For LGBTQ+ folks who want to blend in, what tips or advice can you give?

  • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeM
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    4 days ago

    There are no traits that are universally “straight traits”, “gay traits”, “trans traits” or even “ace traits”. So any behavior you can have is technically “acting straight”.

    • WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works
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      3 days ago

      ^^^^^^ Having this attitude is a great way to portray yourself as straight. It’s the idea that “straight culture” == “default.” Straight culture is a thing, just like gay culture is.

      Yes, you can cling to pointless technicalities. There is no one behavior that 0 gay people ever engage in, or any behavior that 0 straight people ever engage in. But this is ridiculously reductive and ignore that despite outliers, clear cultural grouping of traits exists.