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    One actually supports the LGBTQ community, the other one is homophobic as fuck and member of Putin’s party. None is lesbian though, and just used the male fantasy to sell more albums.

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    ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID RUNNING THROUGH MY HEAD RUNNING THROUGH MY HEAD YEAH RUNNING THROUGH MY HEAD

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      The lyrics are so much better in Russian. They are very tender and heartfelt and really do a good job showcasing what it’s like being a gay teenager in love.

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    IIRC they were gay for show. But man, what a show that was to young me

    Good songs too

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    The loudest people criticizing queer people are always the ones who seem totally unsure of their own supposed straightness, or maybe the ones who consume the lesbian/gay porn. Seems like proving you arent gay requires screaming really loud.

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      I HATE GAY PEOPLE, WOMEN SHOULDNT BE WITH WOMEN

      ok baby, please can you go away? Im recording something, we can scissor later

      KILL ALL GAY PEOPLE

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      (This is not about anything in this thread that I’ve read specifically, just something I’ve experienced myself)

      It’s also really annoying when you point this out and someone comes to champion the good name of all the other queer folk, as if you meant to imply that a person’s queerness, rather than their internal powerstruggle to remain closeted, was the reason for whatever slight they’re performing against the community.

      It’s like, no, did you even read what was written? It’s such a weak argument and thought-terminating cliche, and it denies that part of the human condition is that one can try to suppress a part of themselves so ferociously that they externalize it onto everyone else.

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    Nah, you don’t understand!

    It’s gays everyone’s so concerned about. Lesbians were always the exception, for obvious reasons (fulfilling predominantly male fantasies of two sexy girls playing with each other, while not being off-putting to most women)

    LGBT just so happens to have L in it, but honestly, I didn’t hear much about lesbians being prosecuted in Russia in any capacity.

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      I always thought that was such a boneheaded take for a straight man. You want to encourage the mangays and discourage the ladygays. Let the men knock eachother out of the dating pool and let simple supply and demand increase your value without you having to do a single sit-up.

      Tap for spoiler

      Edit : I mean obviously you dont want to do any of that, you want to just live and let live, but if we’re picking and choosing bigotry like that then at least make it make sense

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        The loudest anti gay people seems to be gay people with severe issues with their own sexuality

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    I knew a lesbian who lived in Russia during my BBS days. I think about her sometimes wondering either how she’s coping there or where she eventually moved to

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      I don’t know, the US crashes its gay dating apps every time its homophobes have a big meeting.

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    Not just the queers being “enemies of the state”, but also Putin and his Black Hundreds decided Pussy Riot is also classed as a “terrorist” group.

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    The Bolshevik decriminalised homosexuality, and then Stalin came along and fucked it all up.