Carepost: Trigger Content

[bofoddity]

At linkspam, there is compilation about posts dealing with LGBT issues and slash fandom. Short summary of the theme: Liking slash does not equal understanding LGBT issues.

There is also this post about a trans woman who is in a coma, and whose family is reversing her transition. Family she trusted to love her. Her family chose to betray her and it's fucking horrifying.

Comments

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is a horrifying story. I... don't have words for how disgusting that is.

On another note I read that post by mrsgiggles00 and loved it. (And the comments by Kirsten Saell about women who accept m/m but not f/f.)

It's a good reminder to me that I need to do more for the GLBT community, too.

[bofoddity.livejournal.com]

Me neither. I can't even imagine how horrible it will be like for her when she wakes up.

I liked mrsgiggles00's post a lot too, and yeah, not enough can be said about m/m fandom's hypocrisy when it comes to f/f. I remember being very anti-f/f myself back when I was a yaoi-crazy teen (as well as in deep denial about certain things about myself), so I can confirm there is some homophobia going on behind that hypocrisy, and I believe fandom's aversion to bisexuality is a lot about that too. It's a pity these things are still such a taboo issue in fandom, but I'm glad it's being discussed more.