Gay culture is actually mind bogglingly problematic in such a myriad of ways and it’s so difficult to articulate all the ways in which it is but I’m gonna make a thread to try and explain why x https://twitter.com/alex_abads/status/1198656223446474752
1) Body issues are rampant and gay men constantly subjected to idealised standards of beauty. God knows this effects so many cis gay men, let alone trans gay men, who are already made to feel uncomfortable about their bodies by wider society https://twitter.com/dreamoforgonon/status/1198692198553923585?s=21
2) The racism is just....awful, on our hook up/dating apps it’s either strange fetishisation or flat out rejection based on race. Racism is obviously a problem more pervasive than the gays but we should be so much better. Borrowed @k_y_tho tweets for this

https://twitter.com/k_y_tho/status/1196595854909595649?s=21 https://twitter.com/k_y_tho/status/1196595854909595649
3) Dear god the transphobia, the cis gays have really proven to be the weakest link as of late and the whole ‘LGB Alliance’ is just so shameful. Cis gay men need stop closing the door after them and stand up and show some god damn solidarity https://medium.com/@Phaylen/why-are-more-gay-men-turning-on-transgender-people-14612aa2d831
7.2) I think this a very difficult topic to grasp generally but what I want to highlight is that the way gay men perform their identities are very much reminiscent of a rigid view heteronormative view of gender and we should be less concerned with playing certain roles
9) Apolitical gays who avoid politics or “don’t know what’s going on” are just showing their arses. Shape the fuck up, we’re needed more than ever and it might be comforting to feel like you can avoid shit but queer people are dying and I don’t care about your sensibilities x
10) Internalised homophobia is just the kicker really. So many of our problems stem from the fact we don’t like ourselves and it’s nothing short of a tragedy. I know the road to self-acceptance is a long one but dealing with it will be so important for our future as a collective
10.2) this defo isn’t meant to be a holier-than-thou tweet, I know self-acceptance and love is a difficult thing. However when we start focusing on ourselves we naturally stop focusing on how we’re perceived which is healthy for everyone https://www.rainbow-project.org/internalised-homophobia
Just to add a final note to this heavy thread, these problems are so fixable and there so many amazing gay men out there that are doing the most!! It’s just an unfortunate amount arent and this thread is made with the hope and belief that we are better than this 💖💖
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