Pride Month 2022 has kicked off, and the LGBTQ+ communities are celebrating the freedom to be themselves. Which, even though it's the 21st century, is still apparently threatening to some people.
I know it sounds absurd, but take the subreddit "Are the Straights OK?" for example. Its members regularly discover posts that discriminate against minorities, and often do so in a way that resembles all those toxic cliches from 25, 75, and even a few hundred years ago.
Continue scrolling to check out what statements have recently appeared on the subreddit and fire up Bored Panda's older publication on it for more similar jibberish if you want to go down the rabbit hole even deeper.
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Ugh. Just, Ugh
Given all the problems they have, you might be surprised that wealth creation, according to new research from Merrill Lynch, is actually happening at a faster pace among diverse communities, including the black, Latino, and specifically, the LGBTQ+.
The study focused on "affluent households," which, according to the three reports from Merrill Lynch, means US households earning more than $125,000. Affluent gay, lesbian, and transgender households saw their net worth skyrocket by a whopping 76% since 2015. (For comparison, the average "affluent" home saw its wealth grow by 53% during this time frame.)
Double Standards
Not All Heroes Wear Capes
Jesus Christ
"As a gay financial planner, I have seen the difference in family dynamics between my hetero clients and LGBTQ+ clients," David Rae wrote in Forbes. "About one-third of LGBTQ+ respondents said family members did not support them. While I believe acceptance is improving, it is not a given."
"LGBTQ+ Americans tend to get married later, and if they have children, they tend to have them later in life. Additionally, the cost of starting a family for LGBTQ+ individuals is usually much more expensive on average. That being said, for same-sex couples who don't have children, there is a lot more money to go around, which can make it easier to live a fabulous gay lifestyle while at the same time still building wealth."
Better To Be Silent And Assumed A Fool Than To Speak Up And Remove All Doubt
Swimsuits
*gasp* Women Have... Veins?! Impossible!!
Matt Walsh Is A Controlling A**hole And Jeffrey Combs Is An Absolute Gem
It's also important to point out that the LGBTQ+ community is still highly diverse, with members at the top and bottom of the income and wealth spectrums.
Merrill conducted an in-depth study to help understand the financial planning needs of the LGBTQ+ community. The study also explored the financial challenges that members of the LGBTQ+ community overcame. 'Diverse Viewpoints: Exploring Wealth in the LGBTQ+ Community' is just one in a series of studies that Merrill has commissioned.
Holy Cr*p
Hmmm
What Is Wrong With People
Nope, Definitely Not Ok, It's A Freaking Blanket!
Ouch that would have seriously hurt. That's a lovely blanket and beautiful colours. Sorry you went through that. :(
"There is fear throughout the LGBTQ+ community about growing old alone," Rae said. "I could easily make a joke here about the fear of looking old, but this is a serious issue for many in the LGBTQ+ community. As a group, we face many challenges as we age."
"One pertinent question is, 'Who will look after us as we age.' LGBTQ+ folks are a third more likely to be concerned about paying for long-term care costs when compared to the general public. For one thing, long-term care is extremely expensive. Also, there is pervasive discrimination within many elder care facilities, both from residents and staff. These issues can be even more problematic for the transgender community and those living with HIV. I've spoken with many gay and lesbian seniors who have essentially gone back into the closet in their retirement communities."
Why Can't Women Just Enjoy Their Boobies? Their Super Stuffed Up Milkies? Their Honker Wonker Doinky Bonkies?
Ask him to strap two pumpkins to his chest for a day and see what he thinks by 5pm.
So If you're walking around with a big booger hanging out your nose... Wear it like a man!
Ah Yes, Misogynistic Christmas Cards For All!
Ladies…?
The US Department of the Treasury says that gay married couples make more money than lesbian couples, and both gay and lesbian couples make more than opposite-sex married couples.
"It is pretty easy to explain how gay and lesbian married couples can make more money per year and at the same time be paid less for equal work," Rae said. "The proportion of dual-income households among gay and lesbian couples is higher than that of opposite-sex couples. You may have two lesbians earning less both because they are female and lesbian, but if both work full-time, they, on average, make more than the so-called nuclear family where the husband works and the wife stays home (don't shoot the messenger, I'm just pointing this out)."
Cait Doesn't Get It, And Neither Do I Mate...
The Delusions Of Some Of These Guys
This Does Not Seem Okay
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However, in many places around the world people from the LGBTQ+ community still have to hide and even flee persecution for simply being who they are.
"Among 84 million people who are currently forcibly displaced worldwide, LGBTQ+ persons are particularly vulnerable and marginalized," the UN said in a statement in May. "Fleeing persecution and socio-economic exclusion, they often reside in countries that do not provide strong human rights protections or actively discriminate based on sexual orientation and gender identity."
