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40 Times Straight People Forgot That The LGBTQ+ Community Exists (New Pics)
It is ridiculous and, frankly, shocking that some people are still unaware of the existence of the LGBTQ+ community in this day and age. Whether they’re oblivious completely by accident or entirely on purpose, these people pretend that folks who are lesbian, gay, bi, trans, and queer don’t exist on Planet Earth.
What’s more, they’re ignorant of the everyday challenges LGBTQ+ people face. Some of those challenges even extend to digital spaces, such as the bias in AI-driven dating apps that often overlook queer users altogether.
Bored Panda has collected screenshots of the times that straight people forgot that LGBTQ+ people are actually a part of society.
When you’re done reading through this list right here, you can check out Bored Panda’s previous article about the times that people had clearly been living under a rock right here.
Accredited psychotherapist and author Silva Neves, from the UK, explained to Bored Panda why some people pretend that LGBTQ+ people don't exist and went into detail about the discrimination, homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia they still have to deal with in 2022.
According to the psychotherapist, for some straight people, ignoring the existence of LGBTQ+ is to stay comfortable in their own lives.
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#1
For Those Afraid To Tell Their Doctors Their Sexuality. We Are Taught To Treat Everyone And Keep Our Opinions To Ourselves
Emmydearest 3 years ago
Thank you. And please tell that to those conscentious objectors -doctors and chemists- who refuse to perform abortion or to sell "the morning after" pill because "it goes against their beliefs".
Jennifer Millner 3 years ago
Maybe I'm wrong, but I think if your beliefs affect someone else's health, they shouldn't be considered. Another person's freedom of religious expression shouldn't affect my freedom of religious expression.
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- 3 years ago
"Lifestyle"?? I know a straight couple with a house and two kids. I also know a gay couple with a house and two kids. Pretty similar lifestyles. Kudos to the professor for suggesting the student choose a different lifestyle.
Aria Whitaker 3 years ago
Yeah, the idiots who think that they magically wake up one day after being completely straight and "choose" to be gay and live the "homosexual lifestyle". I always want to ask them when they "chose" to live the straight "lifestyle"....It is so stupid it hurts.
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K Witmer 3 years ago
It's so beyond weird to me that people imagine other people having sex and that's what they discriminate against. Why are you imagining people having sex and naked in the first place and if it's something you find "unseemly" why are you going to that length to imagine it? Sounds like you might like it and that's what upsets you.
JuniorCJ82 3 years ago
What if the LGBTQ+ patient doesn't feel like using a doctor that follows "that lifestyle" (assholery)?
Dadolwch 3 years ago (edited)
When I was in college, I took a job as a mock patient for medical students and my assigned role was to be a closeted gay person who didn't want to disclose who my partner was. The first two students never figured it out, but the third was immediately like, "so you gay?" 🙄
Lsai Aeon 3 years ago
Some doctors in Texas are currently following a request made by governor Abbot to report anyone in the LGBT+ community, especially parents of trans children. These families are then investigated by CPS for "child abuse" I'm awaiting the day people start disappearing
"People pretend the LGBTQ+ people don't exist because it is easier to stay with pre-conceived ideas of what they think they know about human beings. People still believe that being heterosexual is the only 'normal' and everything else is 'weird,'" psychotherapist Silva told Bored Panda.
"Ignoring the existence of the LGBTQ+ people is a way to stay comfortable with their own lives and not open to the diversity of humanity. Opening up to the diversity of sexual orientations requires being open to 'not knowing' and be curious enough."
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#2
Ikr
Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago
"You should be flattered" fricken hate that sentence.
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Tracy Wallick 3 years ago
What he means is, "I don't want a man to treat me the same way I treat women"
Imogene Cargeaux 3 years ago
I love when straight dudes find out one of their friends are gay and they're always like "but you've seen me in my boxers! That's so weird" .... as if they're the most attractive men ever.. that their gay friend HAS TO HAVE feelings for them because they're just so hot.... or as if gay men don't have standards or preferences... so dumb.
Helmut Kok 3 years ago
if a random girl is not hitting you. You can be sure that a random gay guy wont
Shaun Carr 3 years ago
i agree with both sentiments. no one should ever feel uncomfortable by someone's advances.
#3
Stole The Rainbow
ADHORTATOR 3 years ago
I am straight but I wish I had been there when the gays stole the rainbow :-)
- 3 years ago
"I'll be the lookout, just hand over a few bars from the pot of gold."
Load More Replies... debrina blackmoon 3 years ago (edited)
Right?! Not a very possibly fictional being who's actually extremely fuckedup in many ways(while the "Devil" isn't even really bad), if any of that crazyshit is at all close to true. Couldn't care less about downvotes, tbh.
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Giovanni 3 years ago
Again the rainbow has 7 colors, the pride flag 6. I wish more people knew :(
BWC 3 years ago
Actually, since the part of the spectrum isn't large enough, indigo is no longer recognized by science.
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HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
Wait! Straight person here. I helped steal it. My brother and 2 nieces are gay, so I hand to lend them a hand!
The LGBTQ+ people still face many challenges in the West. According to Silva, these differ from country to country. And far from every Western country is as liberal and progressive as its neighbors.
"For example, in the UK, the LGBTQ+ people have legal rights and are protected by law under its discrimination act. However, some other European countries, such as Poland, have strong anti-LGBTQ+ rights and therefore people are not protected in that country, worse, some are even hunted," Silva gave an example of how two different European countries see the same community.
#4
Better Lesbian Husband
Furious George 3 years ago
Sometimes you just have to appreciate when somebody is doing the best they can.
#5
Oh Brad You Poor Thing, I'm Jus Really Gay
Kesam 3 years ago
Aw come on, cut the guy some slack. This is more of a brain fart and he just tried to be nice. 😃
Ally MacMann 3 years ago
I agree. However misguided it was, he called her pretty and was trying to make her feel good.
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ToGo 3 years ago
Ugh! What a stupid thing to say on many levels. Complimenting someone else doesn't mean you're knocking yourself.
Debbie 3 years ago
Also being gay or straight has nothing to do with complimenting someone imo.
Load More Replies... weatherwitch 3 years ago
Why would you be jealous?? I'm Asexual and I notice the aesthetics of male and female, if they're pretty or handsome it's just how they are. For me I'm not jealous nor interested in a relationship or sex with them. I don't mind what the guy said, he was being sweet. Us ACEs read the world very differently too within the LGBT+ Community 😊
Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 3 years ago
I'm ace too and can't lie girls are SO PRETTY
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Ποιητικό Αίτιο 3 years ago
Full pro this ^_^ Wanted to add that a woman can appreciate another woman's beauty without jealousy, and it's nice no matter the sexuality. Let's stop the competition ;)
#6
Ah Yes Nothing Like Getting Rejected By An Old Married Lesbian
Pansexual Pancake (She/they) 3 years ago
I honestly don't get the whole 'Oh, I hope my child is NEVER gay, oh, that would be so awful!' thing. Like, shouldn't they be more worried about their child becoming a rapist? Or just an over all trash human?
However, Silva warned, that even in the UK, having legal rights doesn't automatically mean that there is no discrimination. "Unfortunately, there is still much homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia. There are numerous reports of LGBTQ+ people being attacked only for holding the hand of their same gender partner in the streets, for example."
He continued: "One of the main opposition to LGBTQ+ people is religious beliefs as many religious people do not agree with accepting LGBTQ+ people as equal human beings. Many LGBTQ+ people are rejected by their own family when they come out. Some can feel very isolated. Because LGBTQ+ people are still ostracised in our societies, they tend to develop poor mental health and misuse of alcohol and drugs as coping strategies."
#7
Vivianne Miedema - All Round Legend
over it already 3 years ago
Aw. The earnest joy on her face when she thought about her partner and said yes! She's a keeper.
