Someone Uses Military As An Argument To Insult LGBTQ, Gets Shut Down With 16 Responses
Rainbow flags, sequins, and feathers abound in the month of June to celebrate LGTBQ Pride Month – but the history behind the now joyous occasion is not so bright. Pride was born in New York City in 1970, as an event to commemorate the Stonewall Riots in Greenwich and demand equal rights. Originally it only lasted a day but over time became a month-long series of events. It was not until 1991 that Pride transformed into the celebratory month people have come to know.
LGTBQ rights have made slow progress in the United States. Same-sex marriage was only made legal in 2015 by former President Barack Obama – still, some people find it unfair that the community gets a whole month to celebrate their history and rights. In a Reddit group, someone re-posted a meme from Facebook to display their frustration but were quickly shut down.
For LGTBQ Pride Month someone tried to attack the extended celebration online with an offensive meme – but were quickly shut down
One commenter quickly explained that there was, in fact, a National Military Appreciation Month and schooled them with facts
National Military Appreciation Month was declared by Congress in 1999. May was chosen because it has many individual days within it that mark the military’s achievements, including Loyalty Day, established in 1921, Victory in Europe (VE) Day commemorating the end of WWII in Europe in 1945, Children of Fallen Patriots Day and the anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden.
Illinois was the first U.S state to decriminalize homosexuality by repealing their sodomy laws in July 1961. According to ILGA, an international lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex advocacy group, there are 70 U.N. member States that still criminalize consensual same-sex sexual acts. The activism organization 76 Crimes also includes non-U.N. member nations, Palestine and the Cook Islands, as well as Indonesia, “where a large province and some cities outlaw homosexual acts.”
While some responses came from LGTBQ military veterans who explained how ridiculous the argument was by sharing their experiences
In a health survey released last year by the RAND Corporation, 6.1 percent of people in the U.S. military self-identified as LGBT . It was the first ever direct estimate of the military’s LGBT population, even though LGB people have been allowed to serve openly for seven whole years.
The Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, which forced LGB service members to hide their sexualities, was repealed in 2011. In June of 2016, the Department of Defense dropped a ban on military enrollment of trans people, which President Trump has reinstated. Lt Col Carla Gleason, a Pentagon spokesperson, confirmed to the Washington Blade in April when the new measure came back into effect, “Transgender members currently serving will be able to continue serving so we do not anticipate any discharges,” the spokesperson said. “I am not yet aware of any denials.”
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Share on FacebookHomophobes are people who hate the idea of guys sucking each others' d***s but have nearly broken their backs trying to suck their own.
The person who made the point about more support from the government and less lip service and parades: you hit the nail on the damn head.
How do people still not get the point of pride month? I bet you were one of those "all lives matter" people as well and totally missed the point of Black Lives Matter.
Load More Replies...What a ridiculous, American approach to this. Military servicemen/-women are not a minority, their situation is a chosen one, it's an occupation not a personal trait and they sure as hell don't get discriminated against based on their service.
I think that's the thing here. A lot of bigots believe that lgbtq+ choose their lifestyle, when that's just not true. We're all different, and we're born and molded to be how we are. We can't change that.
Load More Replies...One quibble about the first paragraph of this article. Barak Obama didn't make same sex marriage legal, the Supreme Court did in the Obergefell decision.
Actually veterans get TWO months (January is military family month and then of course May) but like they said, nobody cares until June
I hate posts like this. Let rainbow pp guy go to pride, and stop using military veterans as a crutch to be homophobic. People have DIED because of something they have no control over. F****n karens in the street jump out at gay couples out shopping.
Veterans, ignored and left to die in the street and to deal with their PTSD and other ailments alone. Until someone mentions a Pride parade or LGBTQ equality. Then its "BUT THE VETERANS! WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THEM FIRST! HOW ABOUT ANOTHER DAY TO HONOR THE VETERANS!" as if LGBTQ individuals cant be vets to. And then when it all calms down, NOTHING CHANGES FOR THE VETS :D in fact you sexist, racist morons just have to vote for the president who insults our vets by saying any that come home with PTSD are weak, or if they become POW they must be weak. Like...-flails- but VETS amiright!?! The day i see in the news that someone is murdered JUST for being a vet, THATS the day you morons can say something. Or how about someone who gets disowned for serving? Or kicked out of their church and community? DENIED THE RIGHT TO MARRY WHO THEY LOVE! DENIED HEALTHCARE! DENIED SERVICES! JUST FOR BEING A VET! Has that EVER happened here...No!?! THEN SHUT THE HELL UP!
Also joining the military is a choice, being gay is not. You don’t get to play victim year round for your own bad decision making skills. If being in the military is so hard that you cry and whine when you’re not constantly praised, then quit. It’s incredible to me that an institution that touts itself to be the strength and backbone of the country is filled with such babyish members.
The whiners make up a minority of the military. The majority of the military learned the lessons that their superiors taught them: Lead with integrity, be willing to listen, and respect everyone. When my husband served in the army, the whiners were not well received. They had a harder time of it because the officers wouldn't tolerate their behavior and laid extra duties on them in the hopes they'd realize the less they whined, the less that was asked of them. One particularly whiney private in my husbands unit was always on extra duties. One day I asked him, "Dude..if you didn't want to be here, why did you sign up?" Turned out he nearly flunked out of high school and couldn't get into college because he spent his high school years partying. And so naturally he thought the military was going to be a piece of cake... So chalk those whiners up to "buyer's remorse." They thought it was going to be easy when, in reality, they should have read the fine print before signing.
Load More Replies..."Boomer level memes" Many, many "boomers" served honorably through more than one war. Look at your history before you make such insensitive comments.
