Um except I ****ing didn't? Don't you ever ****ing insinuate that I would EVER call somebody a woman or feminine as an insult.
I'm a fem gay and I've dealt with that **** myself. (disclaimer: obviously not to the same extent) I have all the respect in the world for women and love femininity and would NEVER use it as an insult, bc newsflash- it's not.
Reread it again, honey. I can guarantee that is NOT what I intended. The reading comprehension level is just....
The author is a MALE
you called him a FUGLY LADY as an insult
**** reading comprehension, your ass made an offhand and inappropriate comment
Let's not even get into the ones who say they have a black woman inside them but shudder at the thought of dating a black man. That's a whole other can of worms that could have its own essay
In fact, belief in the inherent superiority of gay men over women has been present since the 19th century. Dr Solomon points to Edward Carpenter, an early socialist defender of homosexuality. He believed that men who desired men "were not 'effeminate,' but rather combined qualities that made them the best drivers of social progress." Carpenter argued that male Uranians (as he called homosexuals) perfectly combined male forthrightness with female emotional sensitivity.
Let's not even get into the ones who say they have a black woman inside them but shudder at the thought of dating a black man. That's a whole other can of worms that could have its own essay
Ever had a gay man criticize your appearance, or had your ass slapped in a gay club 'as a joke'? Gay male sexism is alive and well.
"Some of the worst misogyny I've experienced has come from gay men. It can feel almost more gross than it does from straight men. It's like, you're not even trying to express sexual interest in me, you're just asserting your dominance over my body just because you're a man—you're just doing it because you can."
The topic of misogyny among gay men is a difficult one to broach. In my experience, men either simply refuse to believe the phenomenon exists, or the conversation is quickly derailed ("yeah, but what about homophobic women?").
"When I was younger a lot of gay men would touch me inappropriately and say, 'It doesn't count because I'm gay!' Yeah, it still counts because I'm still a person who deserves respect," Victoria Sin says. I tell her that I often hear off-handed remarks like, "Vaginas are disgusting, I don't know how anyone could have sex with one," and Sin agrees. "If I mention my period, I have gay friends say, 'Ewww, stop that's disgusting!' No, it's my body and it's not disgusting." This, I would suggest, also comes from a lazy, thoughtless assertion of gay men's sexual identity—but to assert you love dick doesn't mean you have to feign disgust at women and their bodies. It's as offensive as it is ridiculous: After all, calling vaginas gross is pretty rich coming from people who have anal sex.
As it turns out, Sin's reference to femininity "in the basement" is a pretty good metaphor for a lot of gay men's attitudes to sex itself. On gay dating apps, men frequently describe their preference for straight-acting or masculine partners, with some profiles explicitly specifying, "No femmes." Conversely, expression of desire is often fetishizing, crude, and unsolicited. Just this morning, one charmer asked me on Grindr, "will u dress up in knickers and stockings for me ****ty boy?" This refracted misogyny is also projected onto the top and bottom roles in gay sex: If I wear mascara in a profile picture, I can reasonably expect to be told how my 'hole' will be pounded, ruined, or devastated.
Among white gay men, the idolizing of black female artists such as Beyonce, combined with slang picked up from RuPaul's Drag Race, can produce excruciating stereotypes of black women—all dressed up as appreciation. At Push The Button, a gay pop music night in London, white gay men attended its annual Spice Girls party in Afro wigs, blacked up in an apparent homage to Mel B.
"I've heard white gay men joking about having a 'strong black woman' inside of them. It's a cultural stereotype that implies [black women] have no problems and is reductive about our experience," explains Ava Vidal, a British TV stand-up comic and writer. "There's a lot of this stuff—mimicking Ebonics, joking about their 'weaves'—not realizing it dehumanizes us. It's not flattering. They want all the fun parts of our culture without experiencing any downsides."
What happens when she challenges these gay men? "They turn nasty and almost bully you about it. These white men are not listening to black women. How many times do they have to be told before they listen?"
I actually think of drag as a disgrace and disrespect to women. I feel like it's making fun and mocking women's features. I'm NOT trying to be a douche, but I'm saying this is how I feel and why I have never liked or enjoyed drag. And will never participate.
Demonize a whole group of people when we got way bigger issues to face. They're will never be progress in the black community cause we been taught to scapegoat the issue by attacking a group of people when our own coummity has cause alot of the problems we face.
I was going to agree about the gay sexism in general especially after that recent thread where da gays didn't think they could be sexist and blaming straight men only. HOWEVER the emphasis on white gays makes no sense when everything they said can apply to most gays regardless of color, that along with a few other dumb remarks invalidate the whole article.