Desirée Zuidhof 3 years ago
Thank god I live in the Netherlands! Where everybody can be themselves!
#8
“I Think Emily Dickinson Was A Lesbian”
Hawkmoon 3 years ago
"Emily Dickinson should have been more carefull about Covid". Another dumb historian.
Mad Dragon 3 years ago
Sue Huntington Gilbert was also Emily's sister-in-law. She married Emily's brother.
Carrie Smith 3 years ago
Sounds like she married Emily's brother as a beard, tbh.
Load More Replies... thatdisasterpanda 3 years ago
and historians will call them- Close friends, besties, roommates, colleagues
Tamra Stiffler 3 years ago
Hm. I was wondering about this, because self-sealing envelopes didn't really appear until 1876, but then Dickinson didn't die until 1886, so I guess it could have happened.
Mad Dragon 3 years ago
Lickable adhesive envelopes were first used in the 1830s.
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Obito Uchiha 3 years ago
If you're tearing up a letter for the taste of another person, I don't care what sexuality you're; this is a sign of mental illness
- 3 years ago (edited)
Emily Dickinson may have had social anxiety, but licking the seal on a used envelope isn't a symptom of that. Open-mouthed kissing is not a sure sign of mental illness in most societies, either. If you do deep kissing, but are disgusted by licking envelopes, no worries. Humans can be inconsistent creatures.
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They'll Be Pals. Gal Pals
Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago
Well yeah you can have a bond girl but why does the sex object have to be just a girl, why can't it be a bond guy.
Otter 3 years ago
Bond went to a good British upoer-class boarding school! You bet he'd know what to do with a Bond Guy.
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Shaun Carr 3 years ago
Bond can be played by a woman. Just change the first name. Simple as that! :-)
Monkey Spunk 3 years ago
Bond is a male that's the only fixed definite, any race or creed, you could feasibly have a trans Bond but female no, you could have a female 007 though (as per No Time to Die).
Bored Panda had spoken about homophobia and why some people are homophobic with British psychotherapist Silva before. He explained to us that homophobia can, in part, be explained by a person’s upbringing. The beliefs and values that one’s family members hold can influence how an individual thinks as they grow up. However, this isn’t the entire story. Things are more complicated than that.
“If people grew up with homophobic parents and they haven’t been exposed to different opinions, they are more likely to be homophobic themselves. Most religions promote the inaccurate idea that same-sex relationships and sexual behaviors are unnatural, wrong, against their God, and a sin,” Silva explained to Bored Panda.
#10
Ms. And Mrs
Trillian 3 years ago (edited)
Even if they (edited pronoun) were married to a man that would be totally out of line
NsG 3 years ago
Take the wife out of the equation, and skip over the existence of lesbians entirely for a moment - it doesn't matter what the SPOUSE prefers, the PATIENT THEMSELVES told you what to use. Idiot nurse.
Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago (edited)
If I don't know a womans title choice I automatically write Ms, best not to make assumptions.
Jo Choto 3 years ago
That one really irritates me. Almost as much as when people used to write down my daughter's race without asking me, because they *thought* they knew just by looking.
Bad Alchemy 3 years ago
Some people just don't know when to zip it! This nonsense is as rampant in healthcare as it is in other industries.
ChimeraBubbles 3 years ago
I literally had this recently on an official document. I had to call them to get it corrected but they refused. When I pointed out that their error was everyday sexism and unacceptable they relented. Honestly, all of my official documents say Ms so why change it?!
The lesbian knitting panda 3 years ago
My mum is a doctor and on one parents evening she was called Mrs [dad's name]. My parents aren't even married and she got very annoyed.
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#11
Brah
Jo Choto 3 years ago
I do not understand why doctors think they have the right to decide what you can do with your own body.
NsG 3 years ago
A gynecologist who clearly can't do their job because they're focussing on the wrong hole; their head is stuck up their own a**e.
Ozacoter 3 years ago (edited)
I had a gynecologist (/psycho) refusing to sterilise me despite the fact that the operation that he did to me causes many risks of death or miscarriage during pregnancy. He obviously didnt tell me that (so my consent to the surgery was not valid) but he actively risked my life just to keep me fertile. The hospital board did nothing to him of course. At the end I found a gyn willing to give me the hysterectomy i needed for medical reasons (and that the previous 3 gyns refused to do).
Dirk Daring 3 years ago
Doctor giving your medical choices over to a theoretical man you haven't even met. SOAB.
blugeagua 3 years ago
Not to mention a theoretical man that she has no interest in meeting since she only likes women.
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Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago
🙄 had to fight to get my tubes tied after my second child because "what if you change your mind?" I was 23.
Moezzzz 3 years ago
Same here. At 25, I basically begged to have them tied. But I worked with my md, and told him if he didn't tie my tubes, he would be paying for the next child! I was already open anyway (c-section)
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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
Fire that doctor and find one who is not an a*****e. I’ve done that before, when a doctor prescribed a med (chronic condition that popped up after menopause) that was totally wrong for me, put 70lbs on me in about two months, and had me in so much pain I wanted to die. The doc would not even considered trying another med, and figured the best solution was to INCREASE the dosage of the bad drug! I fired that doctor right then and there, did some research, and found a doctor who was open to trying to find meds that would improve my condition instead of worsening it. New doctor was livid that the old doctor was so inflexible, and was literally keeping me sick, instead of making me well. New doc did more extensive tests, and found a med that immediately made me feel better. I have now lost all that weight, and feel like a million bucks. If your doctor is an a*****e, FIRE THEIR ASS and find a good doctor!!!
#12
Ultimate Gal Pals
Emmydearest 3 years ago
What?! A friendship wedding? All my cheap ass friends ever gave me was a friendship bracelet!
Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 3 years ago
Actually I want to get platoniclly married so I'm jealous at the idea
Stephanie Ladd 3 years ago
If you have dental insurance I'm in. I have a kid is that ok lol
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Dolly_of TheCowboy 3 years ago
Wonder what their reaction would be if a male and a female sat on the same bench seat in a park?
Katherine Boag 3 years ago
Ii mean, it isnt anyone's business pe se if there's sex involved, but she should assume that its at least romantic imo
“Even recently, the Pope declared that same-sex marriages were not endorsed by the Church. Islam is also very homophobic. Most Islamic countries have anti-gay laws with punishment ranging from imprisonment to the death penalty. Many people in the UK growing up in such households are more likely to be homophobic,” the mental health expert pointed out that homophobia is still very prevalent in modern times.
Some younger people want to be part of the ‘in crowd’ and adopt the beliefs of their friends and peers. Unfortunately, this means that they might start taking on a negative outlook when it comes to the LGBTQ+ community just to fit in with their social circle.
#13
Hitting With That Self Sappho
CATMONSTER2018 3 years ago
It wasn't until I zoomed into your profile that I realised it was a picture of a dog. I thought you were just being deceptive with your name lol.
Load More Replies... Jo Choto 3 years ago
If all the girls wanted to marry girls, I'd be fine with it. I think all the boys who wanted to marry boys would be able to come to an arrangement with them to donate material in order to keep the human race alive.
Lolly 3 years ago
Me and my best friend decided when we were young that boys are just hard work so we would marry each other if we were still unmarried at 40. Been with my male partner for 20 plus years but we aren't married. It's coming to that time Helen, I'll get the tiaras and you can get the garters ❤️
MaggieWest 3 years ago
My daughter and her bff have decided they are going to first get married to men and have kids, then divorce the men and move in together with their children 😂
Load More Replies... Ozacoter 3 years ago
To be fair i always believed that living with a female partner needs to be on average easier rhan with a male one. Since men usually arent raised to do housechores and so.
madbakes 3 years ago
I have thought this many times. It's easier to live with a whole group of women than one man.
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Monday 3 years ago
I think she might be gay and just hasn't realized it yet.
