{"tag":"homophobia","articles":{"blog\/mythology\/don-t-you-dare-comparing-skepticism-to-homophobia":{"key":"blog\/mythology\/don-t-you-dare-comparing-skepticism-to-homophobia","type":"article","published":true,"meta":{"createdAt":"2020-07-23T10:48:26+02:00","publishedAt":"2020-07-23T10:48:26+02:00","group":null,"category":"blog","subcategory":"mythology","slug":"don-t-you-dare-comparing-skepticism-to-homophobia"},"content":{"en":{"slug":"don-t-you-dare-comparing-skepticism-to-homophobia","title":"Don\u0027t you DARE comparing skepticism to homophobia!","intro":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\n                \u003Cnoscript\u003E\n                    \u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/homophobic-witch_small.png\u0022 alt=\u0022@AvrisIT on Twitter:\n\nno.\n\nunconditionally respecting everyone\u0027s beliefs implies that everyone can just make up any unscientific, baseless, harmful bullshit and expect it to be taken seriously.\n\nthat\u0027s not how reasonable society should behave.\n\n@BunCatGirl on Twitter:\n\nWhen a gay doesn\u2019t respect beliefs like - they respect lgbt why the fuk not respect them or just shut yo mouth \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd21\u0022 class=\u0022border-bottom\u0022 width=\u0022480\u0022 height=\u0022351.00548446069\u0022\u003E                \n                \u003C\/noscript\u003E\n                \u003Cspan class=\u0022hide-noscript\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022data:image\/png;base64,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\u0022 data-src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/homophobic-witch_small.png\u0022 alt=\u0022@AvrisIT on Twitter:\n\nno.\n\nunconditionally respecting everyone\u0027s beliefs implies that everyone can just make up any unscientific, baseless, harmful bullshit and expect it to be taken seriously.\n\nthat\u0027s not how reasonable society should behave.\n\n@BunCatGirl on Twitter:\n\nWhen a gay doesn\u2019t respect beliefs like - they respect lgbt why the fuk not respect them or just shut yo mouth \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd21\u0022 class=\u0022border-bottom\u0022 width=\u0022480\u0022 height=\u0022351.00548446069\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n                \n            \u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo apparently I\u0027m supposed to respect the belief that there are witches who have hexed the moon,\nbecause otherwise it would justify other people\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022\/tag\/homophobia\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-tag\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E homophobia\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat a pile of absolute bullshit.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","content":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\n                \u003Cnoscript\u003E\n                    \u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/homophobic-witch_big.png\u0022 alt=\u0022@AvrisIT on Twitter:\n\nno.\n\nunconditionally respecting everyone\u0027s beliefs implies that everyone can just make up any unscientific, baseless, harmful bullshit and expect it to be taken seriously.\n\nthat\u0027s not how reasonable society should behave.\n\n@BunCatGirl on Twitter:\n\nWhen a gay doesn\u2019t respect beliefs like - they respect lgbt why the fuk not respect them or just shut yo mouth \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd21\u0022 class=\u0022border\u0022 width=\u0022960\u0022 height=\u0022702.01096892139\u0022\u003E                \n                \u003C\/noscript\u003E\n                \u003Cspan class=\u0022hide-noscript\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022data:image\/png;base64,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\u0022 data-src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/homophobic-witch_big.png\u0022 alt=\u0022@AvrisIT on Twitter:\n\nno.\n\nunconditionally respecting everyone\u0027s beliefs implies that everyone can just make up any unscientific, baseless, harmful bullshit and expect it to be taken seriously.\n\nthat\u0027s not how reasonable society should behave.\n\n@BunCatGirl on Twitter:\n\nWhen a gay doesn\u2019t respect beliefs like - they respect lgbt why the fuk not respect them or just shut yo mouth \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd21\u0022 class=\u0022border\u0022 width=\u0022960\u0022 height=\u0022702.01096892139\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n                \u003Cfigcaption\u003E\n                    \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/BunCatGirl\/status\/1286140545103015936\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\n                        \u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\n                        twitter.com\/BunCatGirl\/status\/1286140545103015936\n                    \u003C\/a\u003E\n                \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\n            \u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo apparently I\u0027m supposed to respect the belief that there are witches who have hexed the moon,\nbecause otherwise it would justify other people\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022\/tag\/homophobia\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-tag\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E homophobia\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat a pile of absolute bullshit.