Pretty Much
Hmmmm
Found On An Article
I Genuinely Find This Hilarious Especially Knowing The Original Creator Was Being 100% Serious
"The structural vulnerabilities that LGBTQ+ persons face are intensified by their situation as migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, or internally displaced persons," the statement continued.
"Persecution from State and non-State actors, as well as socio-economic exclusion fueled by stigma, discrimination, armed conflict, natural disasters, and climate change force many persons of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) to flee their homes in search of a safe environment, where they can live authentically and fully exercise their rights."
Women Are Such Mysterious Creatures, They Never Say What They Want
This happened several months ago so I blocked him after he kept trying to get me to date him. Now he somehow reached out to me on Skype and offline school will start in 2 days so now I have no choice but to see him in person
That- That's Not What Loyal Is-
About Ice Cream
This Is Just Creepy
When You Think It Can’t Get Worse You Notice The Glove…
Both clearly having a laugh. Probably work on/own the farm and this is how they handle pregnant livestock so they're making a joke of it while letting family & friends know they are expecting. I think it a-moo-sing anyway.
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
Oh... My God
I am not often lost for words but.... . . ..but what a cockwomble, twatbadger of a person I cannot call him a man
Please do not insult all cockwombles and twatbadgers! They are worth more than that piece of s**t.
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You must be one of the most despicable people God ever blew breath into. I hope you burn in hell. I wish your hopefully ex wife and daughter all the love and support and health possible. You are a horrible sad man.
I would never wish cancer upon anyone but I’m having a real hard time not wishing it upon this guy’s family jewels.
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I don't want your daughter to know you either. I hope she never does. She is 1000 times better without you in her life. Also, her mother? Is a f*****g hero. I hope she gets her health back and lives to see her daughter become a good, brilliant person. I hope you, the epitome of an arsehole, never see them again.
And "reasonable" child support. He'll let you know what he decides is reasonable.
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Yup the pain in her eyes is because you haven't had sex in two months, not because she's fighting cancer!!!!
To be fair people with cancer do have sex, and sexual intimacy can often become an issue for various reasons. Something that's important for health professionals to talk to couples about.
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Men are six times more likely to leave their wife after a cancer diagnosis than women are to leave their husband. In fact major health scares make women less likely to divorce their husbands in general.
He's afraid his daughter will think he is "a horrible person". Oh the Irony!
Do them a favour and p**s off. Go ahead and tell them honestly why you want a divorce (because you aren't attracted to her anymore) because at least that way your soon to be (the sooner the better for her) ex wife and child can eventually heal and realise it was never her fault that you walked away and they're so much better off without your pathetic a**e in their lives. I also hope she beats her cancer, never ever takes your sorry a**e back and you can see how beautiful she is and you can regret leaving her the rest of your sad and superficial life. You oxygen thieving c**t. *deeply inhales gathers composure,straightens clothes and walks away* Thank you rant over.
You absolute disgusting excuse of a man. This is unforgivable. Your daughter would be right to hate you. I hate you, and I don't know you. You are lower than a worm.
Gods I wish this was uncommon, but unfortunately men leave their wives when given a serious medical diagnosis more often than you think.
Ah yes, your WIFE has breast cancer, but this is the hardest thing YOU have ever been through. That first sentense alone is more than enough to tell you: you are a vile, shallow idiot who thinks with his d**k. Please tell me you posted this on AITA, because you deserve a beating, even if its only an online one.
My disorder has a 60% divorce rate. There are support groups for women left at hospitals after cancer surgery and yet I know many women who have done end of life care for ex husbands
I've seen this post before. Not in BP. It seemed real (unfortunately)🤦♂️
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You are possibly the worst person on Earth. Take care of your wife, she has cancer you a**.
My bet is that this piece of human garbage claims to be a CHRISTIAN while using evolution to justify his lack of compassion and raging misogyny.
You are the most despicable, disgusting, vile, narcissistic, cruel, repulsive, cold-hearted, twisted twat. I hope that are left alone with that non-existent heart. I wish your wife a speedy recovery and love and support from TRUE people who love her. You do not deserve that courageous and kind woman. If I want to say what I actually think about you, I think I would be permanently banned from BoredPanda.
That poor women, she’s suffering so much only to find out she married a sack of c**p!
Wh-What kind of person are you!? Your wife is going through a terrible time and you want to LEAVE her?????? You need to be there to support her (if you were a better person that would be better) She needs love and support and you want to take off and force more stuff on her!!!!!????? Really!?!?!?!
Lower than pond scum. How could you leave your wife while she is vulnerable, and your daughter in case she gets sick. You need help. and I hope you get sick and no one wants to stay with you!
Sounds like the woman and her daughter are the ones tied to an unhealthy (mentally ) male. Hope it's temporary.