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#14
Sit On My Face But Just In A Friend's Way
NsG 3 years ago
Um, if the girl you're hitting on is straight, she's probably using the same deflection she uses on guys, but isn't sure how to let you down gently either.
Ozacoter 3 years ago
Or she is very oblivious. I am dumb as a rock and i never saw when men or women hit on me. Once i took a new friend on a "date", we watched a movie together (coincidentally about a male gay couple), had dinner and went to her house and ended up watching a second movie. At some point through the "date" my friend realised that I was not hitting on her and was not interested romantically im her or asking her out, I was just going out with a friend. I never realised that we were "on a date" or that she was interested in me until she told me much later xD
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Kiera DeCanio 3 years ago
Come on, people. She's using hyperbole. She's not actually going around saying this s**t.
#15
Who's Gonna Tell Them
Bored Seb 3 years ago
I imagine what they mean is "to avoid any risk of unwanted pregnancy that would be a nightmare to deal with in space". But they spelt it wrong indeed ;)
Ozacoter 3 years ago
Indeed. Altought they should just give them reliable BC and morning after pills.
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ADHORTATOR 3 years ago
Didn' t NASA send a female astronaut with hundreds of tampons in space....?
KM 3 years ago
Ha, ha pretty much. They thought they should send 100 tampons for a week in space... just in case.
Load More Replies... Mary Jeffries 3 years ago
But all those uterus is floating around in space. Are they gonna fall out?
Georgia Hebert 3 years ago
No no, don't tell 'me! Let's see how long it takes for them to figure it out! ;)
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Random Anon 3 years ago (edited)
Y'know what would by absolutely wicked? One of them got preggers anyway, touched down on earth and give birth to the first baby conceived in Mars. Then NASA would seriously have some explaining to do.
Bacony Cakes 3 years ago
They will eventually come to the conclusion that Matt Damon is still up there.
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Miriam L 3 years ago
Why all female and not all male? Aside from people yelling about gender discrimination? (Mostly joking on the last bit, otherwise it's a legit question)
Na Schi 3 years ago
Because those dickheads believe that women don't have the desire to have sex. Thinking women will simply stay celibate for 1.5 years.
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Meanwhile, the therapist pointed out that some people become homophobic because they are trying to repress and deny that they personally have same-sex attractions.
“In being homophobic they attempt to repress their own feelings by fighting against the source of their arousal: the LGBTQ people,” he said.
#16
People Are Gay, Steven
KJ 3 years ago
Yup, just two good friends, ignore the fact they are snogging later in the evening.
Monday 3 years ago
They're the best of friends! They even sleep in the same bed at night...naked...together.
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weatherwitch 3 years ago
Or..... They're just friends too. When I was in my teens we'd link arms with our female friends and no one assumed that we were lesbians. If teens did that now?? As an Asexual I'm fully aware of how people immediately assume a sexual relationship either way regardless of the reality 🙄
The lesbian knitting panda 3 years ago
They are at prom though. And I have had people ask as I was holding hands with me girlfriend who had just kissed me.if we were sisters, it still happens
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Yoga Kitty 3 years ago
Totally beside the point but that is a really nice picture - they all look so genuinely happy!
Phillip Shepard 3 years ago
They look like they are Asians If they are Buddhists, their attitudes about homosexuality are apt to be very different than Christians. The third moral precept for laypersons is "I accept the training rule to abstain from improper sexual behavior" This means any sex without consent (rape), sex with someone that is married or engaged to someone else. sex with a child that's under legal age, This means that sex between two consenting adults of either gender is OK and not "unmeritorious karma". Although the former King, Sihanouk, was in favor of Gay marriage it has not be legalized. Cambodians are actually "conservative" in that they frown upon public displays of physical affection even between married couples. In Cambodia and nearby Thailand, that has the same religion and "values" male to female transexuals are called "Katoey", a third gender. Some schools there have separate toilets for them. There are gay and mixed bars and clubs in Phnom Penh. Taiwan has same sex marriage.
#17
Aunt Pat And Her "Roommate", 1986
- 3 years ago
And also goes to show that a Patsy Cline fan and a Pat Benatar fan can live in peace and harmony happily ever after. <3
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Jo Choto 3 years ago
My great, great Aunt Daisy had a "companion" who was know as Aunty Marjory (we are talking very early 1900s), because Daisy was "infirm". Nobody has ever been able to tell me what this infirmity was. I suggested it was called "lesbianism" and my family were horrified. You just have to look at one photo of them together (because yeah, when you are infirm and a companion, of course you take couples pics). What I really love is that the patriarchy was on it so hard during Victorian times, that nobody even cared about lesbians, because they considered them not even an issue. As in, if there's not a man involved, it's not even sex and orgasms are impossible!
Dolly_of TheCowboy 3 years ago (edited)
Indeed had several family friends whom openly lived together in the same houses but as children we were told to refer to them as Great Aunt [their name] and their "companion" as Great Aunt [their name]. Looking back on it even as a child I knew they were not still "pining for their betrothed whom had died in the war and could not face marriage after that so lived with Great Aunt instead" but woebetide if you even hinted it might be something other and even possibly lesbianism you would get such a belt round the head it was not worth the trouble
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K Witmer 3 years ago
Lol I had two aunts that were "roommates" My granddad finally sat all us kids down and explained to us they were in love and why they can't be married(1980) we were 12,9, and 6. We were outraged for them. Couldn't understand why they couldn't be married and do what everyone else was allowed to do. He cried when we reacted that way. He watched his sister go through so much pain and he wasn't sure how we'd understand. Kids understand love that is all. It's a shame when they're taught otherwise.
Wesley Lucas 3 years ago
That's a really lovely story. I'm sure he was beaming with pride when he realized how wonderful his beloved grandkids were being raised. Thanks for sharing ❤️
Load More Replies... MaddaPanda 3 years ago
Such a shame that they had to introduce their love heart as their room mate. They really do look happy, though, which is the important thing.
Emery Walters 3 years ago
My family had a few aunts and uncles and cousins like that and believe me if they'd been more honest about it, I'd have had a much easier time raising a gay son. And um, being trans myself LOL
#18
And They Were “Color Enthusiasts”
Guy MacGregor 3 years ago
Well the rainbow have been used as a symbol for multiple different things through history. It is not necessarily linked to homosexuality for everyone.
NsG 3 years ago
The rainbow itself was/is the symbol of support for the NHS throughout Covid. So, unless it's limited to shape, I'm certain we weren't only clapping for the gay nurses.
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Dolly_of TheCowboy 3 years ago
I may just start using "colour enthusiast" as code instead of "interested in musical theatre" when not wanting to alert the homophobic that may be eavesdropping a conversation
Lea S. 3 years ago (edited)
This is something that has confused me. I have a rainbow skirt that I bought twenty years ago with no thought of the pride community at the time. I've done several paintings with rainbows. Im straight. I had a roommate who was pissed off people didn't immediately assume his gayness due to his rainbow water bottle. I mean I love rainbows and I love the LGBTQ+ community but....someone may just like color.
Barbara 3 years ago
Funnily enough in Italy we use a multicolour flag to indicate peace. The colours are non the same, but I saw foreigns confused about it. You can google the images writing: marcia per la pace. It means "peace march".
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
I think I've heard of other countries using it to mean peace too.
Load More Replies... DrNefariousMcFarious 3 years ago
Meanwhile googling Rainbow Docs and immediately wanting a pair
Moosy Girl 3 years ago
I love rainbow colored things and wear them whenever I can, I’m ace but people can think I’m gay all they want. :p
Even if someone had been living under a metaphorical rock, it’s still incredibly difficult to miss the existence of the LGBTQ+ community. Pride Month, traditionally held in June (but on other months in some countries), is a time for events that promote the community’s fight for dignity, equality, and justice. It is also a time to draw attention to the issues that some members of the community struggle with, including discrimination.