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMy sexual orientation is a part of my identity. It comes from within, and it\u0027s completely harmless.\nIt simply describes who I\u0027m attracted to. Not even what I do with that attraction, just how I feel.\nTrying to deprive me of my human rights, telling me that I\u0027m worse of a person \/ husband \/ father than you\nbecause of who I\u0027m attracted to is just plain bigotry and hatred.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EContrast that with believing in a religion, astrology, witchcraft, tarot, etc.\nIt\u0027s something that someone made up, and others decided to believe.\nIt\u0027s just claims that no one cared providing evidence for.\nI can make up any claim, but it will neither make it true or worthy of any respect.\nHere: dogs can fly, they are just very good at hiding it from people.\nIt would be nice if that were true, right? But it\u0027s not.\nAnd if you told me I\u0027m silly for believing that, you would be absolutely right.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe all know the absolute worst that a religion can make people do.\nWe all saw 9\/11, ISIS, we all learned about the inquisition, crusades, conquista, religious wars\u2026\nAll of that because of a set of claims that nobody can prove are true, but many are ready to kill and die for.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut even the mildest, most peaceful belief based on blind faith,\neven the idea of witchcraft, hexing the moon, talking to tarot cards, believing horoscopes, etc.,\neven those are still harmful in a way.\nBecause they reinforce the notion that every claim, every made up fairy tale is worthy of respect,\njust because someone believes in it.\nSuch notion, if accepted by a lot of of people, makes it possible to more radical religious groups to exist and thrive.\nSuch notion shuts down the conversation and reinforces ignorance.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI am a victim of blind faith making people believe that I\u0027m inferior and not worthy of human rights.\nI\u0027m emotionally scarred for life by homofobia. I\u0027ve lived through mental abuse. I had to leave my country because of homophobia.\nAnd you\u0027re trying to tell me that I can\u0027t fight back against the source of bigotry that has hurt me,\nbecause that would give people the right to hurt me more?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAre you trying to teach me \u201crespect\u201d by telling me to \u201cshut my mouth\u201d?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAre you telling me that disrespecting a living, breathing person for their sexual orientation\nis in any way comparable to criticising an unproven, rectum-derived idea that an educated person in the 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E century\nshould be ashamed to take seriously?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAre you comparing my trauma with me telling someone that \u003Cem\u003Ewitches aren\u0027t real\u003C\/em\u003E?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAre you \u003Cem\u003Eusing\u003C\/em\u003E my identity to try to shame me into giving up my rationality?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHow dare you!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","tags":["homophobia","sexual orientation","skepticism","religion","astrology","tarot","witchcrat","bullshit","mythology","paganism"],"hasMore":true,"image":"https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/homophobic-witch_small.png","introLite":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/homophobic-witch_big.png\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/homophobic-witch_mini.png\u0022 alt=\u0022@AvrisIT on Twitter:\n\nno.\n\nunconditionally respecting everyone\u0027s beliefs implies that everyone can just make up any unscientific, baseless, harmful bullshit and expect it to be taken seriously.\n\nthat\u0027s not how reasonable society should behave.\n\n@BunCatGirl on Twitter:\n\nWhen a gay doesn\u2019t respect beliefs like - they respect lgbt why the fuk not respect them or just shut yo mouth \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd21\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022175.50274223035\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo apparently I\u0027m supposed to respect the belief that there are witches who have hexed the moon,\nbecause otherwise it would justify other people\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022\/tag\/homophobia\u0022\u003E homophobia\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat a pile of absolute bullshit.\u003C\/p\u003E","contentLite":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/homophobic-witch_big.png\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/homophobic-witch_mini.png\u0022 alt=\u0022@AvrisIT on Twitter:\n\nno.\n\nunconditionally respecting everyone\u0027s beliefs implies that everyone can just make up any unscientific, baseless, harmful bullshit and expect it to be taken seriously.\n\nthat\u0027s not how reasonable society should behave.