I had joined a bisexual group because I felt I would be welcome, someone made a post and people were talking about pansexual and asking what their preference was, and so as a pansexual, I gave a brief example of what I was attracted to. I listed off men, women, trans, other, blah blah. My words were twisted where people were commenting that I was saying trans people aren't "real" men and women, which I never said, I was making an example and meant absolutely no harm of. Someone else said my sexuality was dehumanizing because I "fetishise" trans people, no, I was trying to list an example, because I know quite a few bisexual people who aren't attracted to trans people, I thought by including them it would be helpful. I was also told to kill myself and that I'm disgusting. I have never felt so disgusted at how quickly people can turn my words into something they're not. I don't fetishise groups of people, I was trying to make what I thought was an innocent informed comment. I thought I could be welcome in a community for once, but no. And I'm very wary of even posting this. I meant well, I swear. Sometimes the lgbtq community is so much more toxic than it is positive, I used to be very active and was always made to feel ashamed of who I am, almost ten years later and I'm still being treated the same disgusting way. I'm so sad about this, I love everyone, no matter what parts they have or what they identify as. TDLR; I tried making an informed comment in a subreddit and was told I dehumanize people and should kill myself.
Edit: Was this really bad of me? I know it shouldn't but it's tearing me up a lot right now.
Submitted January 16, 2020 at 02:37AM by Demasc00 https://ift.tt/385MyC6
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