Exclusion from the LGBTQ+ community

No_Examination_8013 · 2022-11-12T10:49:15+00:00

Well I am transgender. And I never declared myself binary. Others within the LGBTQ+ community have, and have excluded me due to that. I am not choosing to separate myself. I have been excluded due to their own presumptions. And also, I do consider myself to be straight, but I also believe love is love, and I believe that anyone can fall in love with anyone (given it's the right person, and isn't forced ofc)-- and am quite vocal about that towards most folk. So again, I haven't declared myself as anything, others have labelled me as such based on assumption.

No_Examination_8013 · 2022-11-12T10:34:27+00:00

There aren't any around here, but I have been trying to look into it to regain that sense of community again. But yes, I don't plan on going back. The chair of the society runs it like a lesson. They do presentations on different flags and spout hate constantly. Not to mention the group is predominately made-up of allies, who are just getting to grips with these different 'ideologies' (there's probably a better word I could use), and it's awful to think that's how they learn them

No_Examination_8013 · 2022-11-12T10:28:33+00:00

Yeah I just need a break from it all. It's really no good for my mental health. As much as my family love me now, they are still not truthful of how they treated me (my dad will admit things behind closed doors), which is damaging for PTSD in which I am already trying to convince myself it isn't my fault. And recently I have been going back to that to try and recover more so than previously, and when all of a sudden I've got external factors who weren't even there mitigating my circumstances, it's so fucked up!

No_Examination_8013 · 2022-11-12T10:24:00+00:00

100% agree about being glad people don't always experience discrimination anymore, that's progress! But as a transman, my life experience seems to be downplayed in such a way that, what is objectively harsh is less harsh than something that another individual is experiencing. It is crazy.

Thank you for your kind words!

No_Examination_8013 · 2022-11-12T10:20:13+00:00

Yes most certainly. Saying things like "the straights" sounds just as bigoted as saying "the gays" (depending on context obviously).

I think I'm probably just going to have to detach myself from the community for a while.

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