\n\n@BunCatGirl on Twitter:\n\nWhen a gay doesn\u2019t respect beliefs like - they respect lgbt why the fuk not respect them or just shut yo mouth \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd21\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022175.50274223035\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfigcaption\u003E\n                    \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/BunCatGirl\/status\/1286140545103015936\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csmall\u003Etwitter.com\/BunCatGirl\/status\/1286140545103015936\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n                \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo apparently I\u0027m supposed to respect the belief that there are witches who have hexed the moon,\nbecause otherwise it would justify other people\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022\/tag\/homophobia\u0022\u003E homophobia\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat a pile of absolute bullshit.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMy sexual orientation is a part of my identity. It comes from within, and it\u0027s completely harmless.\nIt simply describes who I\u0027m attracted to. Not even what I do with that attraction, just how I feel.\nTrying to deprive me of my human rights, telling me that I\u0027m worse of a person \/ husband \/ father than you\nbecause of who I\u0027m attracted to is just plain bigotry and hatred.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EContrast that with believing in a religion, astrology, witchcraft, tarot, etc.\nIt\u0027s something that someone made up, and others decided to believe.\nIt\u0027s just claims that no one cared providing evidence for.\nI can make up any claim, but it will neither make it true or worthy of any respect.\nHere: dogs can fly, they are just very good at hiding it from people.\nIt would be nice if that were true, right? But it\u0027s not.\nAnd if you told me I\u0027m silly for believing that, you would be absolutely right.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe all know the absolute worst that a religion can make people do.\nWe all saw 9\/11, ISIS, we all learned about the inquisition, crusades, conquista, religious wars\u2026\nAll of that because of a set of claims that nobody can prove are true, but many are ready to kill and die for.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut even the mildest, most peaceful belief based on blind faith,\neven the idea of witchcraft, hexing the moon, talking to tarot cards, believing horoscopes, etc.,\neven those are still harmful in a way.\nBecause they reinforce the notion that every claim, every made up fairy tale is worthy of respect,\njust because someone believes in it.\nSuch notion, if accepted by a lot of of people, makes it possible to more radical religious groups to exist and thrive.\nSuch notion shuts down the conversation and reinforces ignorance.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI am a victim of blind faith making people believe that I\u0027m inferior and not worthy of human rights.\nI\u0027m emotionally scarred for life by homofobia. I\u0027ve lived through mental abuse. I had to leave my country because of homophobia.\nAnd you\u0027re trying to tell me that I can\u0027t fight back against the source of bigotry that has hurt me,\nbecause that would give people the right to hurt me more?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAre you trying to teach me \u201crespect\u201d by telling me to \u201cshut my mouth\u201d?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAre you telling me that disrespecting a living, breathing person for their sexual orientation\nis in any way comparable to criticising an unproven, rectum-derived idea that an educated person in the 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E century\nshould be ashamed to take seriously?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAre you comparing my trauma with me telling someone that \u003Cem\u003Ewitches aren\u0027t real\u003C\/em\u003E?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAre you \u003Cem\u003Eusing\u003C\/em\u003E my identity to try to shame me into giving up my rationality?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHow dare you!\u003C\/p\u003E","words":488,"readTime":2,"lang":"en"}}},"blog\/society\/its-exhausting":{"key":"blog\/society\/its-exhausting","type":"article","published":true,"meta":{"createdAt":"2020-06-18T10:11:45+02:00","publishedAt":"2020-06-18T18:27:15+02:00","group":"wybory2020","category":"blog","subcategory":"society","slug":"its-exhausting"},"content":{"en":{"slug":"its-exhausting","title":"It\u0027s exhausting","intro":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\n                \u003Cnoscript\u003E\n                    \u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/queer-suicides_small.jpg\u0022 alt=\u0022Bart Staszewski bringing president Duda pictures of queer youth bullied into suicide\u0022 class=\u0022border-bottom\u0022 width=\u0022480\u0022 height=\u0022319.6875\u0022\u003E                \n                \u003C\/noscript\u003E\n                \u003Cspan class=\u0022hide-noscript\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg 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Geographically, I\u0027ve left five years ago.\nBut online? I\u0027m \u003Cem\u003Etrying\u003C\/em\u003E not to read the news, not to engage with homophobes on Twitter,\nI\u0027m unfollowing Polish accounts\u2026\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut I can\u0027t keep it up. The extent of queerphobic hatred, especially recently, is terrifying.