family to avoid pretend that there is nothing as disgust, so addressing the just all a veneer of it’s sexuality. individual’s happy family” Christianity has Adam (70-73) Christianity seems to especially “Christianity dominion on the has like a monopoly in have the power to the western world on morality of decide whether the these issues, it has a sexuality sexual minority is monopoly on the ethics moral. of like being gay or being trans and like whether or not it means you’re a good person or whether you you’re going to hell or anything” Adamantly open Adam (101-103) One is open about I came out of the “Like about sexual sexual identity as they closet for a reason and I want to go back in don’t identity refuses to be pushed and so I’m like almost back into the closet. aggressively open about it to be honest” Anti-LGBTQ Adam (106-107) Inner anger towards I see it happen to “When discrimination like my friends, when I the those who abuse see it happen to like my evokes rage individuals because of LGBT friends, just I’m sexuality. one’s like filled with rage, just absolutely filled with rage, um because it’s not right” Shame developed Adam (124-128) Being surrounded by I grew past that and “As from a homophobic did actually start like homophobic developing as a person, surrounding individuals, who made like remembering all it’s jokes about the sexual of that, certainly minorities, led the affected how I felt about individual to believe myself because that’s that there was like where the shame something wrong with developed from, from all them. these seeing and not just harmless jokes, but also like deeply homophobic stuff happening in like the news and like just around me in general” Labels reduce Adam (157-160) Labels are a means of “People like to do the isolation whole like um why justification of oneself “Oh do you need labels in order to have a because you’re just sense of belonging. trying to be unique, just trying to be you’re special” but like it’s the opposite of that, it’s about trying to not be unique, it’s about trying to find other people who are like you, so it’s always very exciting to meet up”
pretend that there is nothing as disgust, so it’s just all a veneer of happy family” family to avoid addressing the individual’s sexuality. Christianity has dominion on the morality of sexuality Adam (70-73) “Christianity especially has like a monopoly in the western world on these issues, it has a monopoly on the ethics of like being gay or being trans and like whether or not it means you’re a good person or whether you’re you going to hell or anything” Christianity seems to have the power to decide whether the sexual minority is moral. Adamantly open about sexual identity Adam (101-103) “Like I came out of the closet for a reason and I don’t want to go back in and so I’m like almost aggressively open about it to be honest” One is open about sexual identity as they refuses to be pushed back into the closet. Anti-LGBTQ discrimination evokes rage Adam (106-107) “When I see it happen to like my friends, when I see it happen to like my LGBT friends, I’m just like filled with rage, just absolutely filled with rage, um because it’s not right” Inner anger towards the those who abuse individuals because of one’s sexuality. Shame developed from a homophobic surrounding Adam (124-128) “As I grew past that and did actually start like developing as a person, it’s like remembering all of that, certainly affected how I felt about myself because that’s like where the shame developed from, from all these seeing and not just harmless jokes, but also like deeply homophobic stuff happening in like the news and like just around me in general” Being surrounded by homophobic individuals, who made jokes about the sexual minorities, led the individual to believe that there was something wrong with them. Labels reduce isolation Adam (157-160) “People like to do the whole like um “Oh why do you need labels because you’re just trying to be unique, you’re just trying to be special” but like it’s the opposite of that, it’s about trying to not be unique, it’s about trying to find other people who are like you, so it’s always very exciting to meet up” Labels are a means of justification of oneself in order to have a sense of belonging.
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