU popped up today whinging about “LGBTQ+ trans kids” being outed by their schools. Predictably the comments section was full of live-and-let-live types who do not know what that means, and little else.

This conflation has people concerned that gay kids (and the really really gay kids, ie the trans ones) are getting beaten at home by their homophobic parents. In actuality the trans issue is something completely different; mostly straight and bi kids are being gently discouraged by their parents into transitioning when it could fuck up their whole lives, and many schools are actively fighting this outcome by letting the kids effectively diagnose themselves and choose their treatment. And yes, socially transitioning counts. The lovebombing and affirmation it results in is NOT “harmless.” It shows kids that this is how to stick it to their parents and rebel, while gaining the acceptance of their ingroup, only instead of a stupid haircut or unflattering jeans with chains on them or something, it’s medicalization and a new pseudo-religion that the government condones and upholds.

( IrissaIridium )
It also masks the fact that many people who claim a trans identity are dealing with internalized homophobia and homophobic pressures from their families or communities. They're transitioning in a desperate attempt to trans the gay away. In some cases, it should be LGBGay-BashedByTheMedicalEstablishment.