During a previous interview with Bored Panda, ‘Stonewall,’ a United Kingdom-based organization spoke about the importance of Pride. ‘Stonewall’ is an organization that aims to create a world where all members of the LGBTQ+ community are free to be themselves and live their lives to the fullest.
#19
It's Straight To Be Gay
Jo Choto 3 years ago
Oh man, imagine limiting womanhood and femininity to the aesthetics laid out by generations of patriarchal men. Talk about doing lesbianism badly!
Chad Kook 3 years ago
Not to mention being a poor feminist on top of that....
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Ace 3 years ago
I remember decades ago that the 'gay' community, as it was, would cold-shoulder BTQ+ folk, claiming that only 100% gay was real, anything else was somehow just playing.
Furious George 3 years ago
Bi-erasure is for sure still pretty common unfortunately
Load More Replies... K Witmer 3 years ago
My daughter is bisexual and she's invalidated all the time. Told it's a phase or she's not really queer or she's doing it for attention why if she likes women too has she dated more men. It's infuriating and so stupid. Why can't people just like who they like ffs??? None of this has ever phased me nor have I ever questioned people about who they are. I have a hard time understanding people that feel entitled to do so.
Remi 3 years ago
All the best for your daughter and may she find a worthy partner.
Load More Replies... Dolly_of TheCowboy 3 years ago
There was me being told that femmes were frowned upon as frivolous and obviously not really lesbian, because the only decent upstanding lesbians were ones in jeans, flannel shirts and a Subaru. My how times have changed!
Chad Kook 3 years ago
"Straight" guy here (I use the quotes because um, well does having been attracted to two different males in comparison to the hundreds of women both Cis and Trans I have found attractive change anything?): To all the LGBTQ+ people out there... you really need to stop bashing each other like this... first who made you God of deciding what makes a persons' sexual identity valid? Second the more that you bash and try to hold down each other the more your true oppressors win. Like this person above in the screen shot really you should have treated like pot head offering pot to some one. "Oh you prefer masculine lesbians? More Fems for me!"
Mr Zipperface 3 years ago
It doesn't matter what you identify as, if you're a c**t you're a c**t.
#20
Yup… Just Friends
Jill Hojnacki 3 years ago
In fairness, any couple, straight or gay, who have been together 35 years are friends.
Suzanne Gannon 3 years ago
Oh, please. Straight guys can't even go to movies together without having the obligatory "homosexual panic" empty seat between them!
#21
Let's Go, Lesbians
According to Robbie de Santos, the Director of Communications and External Affairs at ‘Stonewall,’ Pride Month is an annual way for everyone to show support for the LGBTQ+ crowd. It’s a global phenomenon that unites everyone.
“Pride is an opportunity for all of us to come together in celebration, protest, and solidarity with lesbian, gay, bi, and trans communities all over the world,” de Santos told us about the extent to which Pride is celebrated each and every year.
#22
How Many Here Are In The "More Options" Category?
Liam F. 3 years ago
Bruh, if they're going to ask the question why, wouldn't homosexuality be a choice?
Mr Zipperface 3 years ago
Because seeing the word might turn straight people gay.
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Olga Posedaru 3 years ago
Should have also had an option : inclining towards lifelong friendships :))
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
Who absolutely NEEDS to ask this question in the first place?
BWC 3 years ago
It's an electronic check in questionnaire for a doctor's office.
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thatdisasterpanda 3 years ago
last time i got asked on a survey i typed "what are you, a cop" into the box
#23
Finally Found One In The Wild
Zaza 3 years ago
Saving water by showering together, saving electricity by setting up a few romantic candles at night only
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Francisco Manuel Teruel Gutiérrez 3 years ago (edited)
That's a lot of coincidences. Did you married two brothers or something?
Kurtis Wethington 3 years ago
Or like when two people who aren't related, but have the same common surname like "Jones" or "Smith".
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ashtree80 3 years ago
And they are so cute together! I love that their aprons sort of match the other's dress. So cute
#24
That’s How Long Y’all Been Married Or?
Nathaniel 3 years ago
To be fair, without any other context, you might not immediately jump to gender transition.
KM 3 years ago
I actually didn't get it until the comments. I thought it was a break up announcement.
Jo Choto 3 years ago
It's not a crazy question. I can tell it's a person who's transitioned, but I don't think it's mega obvious.
Loretta 3 years ago
Are you a German by any chance? "Mega" seems to be a very German alternative for "very" to me :D
Load More Replies... weatherwitch 3 years ago
It took me a while to realise and I have two trans friends 🤦♀️🤣 This post isn't that obvious even to those aware so I can see why that person left that comment..
Lukas-not-Luca (he/him) 3 years ago
I didn't get this one at first- and I'm trans. Don't feel bad if you didn't either.
Felype Rennan 3 years ago
Took me a few seconds to click, that's radically incredible transition
TrixicBird(Any pronouns) 3 years ago
IKR! The dude looks awesome and I LOVE those earrings!
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“All lesbian, gay, bi, trans, and queer people should be able to thrive as themselves, but in 2021, LGBTQ+ people are still being held back because of who we are,” he explained to us previously that even though there’s a lot of progress, there are plenty of challenges that yet remain to be tackled.
#25
I Believe This Man Is Really Close To Having A Realization About Himself That He Is Going To Be Uncomfortable With
Alex The Fanperson 3 years ago
Allah ascended to him and said so Himself (no hate against Islam, used to practice it myself)
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K Witmer 3 years ago
Omg this should be spread as propaganda they'd go insane lol
Load More Replies... Marcellus the Third 3 years ago
Without a beard, he'd look like Lene from Aqua!
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#26
Where Are Their Wives
Emmydearest 3 years ago
Yes us boys decided to go first to check there are no dangers in the cabin. We'll then inform the girls that the cabin is clear. The girls will join us later with all the food in a pink bus (pink because females).
kath morgan 3 years ago
Why would he ever assume there’s girls? Straight men have male friends lol
Remi 3 years ago
The bus driver was having a gay panic: "There'll be girls, right?" "There'll be girls, right?" and the boys are like: "maybe, if Joe goes wild, but we'll see where the evening takes us :)"
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Abby Parker 3 years ago (edited)
Reminds me of when my husband went on his stag do. I think there was about 10 of them all together and 90% of his friends with him were gay. They got into a cab and the driver asked if they were having a good night and told them there’s plenty of women in town tonight for them. They all kind of looked at each other and said ‘Great. Thanks.’
#27
"My Daughter And Her Best Friend / Room Mate." - Worried Parent
MaddaPanda 3 years ago
What can your daughter do to make you grow up to be a decent human being before it's too late? Oh wait...it's probably already too late.
Nathaniel Nganga 3 years ago
da damn burn.I just call em out folks giphy-6233...1bdee0.gif 
Tamra Stiffler 3 years ago
Ummm... I'm gonna go out on a limb and say let your daughter live her damn life, she's 27. Jesus.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Observant parents seem to know, even before their child realizes it. If they’re also loving parents, they don’t change anything, except becoming an angry Tasmanian devil parent, and making anyone totally regret daring to bully their child because of it. Come to think of it, parents of straight kids would also fight to defend their kids against bullies, so not all that different after all. Just good, loving parenting.
ctsbathory 3 years ago
Wow straight people and their agendas. I heard some woman say to a little girl, "do you have a boyfriend yet?" I was shocked by the obvious attempt at indoctrination.
Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago
This! We’ve heard this since before we were born and it’s been indoctrinated into us every day since. The people who should be helping us find our authentic selves and validating how we express that are often the ones indirectly invalidating us by shoving the hetero narrative down our throats. There was a time we tried fervently o find examples to counter this, but they were (I’d suggest still are) few and far between. What this does to one’s self-image often manifest la in inauthentic attempts to find validation and an incessant need to prove we’re worthy even tho we “don’t have a boyfriend yet” or whatever agenda contradicting us. It takes a lot to overcome this even if our immediate family is supportive. We still have to deal with the herero assumptions and expectations in school, work, society. Until the default assumption isn’t about sexual identity being straight or sexual identity at all, we’re not moving the needle that far forward.
Load More Replies... fandomprincess (any pronouns) 3 years ago
Every single time I visit anyone on my dad's side of my family, someone says something along the lines of'do you have a boyfriend yet?' they can never believe that me, a THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD, isn't dating a boy yet, or even is interested in boys. Bruh. I've told them no every single time they ask that, and they ask every single time I see them. Also... My phone wallpaper is literally the lesbian flag. Like really? None of them is homophobic to my knowledge, but they clearly haven't even considered the possibility that I'm anything other than straight.
Random Anon 3 years ago (edited)
They will eventually get married but you probably know it deep down to whom.
“For some LGBTQ+ people, these harms are particularly acute, and we need to stand together against all discrimination that holds our communities back, from racism to ableism, misogyny to classism,” de Santos said.
Pride Month, according to ‘Stonewall,’ is important because it allows everyone to come together and show their support, in their communities, workplaces, schools, online, and on the streets. It’s a celebration of who we are as people. It’s also a way to continue fighting for “freedom, equity, and potential” for all of us.
#28
But Boys Don't Get Periods?
Bad Alchemy 3 years ago
Trans boys get periods. trans men get periods. Any one with a uterus may get a period. Not all uterus-owners are girls/women. Please update your reality.
Lukas-not-Luca (he/him) 3 years ago
as a trans boy with a period- thank you
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Katherine Boag 3 years ago
Also trans boys can get periods but yeah, instead of examining your assumptions tell someone they must be lying about getting a period XD
#29
Hotel Friends
Felype Rennan 3 years ago
They're such good friends, they even care for each other's sexual necessities 😆
#30
Good Friends
shuka shuka 3 years ago (edited)
Not true. I took a Classics university course 20 years ago and on day one we were told Alexander was gay.
Me Oh My 3 years ago
Good for your professor then. Most professors/historians I know tend to straight-wash every obviously LGBTQ+ piece of history they encounter.
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King Kashue 3 years ago
These memes annoy me because they reflect academic thought from literally decades ago. I know that s**t sticks around in the high school textbooks for far longer, but no one is out there thinking Alexander didn't have sex with guys. In 20+ years in academia - as an Ancient Historian - that meme does not reflect a single professor, colleague, fellow grad student, etc. that I have ever encountered. Literally the only time I've run into it was interacting with Greek historians - because of the church culture, a lot of them have issues with it. But in the US, UK, France, Germany? Absolutely not.
thatdisasterpanda 3 years ago
my history teacher made slides of Alexander the Great and told us he was bi. in a Catholic conservative middle school. shoutout to mr hendrick
Lulu Lemons 3 years ago
I kinda get this though, as for factual reasons unless explicitly stated you probably don't want to assume relationship status as a historian
Mattia 2 years ago
Absolutly false, Alexander was poisoned, also yes homosexuality was a thing in Ancient Greek, but it was different almost everyone had a homosexual relationship, it was normal, so we don’t actually know if he was gay, bi or straight, but no one said he was straight, you’re just making up things
“At Stonewall, we’ll continue to fight until every lesbian, gay, bi, trans, and queer person is free to be themselves, wherever they are,” de Santos said that the fight for equality continues.
#31
Well, Why Would She??
Nathaniel 3 years ago
I work in an office with several women, all of them straight. But they are obsessed with boobs, like it is the number one talking point about them. Liking boobs is universal.
#32
My Great-Great Aunt And Her “Roommate” (People At The Time Assumed They Were Sisters Though)
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Well, they do say that couples who have been together a really long time sometimes start to somewhat resemble each other, so kudos to them for being together forever, against all the odds of the times they lived through.
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Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago
It’s a cliche in the queer community that we often start looking alike. Hence the term “clones” being reappropriated from a specific style to couples that share or wear similar clothes and have similar haircuts. Even my mother often mistakes my husband for me in photos, at a distance or on the phone/FaceTime and he’s 6’3 to my 6’ and weighs 40 lbs more.
#33
There’s No Bi In Team (Link To Thread In Comments)
Bored Seb 3 years ago (edited)
LGBT stands for Lesbian, Gay, Boredpanda, Transgender ; so obviously, you're not.
lightbulb 3 years ago
It's pan people too. I was once told to leave a pride event because "I can pass as straight so I'm not LGBT enough".
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Raven DeathShade 3 years ago
Yay. I'm just happy that my lesbian cousin, the only person in my life I have come out to, doesn't believe this XD.
Lukas-not-Luca (he/him) 3 years ago
My lesbian sister and trans nephew both told my mom that pansexuals didn't exist when I came out (I identify as bi now)
Load More Replies... Bad Alchemy 3 years ago
Bacon. It stands for bacon. Because everything is better with bacon. 🤣✨🌈🦄
#34
Lovely Bit Of Sportswomanship On Display By Sam Kerr And Kristie Mewis
King Kashue 3 years ago
Yeah, seems that way in general. Definitely seems given the profile pic - unless that is actually just her and a 'pal.'
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Audrey Rasmussen 2 years ago
if this is sarcasm... its true for me, at least with those attracted to girls like everybody is so strangely drawn to me, im not even attractive??? im openly gay can the guys f***k off and one guy started singin 'boys like girls girls like boys' after saying he supported lgbtq in pride month?? what happened to ur support bro he was also singing smth like 'and htats how its supoosed to be' but idk i couldnt hear him much everyone started screaming cause the volleyball ppl scored lol and wat happened here how did i say this much??
Load More Replies... Caterina Lear 3 years ago
Very, very friendly. Everyone makes out with their friends. So friend-like (rolls eyes)
#35
He Never Married
Nathaniel 3 years ago
But what is someone was heterosexual but just never married> What would they say about that?
Remi 3 years ago
They would actually call you a hermit in the obits. Clear difference to a 'confirmed bachelor ' which is baffling: Confirmed by who and how?????
Load More Replies... weatherwitch 3 years ago
I never realised that 🤦♀️🤣🤣 Mind I am Asexual so not that much is obvious to me 🙄🤦♀️🤣🤣
HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
My confirmed bachelor brother passed away in December at 88, but he married his partner of over 60 years before he died, so he was no longer a bachelor. RIP Bill.
Michelle Michaelis 3 years ago
"He never found the right girl" was what they said when I was growing up.
Mr Zipperface 3 years ago
Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it isn't true.
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#36
We Exist Solely For The Satisfaction Of Straight People
Francisco Manuel Teruel Gutiérrez 3 years ago
Sorry for all the women I lesbianized in my life... it was unitentional. Now, deal with that and be happy.
N’Baro Atksteel X377 3 years ago
"A controversial new study claims that lesbianism evolved because it's a turn-on for men. The study, which has drawn a lot of criticism from the gay community and several scientists, says that men's desire of women who are attracted to other women drove the evolution of homosexuality in women. Researchers at the University of Nicosia surveyed 1,509 heterosexual people and a grand total of zero homosexual people for their study, published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences." These "scientists": why are ladies gay?? Oh, I know, I'll ask straight people!
Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago
The lead researcher is a well-known anti-gay academic who previously has tried to establish cultural indoctrination as cause for gay males and his “findings” are funded by a very anti-gay government and used as defense in laws and punishments against queer people. The state is manufacturing reasons to torture queer people and this is the “evidence” from THEIR “researchers”. “The Cypriot researchers, from the University of Nicosia, surveyed a total of 1,509 heterosexual participants for their study.”
Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago
Diana Fleischman, a psychologist at the University of Portsmouth told told International Business Times: “The paper totally ignores a lot of other possible hypotheses and makes claims that are really not supported by the evidence they provide
N’Baro Atksteel X377 3 years ago
I've read about that study. Wanna guess who they polled? Straight people. Brilliant.
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#37
They're Gay Harold
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
By “two in one” wedding, does this person actually mean double wedding? Weird choice of words, and weird not to catch the real meaning of what the person making the announcement was saying. How obtuse.
Ice Pack and Essential Oils 1 year ago
Yes, but the emojis show two men getting married
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#38
Ah, Yes. I Love My Pda-Filled “Friendships”
Nathaniel 3 years ago
Sometimes women will marry each other which also look like romantic relationships.
Dolly_of TheCowboy 3 years ago
Ahhh yes the famous "friendship wedding" referenced in another post on this thread
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JuniorCJ82 3 years ago
That one's not technically wrong, is it? She wasn't dating any of them, was she? Yes, we know she's bi/pan. Was it the paper trying to erase her sexuality?
King Kashue 3 years ago
She may have been dating Paris - there's been 'scuttlebutt' - but definitely wasn't openly dating either Rihanna or Kim.
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Trevor Nicholson 3 years ago
No, this one isn't wrong. She wasn't dating RIhanna or Kim Kardashian. These literally are just female friendships. None of these are women she actually dated.
King Kashue 3 years ago
There were some whispers about Paris, but yeah, didn't openly date any of them and, afaik, both Rihanna and Kim identify as straight.
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Stephanie Ladd 3 years ago
To be fair I think many of us would grab Kim's butt. I would but I'm also not straight so I'm a bad example
abby smink 3 years ago
I absolutely would not. Scared of what diseases and slime might cling to my hand.
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“Mila With Her Classmate” Written On The Backside; My Grandmother Is On The Left; C. 1950s, St. Petersburg, Russia
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Yes, but she has grandchildren, meaning she had to stay in the closet and get married to be accepted by society. Was that before or after she met this woman? If after, did she keep her “friendship” with her, or was she forced to never see her again? Did she go back to having a “friendship” and a “roommate” again after her husband died (or she divorced him)? Knowing how hard it was back then—-it was actually illegal, ffs, so she faced jail time if caught. Unbelievable now, but that’s how it was. Hell, I’m old enough to remember the awful “gay bashing” crimes in the eighties. Even when I was a kid, I related better with people as one human to another, without fixating on the incidentals of race, gender, and orientation. I always thought people who were different than me were more interesting than the ones just like me. Most of all, I have never been able to understand why some people just refuse to butt out of other people’s business and live and let live.
Katherine Heasley 3 years ago
In fairness, kissing friends on the mouth is common in Russia. Watch the gymnasts at the Olympics. They get off the apparatus and go kiss everyone on the team.
Anna Repp 3 years ago
I was going to write the same (I'm Russian.) - kissing on the lips is very common among friends and family.
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Hidasi Kata 2 years ago
although in certain cultures kissing lips wasn't/isn't reserved for lovers. In case of USSR, the communist camarade kiss (on the lips) was famous, think about Breznev kissing anyone he could- the Iron Lady could bend -dispite her name-to escape it. I think they could be either 1. lovers or 2. friends or 3. camarades- it could be a gesture amongst ppl who weren't even too close. 4. It could have even been a (brave) political act making fun of the communist kiss.( Maybe even riskier than being Lesbian/Bi).
Hidasi Kata 2 years ago
https://www.rferl.org/amp/the-soviet-kiss-gone-but-not-missed/29161360.html
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although in certain cultures kissing lips wasn't/isn't reserved for lovers. In case of USSR, the communist camarade kiss was famous, think about Gorbachov kissing anyone -the Iron Lady could bend -dispite her name-to escape it. I think they can be 1. lovers or 2. friends or 3. it could be a gesture amongst ppl who weren't even too close. It could have even been a political act making fun of the communist kiss.( Maybe even riskier than being Lesbian/Bi).
#40
Staring
ChimeraBubbles 3 years ago
Yeah, little kids will stare at anyone a little different. Source: me and my wonky walk
Chad Kook 3 years ago
TBF they are kids... they are going to stare at ANYONE who stands out from the crowd, but you shouldn't get upset, they are just curious and want to know more. Certainly better than the adult who looks/stares and then judges and could careless about who you are.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Yes. Children stare because they’re curious, but unlike adults, they’re non-judgmental in their curiosity. Kids will ask questions like do you borrow each other’s clothes, while some adults will ask s**t like do they know god will send them to hell, and other ignorant questions like that. Not to get to know and understand them, but to judge and make themselves feel superior. They’re not superior, btw, they’re just assholes.
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Fraxinus excelsior 3 years ago (edited)
I get this all the time and not just little kids, I can literally see the cogs turning in their heads. I can see them thinking "do I call you mate/sir or love/madam".Used to pee me off, but now it amuses me, especially when they get it wrong.
Tracy Wallick 3 years ago
There's no gender-neutral version of sir or madam and it stresses me out D:
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Marcellus the Third 3 years ago
I'm not feeling this, as say a quarter of kids have a period of a year or two where everybody mixes up their gender --- longer-haired boys before their voice breaks, girls with not-stereotypically-girl-hair,
Emma Starr 3 years ago
I often shave me head, I like it, but as a woman I totally wig kids out. No pun intended!
Tracy Wallick 3 years ago
To be fair, if I'm staring, I'm trying to figure out what pronouns to call you if we happen to talk (why is there no gender-neutral version of sir/maam?)
#41
Two Men Having Sex Is Unheard Of
Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago
Oh, if they only knew what went on in public toilets. RIP, George Michael
Random Anon 3 years ago (edited)
They've got a point. If you're in the can, whatever you're doing inside would gross strangers out. So why would bonking be any different than say, taking a very elaborate and loud dump?
Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago
Highway rest stops after dark have some really weird crap going on in the men's rooms.
#42
Sometimes I Feel Like People Are Just Intentionally Trying To Ignore The Signs
- 3 years ago
A little embarrassed that I mistook two men for father and son - they looked alike and had a twenty-year age gap. They corrected me and were wonderfully gracious about it. We had a conversation about long-time couples coming to look and sound alike. I congratulated them on their decades-long relationship and more recent marriage. A very happy couple - certainly better partners than my married-to-the-bitter-end parents!
#43
There Was An Attempt
Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago
These type of folks also don’t understand the difference between nouns and pronouns.
Wednesday 3 years ago
But here's the thing about binaries - they aren't static. There is an intermediary unity of like a string that connects the opposites - all along that string are variations between the two opposites. An example: Light and dark, there is blinding and pitch on opposite ends and in between bright, dim, all the colors, and tones and qualities of light. Same with sex, orientation, and gender. The extreme opposites are male and female but there is a long interconnected string between with all manner of genders, sexes and orientations. Middle ground physically could be either both sex organs or neither, (yes it happens, I have personally met both), or orientation, either fully bisexual or totally asexual with a spectrum between... Light and dark exist, but so do dawn and dusk...
#44
1 Month After My Mom And Uncle Came To The Conclusion My Cousin Isn't Gay
Random Anon 3 years ago
People would rather stick their heads in the sand than face reality, especially the uncomfortable reality. It's like seeing life in a different light would break their minds or something. Astonishing, but that's just how it is.
#45
Weeeelll... Lucky Me
MaddaPanda 3 years ago
More or less everything is wrong with this sign. First of: "Women will never". Ok.. Then; "as successful as men", as if all men are successful. Plus; lots of men don't have wives, a lot of women do have wives, etc. etc.
RandomHumanBean 3 years ago
that means that they aare saying that WOMEN are the smartest, which seems like the EXACT opposite of what these type of people usually say.
