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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Lovely conversation with younger gay/bi relative.

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MooQuackNeigh · 04/04/2024 09:31

Always nice to have good stories on here.

So my young relative came over from where he lives abroad so we could meet his new partner, first time bringing a male. Both are early 20s.

We did all the Easter celebrations then he took my sister and I out for lunch as a thanks.

My sister is unfortunately, deep in twaw and lives in a part of the country that is super woke. That's all fine but she brings it up constantly, every opportunity, there's a dig about Rowling or outrage about parents stopping kids going onto puberty blockers.

Usually I just keep my mouth shut because she loves an argument and it's always In front of an audience so I don't want to make a big fuss with everyone there and ruin the mood.

Anyway she clearly thought she had a receptive audience and started on the outrage. My cousin gently put her down on each and every point. Raised concern about drugging children, brought up examples of his friends who were subject to social contagion. Brought up the threat to safe spaces, rapists in prisons. He said he loved harry potter and they planned to go to hp world and get wands.

It was glorious, and for the first time I spoke out too! She was very quiet and then clumsily started to agree with him on some points that contradicted her earlier pointd.

There's hope people!

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lechiffre55 · 04/04/2024 09:55

I really like that there's a huge plurality of views within the LGB community, and it's not a single perspective monolith. Being gay doesn't mean signing away your free thought responsibilities.
When I was at university I fell for the section 28 scare. I didn't know anything and had so much to learn about life. Thankfully I have learned some things over the years even if I have much still to understand.
Today with our hugely fractious society I am more grateful than ever for all the gay people who have put their heads above the parapet into danger to stand up for my rights. Wherever I see someone defending free speech it is almost always a gay person, to the point it stands out to me when they're not. When I listen to podcast, read tweets, or read of a judicial outcome of someone standing up for basic moral principals it is hugely disporportionately gay people doing all the work, putting the money, time, and effort in to stand up for their rights and mine. I contribute where I can but gay people seem to be doing an awful lot of the heavy lifting.
I am enormously grateful for this, and it's not something I will ever forget for the rest of my life. My rights are being protected by gay people.

KellieJaysLapdog · 05/04/2024 14:46

What a great story! And deffo reflects what I am seeing amongst his age group.

My eldest son is about the same age.

Crankywiddershins · 05/04/2024 15:09

What an amazing young man! I bet it wiped the smile off her face. Is he your sister's child?

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