Oh by all means be honest as to why you want a divorce. Then the 2 of them can move on from your d**b a** and never speak to you again.
Oh my God! What the actual f**k am I reading? I don’t know them personally, but I’d take a wild guess that she’s going to be better off without this self centred many-baby sociopath.
You are a horrid person. She is going through tough times and you wanna ditch her because she is bald and ya'll haven't had sex in awhile!?
It's always the wrong people who get cancer. I don't think I've heard of anyone who deserves testicular cancer more in my life.
He should get a divorce with his wife so his wife knows what a horrible, and terrible person he is, and so she can find someone better than him, someone that is not going to leave her side because she has breast cancer. This man obviously only cares about himself, he doesn't even want to be with his daughter either. He like a parasite to the family.
A reasonable amount of child support is everything you have, you empathy-challenged jerk.
I'd call it inhumane scum, but that would be an insult to inhumane scum.
Why would anyone put this in writing, much less publish it for the world to see? Maybe he thought someone would say he was being totally reasonable and should divorce his cancer stricken wife and abandon his daughter because she might be unhealthy. What an AH
What woman wants to be tied to abusive, sick, selfish f***s who are not only physically unhealthy but mentally unhealthy? Y'all really think you're hot s**t, but the moment a woman loses something you considered attractive, you just drop us? You ain't s**t either with your potbelly, drinking habit, bad teeth, or limp shrimp d**k! But she's the problem.
My god..... if I read this and it was written by the man I love and the father of my child..... I honestly think it would destroy me. This is horrible. I hope she and her daughter get away from him soon and far. And I hope she is happy and surrounded by good people who love her.
You know what. I am not a violent person BUT I hope she has brothers, and sisters and maybe even her mom and dad, cousins, 2nd and 3rd cousins, best friends, even random friends from from 2nd grade, the nice plumber from last month, and the mailman, the local knitting circle, maybe even the Shriner guys in little cars and they all get together and just beat the living s**t out of this guy. Maybe do it more than once. At least take out his knee caps. Seriously. Like that scene in the movie airplane where the lady is freaking out and people lineup to "knock some sense into her". I bet the line would be longer than a new iPhone release, chick fil a drive through at lunchtime, and Black Friday combined.
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The wedding vows literally were "in sickness and in health" you twatwaffle!!! But please, leave her! Because she deserves to be with someone who truly sees her and stands by her. Not you. She definitely doesn't deserve you.
Yeah my boyfriend of 7 years who I lived with broke up with me for the same reason (thank God & myself every day for not marrying or having kids with that a*****e) He also then told all our mutual friends the reason he ended it was because "I'd lost my mind and become mentally unstable because of my illness", so he did it to protect himself. That was a decade ago and If I walked past him today I'd still relish the chance to punch him in the face.
Wow is this a joke??!! He only values his family as far as it might benefit him and his own needs. What an empty person
I have to believe this is someone just trying to get a bunch of comments as a joke or initiation into a group. No one who honestly feels like this would ever advertise it. They'd at least have enough shame not to tell anyone.
You dense motherf*cker! Why would you even consider this?? Were you raised in the Iron Age?? >:O
A marriage is a lot more than sex but that was something he did not learn so it seems. If that is all that he is thinking about, she has really married the wrong person. What an f***ing AH. If she has done so much for him he couild just be there by her side and help her get through all this. Not thinking about how a poor little baby he is himself.
Damn, did my dad time travel to write this? MAN UP AND TELL HER SO SHE CAN FIND SOMEONE BETTER!!
For anyone curious, my father never manned up. Having lived as a child of a man "doing the right thing and sticking by his wife" just don't.
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Are we sure this isn't an entry in "write a horror story that gets more horrifying with each paragraph" contest?
This guy is seriously complaining about how hard it is for him, when his wife has FREAKING CANCER
You don't know love. You have no love for your wife and daughter. Love is going to hell and back for someone who is fighting their hardest for their life. You are a shallow thing that somehow attatached itself to a person and now you want out when things get tough. To think that you want to break the bonds with your daughter because she may go through this as well clinches the fact you are garbage. I would love to meet you in a dark alley...
Ok he had me at first. I was all like well thats shitty but you realize and it's better to leave than to cheat; I mean illness/ disease can destroy relationships. But then you continue and let me tell you, I hope you get testicular cancer followed by extreme erectile dysfunction, irritable bowel syndrome, halitosis and balding; hope you have a misshapen head too that people make fun of you for now that you're bald. You don't deserve that woman and definitely don't deserve that child
What woman wants to be tied to a shallow, self-serving douchebag like this guy?
I sincerely hope he does it, that poor woman and baby don't need such scum in their lives. What a horrible excuse for a human being.
Part of me believes this is just an incel roleplaying not because a person this shitty couldn't have a spouse and children, but because he comes off as too much of a tool to properly hide it.