Dillon Hughes 3 years ago
Ha that’s great it’s like ironic and passive and counter intuitive all at the same time! Not sure if I love or hate it but would keep it!
#46
Casual Parental Erasure From The Telegraph
CaptainDinosaur 3 years ago
I love how these old heads call kids 'snowflakes' when they're the ones getting butt-hurt about everything.
Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago
Snowflakes are anybody who challenges a racist, homophobic, heterosupremist, sexist, traditional, conservative narrative or socio-cultural norm or are anyone who challenges the people who try to defend and maintain such socio-cultural norms
Load More Replies... Random Anon 3 years ago
Okay these folks don't got a clue. Your daughter will eventually grow up to be a young woman. Now if she swings both ways, you hope she gets a girlfriend in her teens. No way she would get knocked up too young and have to be a struggling single mother.
#47
Comment On A Cooking Video Of Strange Aeons And Her Girlfriend
Scipio Africanus 3 years ago
That’s obviously sarcastic nobody serious would word their comment like that
BorPand8 3 years ago
And it has 2072 upvotes? Hopefully because everyone found that comment hilarious...
Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago
This is just bigoted pushback trying to infiltrate comments section.
#48
Is This The Father Figure That Men Keep Saying That Feminists Lack?
Potato patato 3 years ago
Iirc Mary tweeted " happy valentine's day, hide your wife and husband because I swing both ways." So I think she knows. Or grandma's like to have very similar pfps
GoddessOfChaos 3 years ago
I’m pretty sure this is satire, judging by the other posts on that account, though n fact she even has a tweet saying she’s bi
Jo Choto 3 years ago
That is definitely a satire account. However, I think the age difference is a bit.... ouch.
M O'Connell 3 years ago
Don't knock it until you've tried it. I spent quite a long while dating someone 23 years older than myself.
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Misstaken138 3 years ago
To be fair, they really do resemble each other. I could kind of understand why she thought that.
#49
Emojis
weatherwitch 3 years ago
That's a very good point. At least the symbols exist for those countries to represent them at least 😊
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Dillon Hughes 3 years ago
Well it’s all true but true for both. They are a couple and they are holding hands. I wonder what it says for the two dudes. I also who takes the time to be bothered by such trivial nonsence
Pezor Zass 3 years ago
Also good to remember that in some places people can hold hands without it meaning that they are a couple. Some cultures do allow non-sexualized and non-commitment-based physical contact.
Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago
To be fair, most emojis describe the action rather than implying sentiment. There’s a few that are sentiment-specific, but mostly they’re descriptive.
#50
Projecting
#51
Families Be Like
Atlas 3 years ago
When girls kiss they’re just friends, when guys kiss it’s “unnatural” but when a guy kisses a girl it’s serious???
#52
Ah Yes, The Friendship Flag
Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago
Apparently this could be support for NHS or St Patrick’s Day or some other nonsense than what we clearly know it represents or at least what the intention of it’s representation.
#53
Child Discovers Gay People Exist
Misstaken138 3 years ago
Bobdylanslapmyfatnuts has to be one of the most amazing usernames I've ever encountered 😂
Nathaniel 3 years ago
I had real trouble reading it at first, my mind was going.... Bobdy Lansla?
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#55
Just Gal Pals Kissing On The Lips And Snuggling
Nathaniel 3 years ago
EveChan sounds like they are deeply in the closet, wandering around Narnia.
weatherwitch 3 years ago
Or Eve Chan is Asexual as we're generally oblivious to further meanings 🤦♀️🙄🤣🤣
Load More Replies... Liam F. 3 years ago
okay can I just say maybe in this context it's kind of a dumb comment since it's like kissing and stuff but IRL there are people who ship me and my female friend simply for linking arms or hugging and that's kind of annoying
Ozacoter 3 years ago (edited)
I agree. This seems just a person being oblivious to lesbians. But i think that we should encourage people of both sexes to hug and cuddle with their friends. Humans benefit from physical contact, we are a social species. Its sad that nowadays people are only supposed to do that with their romantic partner and nobody else.
Load More Replies... Potato patato 3 years ago
This reminds me of a post about someone who had a crush on their roommate, but the roommate thought they were already having their 10th date.
#56
North Korean Defector Describes Being Sent To The Doctor Because He Wasn’t Attracted To Women
weatherwitch 3 years ago
As someone who felt broken until my mid forties because I didn't know Asexuality existed I cannot begin to comprehend how awful this must feel for him and gay people in North Korea. I thought I was broken heterosexual, instead I was a classic Asexual. Decades of not understanding what was wrong with me, when I simply didn't know the name for what was Right with me ❤️
Shelli Aderman 3 years ago
Wow. I’m just at a loss for words. Because there are sometimes physical manifestations of desire, so how is it even possible to not acknowledge it? Even if one believes it’s wrong, (which it’s not!) it’s not an unknown phenomenon… 🤔
PixelShroom 3 years ago
I listened to an interfere of a girl who escaped North Korea. They don't have a word for anything LGBT. 😢
#57
Ah Yes, B E S T M A N
#58
The Next Question Was The Same But Girlfriend/Girls
#59
Right. Hang Out. Mhm
Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago
I must be doing things wrong then coz I have never hung around other women dressed in lingerie.
Random Anon 3 years ago
Uh Why not? You one of those guys wearing shorts and shirt in the sauna, and then had to be carried out?
#60
You're Hot, Cupcake
Bored Seb 3 years ago
FIrst time I watched, I didn't really see Vi as flirting with Cupcake. For me, she was just trying to make her feel unconfortable (which obviously work). Later on (scene in the bed) was a bit more obvious. But still... I like the idea that they could be just "really good friend" (I obviously have nothing against gay relationship; I just like nice friendship being depicted in a show; but won't be upset if they end up together).
Jo Choto 3 years ago
They went to bed together, but it still might be a nice friendship? Honey, ding, ding.
Load More Replies... thEBOrdeSTpaNDA 3 years ago
ARCANE YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS. Me and most of my friends are obsessed. Also Vi has blue eyes not grey
Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago
Another form of diversion or erasure from the most likely possibility. This is the subtle form of homophobia (actually, heterosupremacy) that’s so eroding and caustic to queer visibility and acceptance.
#61
Who's Gonna Tell Him
#62
There Is No Such Thing As A Female Couple (First Comment)
thatdisasterpanda 3 years ago
this is the same lady that would say "how cute" to straight people fücking in public
Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago (edited)
This was a pediatrician in the SF Bay Area. She works for Sutter Health Care in San Mateo California. The hotel pool was Sacramento and two women of color kissed on the lips. Other straight couples holding hands, cuddling and kissing also occurred & these straight folks came to the women’s defense after the good doctor spewed homophobic and racist b******t in the name of protecting kids (from what?) from what the straights were also doing and she spewed several f***s and c***s and whores and dykes within earshot of hers and other kids. Because foul language is ok when you’re assaulting queers and people of color for behavior your ok with as long as it’s hetero and white. BTW, Sutter scapegoated bu saying she’s an independent contractor. The reality: Sutter Health is a foundation and all doctors work for and get paid by a separate Sutter Medical Group. So, not independent of SPMF (Sutter Pacific Medical Found), but def an employee of SMG. All their docs are exclusively.
Random Anon 3 years ago
I actually feel more context is needed here. Were they kissing, like a greeting or see you later kind or full out snogging tongue and all? If it's the latter then yes, even a straight couple would be called out on.
#63
Is It Straight For A Woman To Have Crushes On Women?
CrunChewy McSandybutt 3 years ago
This doesn't belong here. I am very much a straight woman, but I had girl crushes, especially during the throes of puberty. Being human is complicated and sh*t.