\nI can\u0027t just idly watch my queer siblings suffer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","content":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\n                \u003Cnoscript\u003E\n                    \u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/queer-suicides_big.jpg\u0022 alt=\u0022Bart Staszewski bringing president Duda pictures of queer youth bullied into suicide\u0022 class=\u0022border\u0022 width=\u0022960\u0022 height=\u0022639.375\u0022\u003E                \n                \u003C\/noscript\u003E\n                \u003Cspan class=\u0022hide-noscript\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022data:image\/png;base64,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\u0022 data-src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/queer-suicides_big.jpg\u0022 alt=\u0022Bart Staszewski bringing president Duda pictures of queer youth bullied into suicide\u0022 class=\u0022border\u0022 width=\u0022960\u0022 height=\u0022639.375\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n                \u003Cfigcaption\u003E\n                    \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/BartStaszewski\/status\/1273240542944649216\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\n                        \u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\n                        twitter.com\/BartStaszewski\/status\/1273240542944649216\n                    \u003C\/a\u003E\n                \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\n            \u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI keep running away from Polish homophobia. Geographically, I\u0027ve left five years ago.\nBut online? I\u0027m \u003Cem\u003Etrying\u003C\/em\u003E not to read the news, not to engage with homophobes on Twitter,\nI\u0027m unfollowing Polish accounts\u2026\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut I can\u0027t keep it up. The extent of queerphobic hatred, especially recently, is terrifying.\nI can\u0027t just idly watch my queer siblings suffer.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThere\u0027s a presidential election coming up next week.\nAnd PiS, the ruling, right-wing, antidemocratic party, doesn\u0027t want to lose their puppet in the presidential palace.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo they found a scape goat to sacrifice on the altar of scoring cheap political points: us.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne MEP \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/jbrudzinski\/status\/1271167309269413892\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E tweeted\u003C\/a\u003E\nthat \u201cPoland without LGBT is the most beautiful\u201d.\nAnd one senator defended those words in a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/Syrenka34\/status\/1271531863211982848\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E TV interview\u003C\/a\u003E,\nclaiming that \u201cLGBT are not people, it\u0027s an ideology\u201d,\nafter which he got immediately kicked out of the studio.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0027s quite a common talking point in Poland, actually. There\u0027s been a\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oko.press\/gazeta-polska-sciagnela-pomysl-na-naklejki-od-radykalnych-muzulmanow-ze-wschodniego-londynu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E newspaper distributing stickers\u003C\/a\u003E\nsaying \u201cLGBT-free zone\u201d. There\u0027s been \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/atlasnienawisci.pl\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E multiple cases\u003C\/a\u003E of local goverments declaring themselves such zones.\nThe excuse has always been the same one: we\u0027re not against those people, we\u0027re against the \u003Cem\u003Eideology\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter that senator has denied queers their humanity, the current president decided to defend him\nby \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/patrykmichalski\/status\/1271749117593747456\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E doing exactly the same\u003C\/a\u003E\nat a campaign rally!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYes, the LGBTQ+ community members are not considered human by the sitting president.\nThat\u0027s the level of homophobia we\u0027re dealing with.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd it gets worse. Last year\u0027s Pride in Bia\u0142ystok was\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/tvn24.pl\/polska\/bialystok-marsz-rownosci-proby-zaklocenia-i-interwencje-policji-ra954562-2292137\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E physically attacked by neo-nazis\u003C\/a\u003E,\nand Pride in Lublin \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/wiadomosci.radiozet.pl\/Polska\/Lublin-Rok-wiezienia-dla-malzenstwa-ktore-przyszlo-na-Marsz-Rownosci-z-bomba\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E was a target of a terrorist attack attempt\u003C\/a\u003E\nwhen a (straight, of course) couple brought a fucking bomb to the event.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPrides, despite being overwhelmingly peaceful, positive and colourful,\ndespite being victims, not perpetrators, of verbal and physical violence,\ndespite being really careful with not expressing more sexuality that maybe kisses or hand-holding,\nand despite \u003Cem\u003Enot taking place at all\u003C\/em\u003E this year due to the covid-19 pandemic,\ndespite all of that Prides are still being quoted by homophobes as reason (or rather excuse)\nnot to guarantee queers equal rights.