BOO, I’m a homo.

As a loud and proud member of the community I’ve been exposed to the plethora of unfair, untrue, and dehumanizing stereotypes of the LGBT+ people. As a group we have been told our “choices” were unnatural and potentially harmful to the youth of our generation. Whether by large companies or organizations, such as the Westboro Baptist Church, or fast food restaurant chains like Chick-fil-A, these claims are hurtful, and encourage stereotypes that are outdated, and slanderous:

1. All gay men run around in rainbow clothing throwing glitter

We all pass by non-effeminate gay men on a semi regular basis. And I bet that 90% of the time you pass by one of these aforementioned men you do not even register that they are homosexuals. You simply walk past, nod your head and move on to your destination of starbucks, or school, or work. But when people see an effeminate man they immediately assume his sexuality differs from the norm, because that is the only way gay men are portrayed in all traditional media, essentially, ever, aside from being shown as sexual piranhas who feed on the sexual weak and confused.

2. All lesbians wear flannel

I personally have beef with this little bucket of filth because it affects me. There are some days where i would love to pull on jeans a T-shirt and a comfy flannel and walk out of the house with little to no effort required. Unfortunately when i do this I’m faced with the same question everywhere I go “Oh, so you’re a gay?” Yes I am a lesbian, not “a gay”. Alternatively when I want to cake on the makeup and look like a princess I’m hit on by straight males, and when I politely decline with my go to line of “Sorry you are not my type, I’m more into long hair and girls” I am met with “Ugh you lesbians are disgusting.” All this lesbian has to say is that, you did not think I was disgusting while you were hitting on me.

3. Lesbians are gay because they have not met the right guy

This is the result of the fetishizing of lesbains by many straight males. They say things like “You just haven’t met the right guy,” or “I can change your mind,” as if they are so blessed to be able to change the way someone was born. It is like telling a person of color that they have not met the right person to turn them white yet. Talk about bad Feng Shui.

4. Bisexuality is a guise for commitment issues

Bisexaultiy is defined as “a person who is romantically or sexually attracted to both men and women.” Not, “a person who cannot decide and commit to one gender or person.” Note the differences. Bisexuality does not mean that a person wants to avoid relationships and only make certain physical connections, it means that their romantic relationships feature men of women, plain and simple. People who claim that people who are bi are just searching for all the attention are slut shaming these individuals and therefore promoting a rape culture society.

I hate the assholes who promote these stereotypes and spread them like wildfire. They teach people hate and to spread slanderous ideas about groups of people based on their sexual orientations. This teaches the next generations to treat people unequally based on something they cannot control. Flashback to 1940s.