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I& #39;m VERY hesitant to sound like I& #39;m ever equating bc I& #39;m a white male.
The word "faggot" to me is very painful. VERY very painful.
I was called that repeatedly growing up until I was 12 or so.
Some schoolmates won& #39;t know what I& #39;m talking about but I was called it almost daily
The word "faggot" to me is very painful. VERY very painful.
I was called that repeatedly growing up until I was 12 or so.
Some schoolmates won& #39;t know what I& #39;m talking about but I was called it almost daily
It was violent.
Degrading.
That bullying is always with me. That pain is inside me today.
I cannot accept anyone who is not
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> saying that word.
A violent affront to me. I don& #39;t care what the context is.
I won& #39;t accept a str8 person saying it in my presence.
Degrading.
That bullying is always with me. That pain is inside me today.
I cannot accept anyone who is not
A violent affront to me. I don& #39;t care what the context is.
I won& #39;t accept a str8 person saying it in my presence.
I was assaulted while that word was employed.
When another kid was in a fight or beaten up, that was the word they were condemned with.
That was the word violent gay bashers used in my time growing up.
When another kid was in a fight or beaten up, that was the word they were condemned with.
That was the word violent gay bashers used in my time growing up.
I even get upset when https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> use it. I& #39;ve had bitter arguments about it.
I& #39;m not comfortable with my own community using it.
For me, because of that almost daily trauma, it& #39;s a frightening, foul word for me.
For me it& #39;s not a word I can "reclaim". Never.
It& #39;s just way too painful
I& #39;m not comfortable with my own community using it.
For me, because of that almost daily trauma, it& #39;s a frightening, foul word for me.
For me it& #39;s not a word I can "reclaim". Never.
It& #39;s just way too painful
It was never MY word.
It was a WEAPON that was used to bludgeon my insides.
But I recognize I& #39;m older and that was a different time and otherhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️🌈" title="Regenbogen-Flagge" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen-Flagge"> use it free of what it was to me.
I *grudgingly* tolerate it but only just, from other LGBTQ2.
But THAT& #39;S it. No one else.
It was a WEAPON that was used to bludgeon my insides.
But I recognize I& #39;m older and that was a different time and other
I *grudgingly* tolerate it but only just, from other LGBTQ2.
But THAT& #39;S it. No one else.
