Queer Stereotypes I'm Tired Of (and why)

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  @dc7981 · 2 months ago

  The mean lesbian trope effects perception greatly. Im friends with a bisexual japanese woman and she once asked me why lesbians in america seem so "angry" and "scary" cause of the way queer folks are potrayed in different cultures

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• LU

  @Luxphernelia · 2 months ago (edited)

  With the gay best friend trope, what bothers me even more is when they're usually potrayed as sassy guys who "tells it like it is" and then basically just point out people's insecurities. Not only does it paint a picture in the heads of straight people, but it also kinda normalises the idea of gay men being mean and catty, and then you get gay men who actually do act like that but get away with it cuz of the stereotype. A lot of gay men who act like the trope are also just low-key mysoginistic

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  @Logitah · 2 months ago

  Sometimes, people think that all of us aces are sex-repulsed, and then they  apologise for mentioning sex. I myself can discuss sex and kink stuff really casually, because I look at it from an objective point of view. It's just an activity!

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  @SillyBilly-13 · 2 months ago

  The "gay best friend" trope feels very stereotyping and objectifying as well. Its like "the black best friend" or "the disabled best friend" like....nasty

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• CA

  @Catlynnzie · 2 months ago

  HEAVY ON THE BI THING!!! I feel like this happens even more often with pansexual characters in people's ocs idk it pisses me off

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• UN

  @UNYEILDING · 2 months ago

  The gay best friend trope is just a replacement of the black friend trope, which is an evolution of the servant/slave companion. Knights with their squires, kings and their jesters, aristocrats and butlers, businessmen and secretaries, housewives and their nannies, the high school MC and their gay best friend, the list goes on. Almost all of these roles feature affluent white people with someone socially below them that can provide an outsider's advice or special service to further their goals.

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  @clumsylemon430 · 2 months ago

  As ace I despise idea that we cant love romantically. We can‼️ Not all ace people are aroace. I have been in realitionship, had crushes, held hands and kissed. I just don't want things to get "spicy". Thats all. I hate how many realitionships have this type of thing as sooo important to them

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• IT

  @ItsTanuki0_Clock · 2 months ago

  one thing that has always made me feel uncomfortable is when asexual headcanons are only given to children, SA survivors or people in a situation where their love life is compromised by either circumstances or someone else,

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  @4ортйобаный · 2 months ago

  Im just tired of stereotypes in general like bruh... why cant we just see a queer person as a person and not try to assign any traits to them based on that? <br>All queerness does is define who they are attracted to or who they identify as. End of story 😢

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• JI

  @Jiha_certifiedtheskibidiest · 2 months ago

  Aroace people don&apos;t even have mainstream stereotypes because we don&apos;t have any representation except for weak headcannon on nonchalant characters (saiki) that is deeply preserved by the aroace community. Man, i just want one female character that doesn&apos;t have any romantic tension with anyone is that really too much to ask. Why does everything has to have romance in it i&apos;m so tired.

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  @Unkn0wn_user12 · 2 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDM5CFjNof8&amp;t=436">7:16</a> ah yes, British, the queerest of all.

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  @BerryBloom-c7s · 2 months ago

  I fully believe the &apos;mean lesbian&apos; stereotype is why a lot of mlm fans are super hostile towards wlw fans, especially in fandom spaces. Whenever a wlw fan says &apos;man I wish there was more f/f on ao3&apos; suddenly a hoard of m/m fans will act super salty and say &quot;You&apos;re lazy! You gotta write it yourself! But you won&apos;t because f/f fans are all lazy and hate m/m fans for no reason! You&apos;re not entitled to free work omg this is why no one likes you!&quot; Just projecting that someone who likes sapphic stories and wants more MUST be a lazy mean lesbian who harasses the poor straight and bi female m/m fans.

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