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThey are posting explicit pictures from events like Folsom that didn\u0027t even take place in Poland,\nas a proof, that all LGBTQ+ are \u201cperverts\u201d who are \u201cexhibiting their genitals\u201d.\nThat same president, right after getting elected, was asked if he would hire a gay man in his chancellery.\nHe responded with \u201cI can\u0027t imagine anyone parading naked through the corridors\u201d. Really.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis country is freaked out about the taboo on nudity and sexuality.\nThe vast majority has never seen a naked man in public in their lives,\nbut still use their idiotic fear that someone might have a better sex life than them\nas an excuse to deprive them of their fundamental human rights.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThere have been multiple tragic deaths of queer youth in the recent years.\nThe picture above shows three of them.\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/natemat.pl\/253311,popelnil-samobojstwo-bo-w-szkole-mu-dokuczano-mama-dominika-jest-zmowa-milczenia\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E Dominik\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026amp; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.newsweek.pl\/polska\/spoleczenstwo\/samobojstwo-nastoletniego-kacpra-nie-wytrzymal-przesladowan\/h35pjds\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E Kacper\u003C\/a\u003E\nwere both just 14. Fourteen! They were bullied into suicide for being gay (or even just \u201cseeming too gay\u201d),\nbefore they even had time to fully figure out their own sexuality.\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/tvn24.pl\/magazyn-tvn24\/zrobimy-z-ciebie-mezczyzne,242,4189\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E Milo was agender\u003C\/a\u003E, like myself,\nand using \u201cono\u201d pronouns, a Polish equivalent of \u201cthey\u201d, or rather \u201cit\u201d.\nThe linked article about their life and death is the only one that I\u0027ve seen that does not misgender them,\nbut consistently uses \u201cono\u201d.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAn activist, Bart Staszewski, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/tvn24.pl\/magazyn-tvn24\/zrobimy-z-ciebie-mezczyzne,242,4189\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E visited president Duda\u003C\/a\u003E\nand gave him the pictures of those tragically dead queer teens. Duda didn\u0027t care.\nBart asked about the terrorist attack in Lublin and the violence in Bia\u0142ystok.\nDuda claimed he has no idea about such things taking place.\nImagine the hatered required for someone to decide they would rather face the humiliation\nof not being aware of a terrorist attack attempt that took place in the country he rules,\njust in order to pretend that queer problems don\u0027t exist!\nBart asked about the \u201cgays not being human\u201d statement. Duda claimed that it\u0027s free speech and he can say that.\nBart just left.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd it\u0027s not just the ruling party. The biggest opposition party and their supporters are a bunch of homophobes pretending to be allies.\nTheir party, PO, used to be in power for eight years before PiS, and they killed off any attempts to legislate\neven civil unions, let alone any true equality.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYes, according to the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rainbow-europe.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E ILGA Europe report\u003C\/a\u003E,\nit was during PiS\u0027s rule that Poland became the country with the most homophobic laws in the EU,\nbut during PO\u0027s times it wasn\u0027t much better either. They are no saints.\nTheir city mayors have repeatedly tried to outlaw Pride. They are consistently objectifying LGBTQ+ people,\nselling them empty promisses, and screwing them over.\nRecently, they aren\u0027t even promissing anything, not even an open declaration of doing the first steps towards equality.\nTheir main promise is, I shit you not, \u201cwe\u0027ll get rid of PiS\u201d.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut their politicians are nothing comapred to their toxic base.\nYes, toxic. I would honestly prefer open homophobic hate than what the vast majority of PO\u0027s \u201c#SilniRazem\u201d are doing.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThey are reguarly \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/AvrisIT\/status\/1271340081350160384\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E gaslighting\u003C\/a\u003E us,\ntrying to make us believe that Poland is actually a very open, tollerant country.\nThat we aren\u0027t \u003Cem\u003Ereally\u003C\/em\u003E discriminated. Even though we \u003Cem\u003Elive\u003C\/em\u003E this reality, they have the audacity to claim\nthat the world hunger doesn\u0027t exist because they just ate breakfast.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThey keep queersplaining to us, what our problems \u003Cem\u003Ereally\u003C\/em\u003E are, and what would be \u003Cem\u003Ebetter\u003C\/em\u003E ways to fight for our rights.