I’ve never heard of any type of military appreciation month. But if you watch any tv channel for a commercial break or 2 you’re bound to see a LGBTQ pride month related commercial or station advertisement. Skin tone, gender, sexual preference, disabilities, should mean nothing to Americans. All of our differences are being exploited to keep us apart. Divided we are weak, but together we are strong. Have pride in being an American first and foremost 24/7/365
I wonder what the respond would be if it was the other way around? A soldier doing something horrific and something horrific being dong to the gay person. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_acts_of_violence_against_LGBT_people
i just have a question sorry if it is rude but what does the q stand for in LGBTQ i would just like to know
Stands for queer. Not rude. You didn't know what it was. Have a nice day.
Load More Replies...Then can we assume you don't show yourself in public or to children?
Load More Replies...That would only make sense if heterosexual and white people experienced the oppression that black and homosexual people have experienced. And they haven’t, thankfully.
Load More Replies...This is my favorite ignorant argument. "We only treat them like second class citizens and it is not legal to kill them like in -insert country with terrible LGBTQ record-, so why do people complain in this country". I mean we only just recently improved our LGBTQ record in the US and people still get killed for it in this country. I guess some people just have higher standards for this country than just being better than other terrible countries.
Load More Replies...Homophobes are people who hate the idea of guys sucking each others' d***s but have nearly broken their backs trying to suck their own.
The person who made the point about more support from the government and less lip service and parades: you hit the nail on the damn head.
How do people still not get the point of pride month? I bet you were one of those "all lives matter" people as well and totally missed the point of Black Lives Matter.
Load More Replies...What a ridiculous, American approach to this. Military servicemen/-women are not a minority, their situation is a chosen one, it's an occupation not a personal trait and they sure as hell don't get discriminated against based on their service.
I think that's the thing here. A lot of bigots believe that lgbtq+ choose their lifestyle, when that's just not true. We're all different, and we're born and molded to be how we are. We can't change that.
Load More Replies...One quibble about the first paragraph of this article. Barak Obama didn't make same sex marriage legal, the Supreme Court did in the Obergefell decision.
Actually veterans get TWO months (January is military family month and then of course May) but like they said, nobody cares until June
I hate posts like this. Let rainbow pp guy go to pride, and stop using military veterans as a crutch to be homophobic. People have DIED because of something they have no control over. F****n karens in the street jump out at gay couples out shopping.
Veterans, ignored and left to die in the street and to deal with their PTSD and other ailments alone. Until someone mentions a Pride parade or LGBTQ equality. Then its "BUT THE VETERANS! WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THEM FIRST! HOW ABOUT ANOTHER DAY TO HONOR THE VETERANS!" as if LGBTQ individuals cant be vets to. And then when it all calms down, NOTHING CHANGES FOR THE VETS :D in fact you sexist, racist morons just have to vote for the president who insults our vets by saying any that come home with PTSD are weak, or if they become POW they must be weak. Like...-flails- but VETS amiright!?! The day i see in the news that someone is murdered JUST for being a vet, THATS the day you morons can say something. Or how about someone who gets disowned for serving? Or kicked out of their church and community? DENIED THE RIGHT TO MARRY WHO THEY LOVE! DENIED HEALTHCARE! DENIED SERVICES! JUST FOR BEING A VET! Has that EVER happened here...No!?! THEN SHUT THE HELL UP!
Also joining the military is a choice, being gay is not. You don’t get to play victim year round for your own bad decision making skills. If being in the military is so hard that you cry and whine when you’re not constantly praised, then quit. It’s incredible to me that an institution that touts itself to be the strength and backbone of the country is filled with such babyish members.
The whiners make up a minority of the military. The majority of the military learned the lessons that their superiors taught them: Lead with integrity, be willing to listen, and respect everyone. When my husband served in the army, the whiners were not well received. They had a harder time of it because the officers wouldn't tolerate their behavior and laid extra duties on them in the hopes they'd realize the less they whined, the less that was asked of them. One particularly whiney private in my husbands unit was always on extra duties. One day I asked him, "Dude..if you didn't want to be here, why did you sign up?" Turned out he nearly flunked out of high school and couldn't get into college because he spent his high school years partying. And so naturally he thought the military was going to be a piece of cake... So chalk those whiners up to "buyer's remorse." They thought it was going to be easy when, in reality, they should have read the fine print before signing.
Load More Replies..."Boomer level memes" Many, many "boomers" served honorably through more than one war. Look at your history before you make such insensitive comments.
I’ve never heard of any type of military appreciation month. But if you watch any tv channel for a commercial break or 2 you’re bound to see a LGBTQ pride month related commercial or station advertisement. Skin tone, gender, sexual preference, disabilities, should mean nothing to Americans. All of our differences are being exploited to keep us apart. Divided we are weak, but together we are strong. Have pride in being an American first and foremost 24/7/365
I wonder what the respond would be if it was the other way around? A soldier doing something horrific and something horrific being dong to the gay person. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_acts_of_violence_against_LGBT_people
i just have a question sorry if it is rude but what does the q stand for in LGBTQ i would just like to know
Stands for queer. Not rude. You didn't know what it was. Have a nice day.
Load More Replies...Then can we assume you don't show yourself in public or to children?
Load More Replies...That would only make sense if heterosexual and white people experienced the oppression that black and homosexual people have experienced. And they haven’t, thankfully.
Load More Replies...This is my favorite ignorant argument. "We only treat them like second class citizens and it is not legal to kill them like in -insert country with terrible LGBTQ record-, so why do people complain in this country". I mean we only just recently improved our LGBTQ record in the US and people still get killed for it in this country. I guess some people just have higher standards for this country than just being better than other terrible countries.
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