Hmmmm, I think he should divorce her. She'll be better off. Especially your daughter.
Seriously, this guy would be well advised to see a psychiatrist. His feelings may relate to his mental health more than his wife's physical health.
This man is a real piece of s**t he is scum I hope he catches cancer douchebag
At Least He End It There
Yes, please end it! Good riddance. My God, I'm getting more disgusted by the minute reading this list 🤬🤬🤬
Found Some Vintage Anti-Suffrage Posters That Show How Afraid People Were Of Women Voting
Not Only Did People Get Mad About The Trailer, This Post Got Reported A Lot
Ah, Poor Babies…
How Do You Even... What
Yeah, Don't Have Sex Before Marriage
This Sign Above A Children's Toilet
What Poor Woman Made This?
Are They Serious?
Definitely Not Ok
I've Lost So Much Respect For This Elon Musk Guy
Honey,that Sounds Like A You Problem
... What
Racist and Sexist all in one! And Homophobic! That has to be a new record!
I Don’t Think They Are
This Is At A Kid’s Stationary Shop
A Friend Sent This Screenshot To Me On Instagram…
I May Be A Sex Repulsed Ace But Once A Week Seems A Bit Much When Your Partner Dosn't Feel Sexual Attraction
Instagram Explore Page Memes = Misogynist Memes
Note: this post originally had 136 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
At least it provides us with a form of entertainment...and I always feel super sane and marginally more intelligent after reading some of this garbage.
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Why is this something that only the LGBTQ+ community would find offensive??
To anybody confused by the comments: They’ve now edited the title to include “homophobia and sexism”. It was originally a title referring to homophobia and nothing to do with sexism in case you’re wondering what all the “how is this homophobic??” comments mean.
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I apologize to everyone for how often I commented, I just got so angry with every new item on the list 🤬🙄
I commented way too much on this. I'm angry now, so going to look at the rescue pets posts.
Never have so many BP posts in one article made my stomach drop and leave a feeling of hollowness in my chest. I fail to fathom the minds that could conceive of such antipathy for fellow humans.
I was eating oranges while reading through these. I accidentally rubbed orange peel juice in my eye. That was still less painful then reading through some of these. It really isn't difficult to respect the autonomy of others, to recognize that other people can be very different from yourself and understand that this is okay and not a threat to your life or well being. And yet, people still manage to fail to grasp any of these life lessons.
I think it's important we are able to differentiate those that are clearly maliciously toxic and those of people struggling to come to terms with things. If people lash out at anyone with an opinion that differs just a little and started going "us vs them" then this movement is no different than the intolerance they are opposing.
What I get often is “You’re gay … I know a gay guy, you should totally get together”
Sometimes it's a helpful to have a reminder that I purposefully surround myself with loving and supportive people. I wish everyone had the luxury.
This entire article would be 70% shorter or only 40 entries, since only about 30% are about homophobia, while the rest are misogynistic which is another kettle of fish. No pun intended. But here's one: why isn't hobophobia a thing? I see class bigots shy away from hobos all the time and even yell at them and call the cops. Hobophobia is a real problem in our class bigoted society.
At least it provides us with a form of entertainment...and I always feel super sane and marginally more intelligent after reading some of this garbage.
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To anybody confused by the comments: They’ve now edited the title to include “homophobia and sexism”. It was originally a title referring to homophobia and nothing to do with sexism in case you’re wondering what all the “how is this homophobic??” comments mean.
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I commented way too much on this. I'm angry now, so going to look at the rescue pets posts.
Never have so many BP posts in one article made my stomach drop and leave a feeling of hollowness in my chest. I fail to fathom the minds that could conceive of such antipathy for fellow humans.
I was eating oranges while reading through these. I accidentally rubbed orange peel juice in my eye. That was still less painful then reading through some of these. It really isn't difficult to respect the autonomy of others, to recognize that other people can be very different from yourself and understand that this is okay and not a threat to your life or well being. And yet, people still manage to fail to grasp any of these life lessons.
I think it's important we are able to differentiate those that are clearly maliciously toxic and those of people struggling to come to terms with things. If people lash out at anyone with an opinion that differs just a little and started going "us vs them" then this movement is no different than the intolerance they are opposing.
What I get often is “You’re gay … I know a gay guy, you should totally get together”
Sometimes it's a helpful to have a reminder that I purposefully surround myself with loving and supportive people. I wish everyone had the luxury.
This entire article would be 70% shorter or only 40 entries, since only about 30% are about homophobia, while the rest are misogynistic which is another kettle of fish. No pun intended. But here's one: why isn't hobophobia a thing? I see class bigots shy away from hobos all the time and even yell at them and call the cops. Hobophobia is a real problem in our class bigoted society.
