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Laurelai · 4641 days ago · link · · parent · post: Things I’m Expected To Do for Cis People in Return for Their Not Hating Me: An Angry List
We take hurtful words a lot more seriously.
That makes a lot of sense. My sister is gay, and I remember talking to my dad when he found out. He was upset at his perception that life was going to be harder on her because of other people out there. I had to underscore to him how far society has come, how she has a very large social network of gay friends, and how it just didn't have quite the stigma he imagined it did in this younger generation. I mean, she just was not facing adversity on a daily basis and really hasen't been as far as she's concerned. I know I couldn't have made that same argument if she was trans. It seems to me a tougher line to walk based on everything I've seen. Hopefully it won't stay that way much longer.