Do celebrities owe you their sexual orientation?

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  @jessicaoutofthecloset · 1 year ago · pinned

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  @LaineTheLark · 1 year ago

  All of this, especially when the celebrity is not adults.

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  @totalweirdo8538 · 1 year ago

  As a huge Dan and Phil fan, if anyone still doesn&apos;t get it I would really recommend Daniel Howell&apos;s video &apos;Basically I&apos;m Gay&apos;. It really goes into detail about how public speculation of his sexuality affected him. Trigger warning for bullying, homophobia, self-hatred and suicide.

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  @YasmineGalenornOfficial · 1 year ago

  Even for non-celebs...when you tell someone you&apos;re bi, but you&apos;re married to a man, the looks and questions can get really invasive? At 64, I no longer feel inclined to explain and that, alone, causes &nbsp;some people to get really hostile. Inevitably, the &quot;Then you&apos;re no longer bisexual?&quot; questions rears its ugly head.

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  @LuckyBones77 · 1 year ago (edited)

  When I told my mom that I like girls, she responded ‘I understand why you might THINK so’ and gave me examples of crushes I had on men and several explanations of why I COULDN’T be queer. It was a truly bizarre experience. I can’t help but think of that moment whenever someone writes a near-essay comment about how some celebrity MUST be queer and comes in with a ‘fact’ list and receipts. It isn’t your place, it will never BE your place, to speculate on someone else’s thoughts and feelings to that degree.

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  @DawnBurn · 1 year ago

  Elliot Page wrote a lot about the queerphobia he experienced both pre and post transition in his autobiography. &nbsp;He talked a LOT about the amount of issues he had when he thought he had to be just a lesbian and the amount of push he received to be straight for his career. Especially during the JUNO press tour.

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  @Wendy-je9zf · 1 year ago

  One of the most saddening examples I can think of in recent years was when Kit Connor, who was barely 18 at the time was forced to come out on Twitter as bisexual. It was heartbreaking to see someone in my generation group be forced to make a public statementabout a part of their life that they wanted to keep a hold of for themselves.

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  @ayellowpapercrown6750 · 1 year ago

  One name: Daniel Howell. After listening to his story, I’ll never ever speculate about someone’s sexuality.

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  @MiljaHahto · 1 year ago

  Not all famous people are rich either, and not all types of fame makes you powerful.

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  @jennifers5560 · 1 year ago

  “Straight” Jessica with the straight hair!

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  @apocrypha5363 · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPi--iLLwVo&amp;t=321">5:21</a> as a closeted trans teen in 2008 I was certain that transitioning would be too hard and too dangerous to be survivable for me.<br><br>Every trans character I&apos;d seen on a TV show or movie was either despised and mocked, or was killed for being trans... And then mocked. <br><br>I remember finding an episode of Bones in which the trans character was killed... But not for being trans, and I thought that was amazing! <br><br>Thats how low my bar was for representation... 😢<br><br>If you don&apos;t think representation matters, you&apos;ve probably been represented well your whole life...

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  @mind_palace · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPi--iLLwVo&amp;t=305">5:05</a> so I&apos;m muslim and I live in the Netherlands, and as a kid, watching shows like dance academy, or reading books with the rainbow tag(which was like 15 years ago) because it looked fun, definitely helped with developing an understanding and acceptance, even if my household was against it. Having access to those shows and books is equally important too. Tho as a 10 year old i don&apos;t even think i knew what the rainbow represented but reading the stories and watching those shows makes it feel like you&apos;re reading what a friend has gone through, making it more personal rather than seeing it as a group of people who &apos;sin&apos;.<br>Starting young makes it definitely easier to help create allies.

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