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Yuuki
Yuuki asked in Society & CultureCultures & GroupsLesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender · 4 months ago

Why can gay people call straight people "straights" while straight people who call gay people "gays" are considered homophobic?

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  • nineteenthly
    Lv 7
    4 months ago

    I dislike the word "straight" used in this context because it's heteronormative.  The word "heterosexual" already exists.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 months ago

    Power dynamics and privilege. 

    Source(s): Straight but IMMENSELY a LGBTQIA ally.
  • ajtheactress
    Lv 7
    4 months ago

    False premise on both counts.

  • Anonymous
    4 months ago

    Anthropologists would like to walk around inside your brain and take photos 

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