Ozacoter 3 years ago
I agree. I was always assumed to be lesbian by others because i am not gender conforming but I only liked boys. Ironically in my late 20s i discovered that i might be bi. Just not 50-50 more like 80-20. Sexuality is complex and variable
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Guy MacGregor 3 years ago
Hard to judge from one point of view only. The mother seems to try to be understanding and while she is a bit abrupt, she isn't completely wrong, especially since she speak from experience.
Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago
What the mum says is kinda true though but she didn't have to ask. If it was a phase then as long as it isn't hurting anyone just let it go and be supportive. It is extremely common for girls to feel bi-curious and be confused by those feelings and think they are lesbian but realise once puberty starts slowing that it isn't the case. There is nothing wrong with that, there is also nothing wrong if they feel that way for the rest of their lives. My first pash and fondling type stuff was with a girl but that was just a phase. I still find girls attractive but in a more jealousy and/or appreciation kind of way. The same kind of way you see art, piece of furniture you like, pretty like a flower etc.
Evil Little Thing 3 years ago
So you were so serious about your lady crush that you told your parent that you were a lesbian?
Load More Replies... weatherwitch 3 years ago
You can have crushes on the same sex and it used to be very commonly known. It doesn't mean that you are gay. You might be straight, gay, bi, ACE with a crush, it just happens 🤷♀️ This poor mum sounds like she was really trying too 😔 I came out as Asexual to my mother who was Fabulous but never could to my father who was openly homophobic. At least the daughter felt that she could approach her mum and I hope this misunderstanding will soon be resolved ❤️
Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago
Yea, don't say that to your kid if they come out to you. Just tell them you love them just the way they are. If you are very homophobic then cut ties as soon as possible and don't mess them up worse. No amount of questioning a persons sexuality is going to get them to change it and it's only going to cause emotional and psychological damage.
Wednesday 3 years ago
Straight woman - never had girl crushes, and was never particularly curious. But here's the thing... woman's daughter is or has recently gone through puberty - that is the time of sexual awakening. So, if she's crushing hard on girls, and definitely not at all on boys, there is no deciding, it's done. She's a lesbian.
Wednesday 3 years ago
... and she is not broken so don't try to fix her...
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#64
That’s Not How This Works, That’s Not How Any Of This Works!
#65
I Found This, I Was Very Happy To See Gay Hijabs (I Wear A Hijab And I’m Gay) Until I Read The Caption
Sean 3 years ago
maybe they live in a country you cant openly be gay. then this would still be very brave. but idk
Furious George 3 years ago
For sure. This was most likely intensely brave and dangerous.
Load More Replies... weatherwitch 3 years ago
I feel that this is likely to be the safest way for the poster. It is with tiny steps that movement and awareness and eventually understanding breaks the taboo. Given how much hate there is in supposedly safe countries, people do need sadly to be careful. One day everywhere will accept us LGBT+ ❤️
Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago
That’s definitely code. Especially with the emoji. Check into allout.org and rainbowrailroad.org if you want to help LGBTQI+ folks in Sharia Law nations or Russia, Poland and Ukraine. A lot need assistance. Once you work with some, you’ll see very creative code to express identity.
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Tamara 3 years ago
Maybe a little off topic, but when I gave birth to my child 15 years ago I was a single parent. I had a female friend who stayed over the first week to help me . My maternity nurse was convinced we were lovers and she was so supporting about it. She just woul'dn hear us, even though we told here several times we were just friends. She must have thought we were afraid to tell the truth. She seemed so happy and almost proud to be so opendminded, we just gave up explaining. It was very touching, even though not accurate. She wished us the best and a happy life and I gladly forward her wish to the LGBTQ community
Potato patato 3 years ago
On bored panda I sometimes play a fun little game where after I scroll a bit, I read a passage from the article and I keep a mental tally of the weirdest things I have read. Sometimes on a collection about cakes, a part of the article would say something like, bobby didn't even know pizza was real! I just think it is so funny 🤣
Victoria Pitt 3 years ago
I have a point to make that is kinda opposite from the point of this thread. There is an element, especially in American culture, where EVERYTHING needs to be sexualized. So, some people who have never experienced non-romantic love may be confused when they see it. But yea with that said it's pretty funny (sad) people would be just as confused when they see blatant romantic love but their mind explodes because it's same sex.
Emery Walters 3 years ago
Very well done, Jonas, and important. But for me as an elder transman, very painful as well. Gatekeeping by other LGBTQs is ridiculous but oh so very human. A lesbian told me, "I'm way more butch than you are!' And about a third my age too. I wish her well and all the young people who are able to be themselves.
Irma 3 years ago
Also hate it when people think sexual orientation is a phase. Or think its eiter a sexual thing or a love interest but not both. Overheard a guy saying that he wanted to get this woman in bed. I wished him good luck saying she is a lesbian. He told me that he could change that. I didnt stop him. I'll love to see her rejecting him
CATMONSTER2018 3 years ago
Im surprised I didn't see anything about someone using the 2nd definition of gay. (As in happy/lighthearted) Like... Im gay and so is my best friend. would turn into "Both my best friend and I are happy"
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
This article reminds me of a story my mother told me about how when she was a kid back in the 70s they had an aunt who never married and lived with her "best friend", and because people just didn't talk about that sort of thing back then she didn't put two and two together until years later.
No you didn't 3 years ago (edited)
Just a couple days ago I was at a restaurant and two guys came in asking for a table. The waiter told them they have a table big enough to fit their girlfriends, if they wanna join them, too. Not quite the vibe I picked up from the two....
Tamara 3 years ago
Maybe a little off topic, but when I gave birth to my child 15 years ago I was a single parent. I had a female friend who stayed over the first week to help me . My maternity nurse was convinced we were lovers and she was so supporting about it. She just woul'dn hear us, even though we told here several times we were just friends. She must have thought we were afraid to tell the truth. She seemed so happy and almost proud to be so opendminded, we just gave up explaining. It was very touching, even though not accurate. She wished us the best and a happy life and I gladly forward her wish to the LGBTQ community
Potato patato 3 years ago
On bored panda I sometimes play a fun little game where after I scroll a bit, I read a passage from the article and I keep a mental tally of the weirdest things I have read. Sometimes on a collection about cakes, a part of the article would say something like, bobby didn't even know pizza was real! I just think it is so funny 🤣
Victoria Pitt 3 years ago
I have a point to make that is kinda opposite from the point of this thread. There is an element, especially in American culture, where EVERYTHING needs to be sexualized. So, some people who have never experienced non-romantic love may be confused when they see it. But yea with that said it's pretty funny (sad) people would be just as confused when they see blatant romantic love but their mind explodes because it's same sex.
Emery Walters 3 years ago
Very well done, Jonas, and important. But for me as an elder transman, very painful as well. Gatekeeping by other LGBTQs is ridiculous but oh so very human. A lesbian told me, "I'm way more butch than you are!' And about a third my age too. I wish her well and all the young people who are able to be themselves.
Irma 3 years ago
Also hate it when people think sexual orientation is a phase. Or think its eiter a sexual thing or a love interest but not both. Overheard a guy saying that he wanted to get this woman in bed. I wished him good luck saying she is a lesbian. He told me that he could change that. I didnt stop him. I'll love to see her rejecting him
CATMONSTER2018 3 years ago
Im surprised I didn't see anything about someone using the 2nd definition of gay. (As in happy/lighthearted) Like... Im gay and so is my best friend. would turn into "Both my best friend and I are happy"
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
This article reminds me of a story my mother told me about how when she was a kid back in the 70s they had an aunt who never married and lived with her "best friend", and because people just didn't talk about that sort of thing back then she didn't put two and two together until years later.
No you didn't 3 years ago (edited)
Just a couple days ago I was at a restaurant and two guys came in asking for a table. The waiter told them they have a table big enough to fit their girlfriends, if they wanna join them, too. Not quite the vibe I picked up from the two....
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