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President Joe Biden calls on LGBTQ+ community ‘to wave their flags of pride high’ this June
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And what have you done, Joe?
Not much.
In many ways, it’s as bad for lgbtq+ people as it was in the 90s, especially trans kids. Suicide rates are sky high for these folks, and the bigotry is everywhere. It’s disgusting.
And you’re silent.
Things are bad right now, really bad, but they're not as bad as they were in the 90s. Not even close.
That's just how bad the 90s were.
Me, a gay teen in the 90s, being actually afraid for my life while holding the hand of my SO in public.
Now? I’ve got a fuckin’ flag.
People forget history when it works for them.
NOT EVEN FUCKING CLOSE. Absolutely stupid take.
(this reads like a rant but it's a message of remembrance and reflection)
Rose-colored glasses? I remember my realization in the 90s and being in the closet for the entire 00s. Me and other queer peers were terrified of our own family, openly being mocked in school by students and faculty, I have friends that have attempted suicide more times than I have fingers per person. You should not know the ER staff on a first-name basis. Friends who didn't reveal they were trans until they were in their 30s and separated from anyone but their closest, most trusted friends. Friends who still, after years of therapy, are still suffering from depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. And this spreads wide with the people I grew up with. It'd actually genuinely be difficult to think of someone in my extended social circle that didn't have the view that school was literal hell because of the constant belittling, insulting, second-class treatment from everyone from the students to the principal (I can think of literally just one individual). We had at least one person I know of who viewed the Columbine shooters as someone they looked up to, because of how badly they were treated at a place where you are supposed to be safe.
It's not all rainbows and unicorns now, but it's a stark contrast to what it was 20+ years ago. Children shouldn't have to wonder if they are going to be stabbed or shot or beaten by so-called 'adults' and 'caregivers' for who they like. They shouldn't be scared of being put out on the fucking street for taking their partner to prom. They shouldn't have to create a second life of lies and then mirror that data around so if anyone questions anyone in the friend circle, the stories match up.
A child/teenager should be happy and joyous, not like a fucking prison sentence. 20 years ago, it was. I lived that hell, many of us did. Abuse everywhere you turned, even if you were still in the closet (to everyone but us). People were absolute terrible bastards, but the victims are changing that, because we are the people those fucks who call themselves adults should have been. Everyone I've spoken about is in a better place now - scarred physically, suffering from mental trauma, often still questioning why they don't make today their last, every single day. But we are still here, we have always supported each other, and we want this hellhole to never be experienced by others ever again. A tall order, but we are trying.
I'm sure there's thousands, shit, millions of others just like us. We are the shy, timid ones, boiling in our memories of bullshit, our permanent rage. Suffering one last time in the hopes that others don't have to. Out in the world, some of us just want peace and quiet, to be left alone and forgotten, as their defense. Some carry weapons, due to their location and popular opinion against them. Some relocated to more accepting parts of the world, many right out of high school. But we all want all of us to live safer, happier, better lives. Together, we make progress, bit by bit.
My siblings and their friends, I hear them talk about things now and then. A few years makes a huge difference in tolerance - two decades might as well be completely different planets.
Just don't pretend or romanticize years past, is all I'm saying. Progress is forward, not backward.
I’m not the one pretending here. No progress has been made during this administration.
My brother in christ it takes literally one Google search to see how utter bullshit this take is.
https://www.hrc.org/resources/president-bidens-pro-lgbtq-timeline
One that struck me is how Biden handled monkeypox. Under Trump, monkeypox would have been a "gay disease" that would have not been taken seriously at all. The Biden administration took it seriously and now I've completely forgotten it was a thing.
Go take your lunch break Dimitri.
Christ is a myth, and if you think a single example in 4 years is anything impressive, it just proves how thirsty you are.
I posted an entire fucking list. The letters in blue will send you to another website with that list if you click it. It's amazing what they've done for internet formatting these days.
Don't bother, he's one of the many trolls whose entire purpose on Lemmy is to shit on biden
The problem with getting all your news from social media is that when you surround yourself with people who only share the one kind of news, you don’t get all of the other news that is very important.
As other people are saying to you, all you have to do is look for it and you will find a list of the pro-lgbt actions this administration has done.
Weren't you just criticizing someone for invalidating your experiences? That's exactly what you're doing right now to the person above.
If they say shit is much better for them and their loved ones right now, don't say they're just pretending that's the case. If you want to be respected for saying things are personally no better for you, don't tell someone else they're just pretending if they say things are better for them now.
Otherwise you just come off as an incredibly disingenuous asshole.
My man, did you live in the 90's? Cause it kinda sounds like you don't know what you're talking about
He's done the bare minimum, at least. Could do a whole lot more Joe but... he won't.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/05/31/a-proclamation-on-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-queer-and-intersex-pride-month-2024/
What do you think he could do?
I’ll second this question. I’ve seen a bunch of “hasn’t done enough” but it hasn’t been followed up with what that is. OP could you please share the solutions Biden has at his disposal that aren’t being executed?
I ask this as someone who is ignorant of those, not trying to argue.
Crickets lol
The few times these fuckers bother to answer it's always some vague "pressure the legislature" or "make a speech" or some other shit he's already doing.
"If he just says mean words about them they'll come around! So will Republicans! He just needs to loudly criticize him!"
"But he's done that"
"HE'S NOT SAYING THE RIGHT MAGIC WORDS"
It's quite interesting how it always comes down to this argument, that Biden just needs to be mean to Manchin and Sinema and then they'll do everything that Biden says. Some extend the same logic to Republicans, which is just hilariously laughable.
less than not much; he literally voted against gay marriage; gays in the military; and publicly supported banning gays from federal service.
then again he did sit and do nothing for decades to opportunistically switch sides to cash in on votes after we & hollywood worked our entire lives to change american hearts and minds on gay people.
Over 300 anti LGBTQ laws passed by republicans and Dems haven't done shit to counter them. Hollow, meaningless rhetoric doesn't save lives.
Examples?