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‘nobody in america cares if you’re gay anymore’ is the one of the most ignorant statements i’ve ever heard. look up the gay panic defense laws. look up the millions of stories of lgbt people getting assaulted, harmed, killed every day. look at the+
+number of lgbt homeless youth. read all of the stories about kids being hurt by their own families. being bullied by their peers. do some research before you say something like that, we beg you. +
+you may not see homophobia or transphobia happening in your everyday lives but that does not mean that it doesn’t exist in our country. you may not have seen the amount of times i’ve been pushed in the hallways and called slurs. the hours of crying late at night because+
+i just wanted to be a normal kid. but that doesn’t mean that it didn’t happen. it doesn’t mean that it didn’t matter. we are risking EVERYTHING to be ourselves, and that’s something to be proud of. straight people, take a look at yourselves. you may not be directly+
+part of the problem, but to be good allies you need to be constantly aware of these things and constantly trying to better your education. and if you’re trying, thank you. end of thread
i might link some resources for those of you that want to become better allies
