• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    It certainly does take work to be gay when it’s societally unacceptable. Either you do work to hide it, or you do work to convince yourself that you’re not.

    • TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works
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      3 hours ago

      You’re right. In this society it takes work to be LGBT+. And if you do something based on that, it also takes effort, which can make you proud. But it’s still not a choice to be LGBT+, and in other societies it would not be anything to be proud of, just as you shouldn’t be proud to be white, or straight.