\nIt\u0027s not just right-wing PiS shaming us for daring to organise Pride, it\u0027s also many of the \u201callies\u201d rooting for PO.\nThey have the audacity to tell us that we should be \u201cmeek\u201d and \u201clikable\u201d,\nthat we should organise some volunteer work to help farmers, in order to earn our human rights.\nThey didn\u0027t have to earn their cishet privilege, but \u003Cem\u003Eour\u003C\/em\u003E human rights have to be \u003Cem\u003Eearned\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd they keep victim blaming us. Whenever we dare to call out a centrist politician or journalist\nfor their homophobia, there\u0027s a bunch of #SilniRazem coming to tell us how \u003Cem\u003Ewe\u003C\/em\u003E, victims of PiS,\nare \u003Cem\u003Eresponsible\u003C\/em\u003E for PiS being in power. How we should stick our human rights demands up our butts,\nand just endorse whoever they tell us to, on the sole promise of them being \u003Cem\u003Eslightly less homophobic\u003C\/em\u003E than PiS.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn reaction to president Duda\u0027s comments, a group of LGBTQ+ activists gathered in front of his palace\nwith rainbow flags and just danced. By the police they have been chased down and fined for \u201cdisorderly conduct\u201d,\nand by the internet they were accused of\u2026 blasphemy, because that date coincided with a Catholic holiday.\nYes, apparently the liturgical calendar takes precedence over the consitutional freedom of assebly.\nAn it wasn\u0027t really the right wing complaining! It was mainly that \u201ctolerant centre\u201d\nqueersplaining to us that this happening was a mistake, because now the homophobes from PiS will start hating us.\n\u003Cem\u003EStart\u003C\/em\u003E\u2026\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd lastly, there\u0027s a huge problem with internalised homophobia and acceptance of one\u0027s fate as a subhuman minority.\nI\u0027ve seen gays trying to convince others that it\u0027s better to just stay low, hide, be nice, be meek, ask politely, wait patiently, do \u003Cem\u003Erealpolitik\u003C\/em\u003E.\nMany consider it the best and only way to win any human rights, to just accept any tiny breadcrumbs of equality they can.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd I understand that sentiment. The closet feels safe. Freedom seems scary.\nI used to represent that approach myself. I was waiting with my \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/blog\/magia-coming-outu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E coming out\u003C\/a\u003E\nto my former family until I was 21 and could financially support myself, if they kicked me out.\nAnd yes, it\u0027s \u003Cem\u003Eabsolutely okay\u003C\/em\u003E not to come out if you\u0027re not ready or if it\u0027s safer for you!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut what I am \u003Cem\u003Eworried\u003C\/em\u003E about is that even some people who are out and proud have fallen for that thinking\nthat\u0027s it\u0027s better to be nice to the oppressor rather than fight. It\u0027s a frightening mentality.\nThey started believing that equality is not a \u003Cem\u003Ehuman right that they deserve\u003C\/em\u003E,\nbut a \u003Cem\u003Eprivilege that they must earn\u003C\/em\u003E. Decades of gaslighting have led to that.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI could go on and on. But I won\u0027t. It hurts. It hurts fighting that fight, it hurts thinking about\nmy queer family who didn\u0027t find their safe haven abroad, as I did. I can\u0027t help but cry every time\nI see pictures of those teens who left us way too early.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMy husband is still afraid to hold my hand in public, even after five years of living in Western Europe.\nOur marriage is still null and void as soon as we cross the border. In the 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E century.\nIn the heart of Europe.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0027s a luxury, not worrying about what happens back at \u003Cdel\u003Ehome\u003C\/del\u003E our birth place.\nBut we can\u0027t afford that luxury. You know why?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause even though we were lucky enough to be born after the acceptance towards the LGBTQ+ people started growing already,\neven though we were lucky enough to move out of that country right before the biggest wave of hatred hit the Polish queer community,\neven though we were lucky enough to be able to escape our homophobic, abusive families quite early,\neven though our \u201cPolish\u201d live pretty much stays in the online world,\nit still hurts every time something bad happens over there.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe\u0027re lucky enough to live here and be accepted for who we are. And yet, it still hurts us whatever happens over there.\nI can\u0027t even imagine how it feels for the people back there.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0027s exhausting.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPolish queerphobia is systemic. It\u0027s both spilling from the top, and it is rooted deeply in its catholic conservatism.\nIt comes from both the government and the biggest opposition. It comes from church. It comes from ignorance and indifference.\nIt\u0027s omnipresent.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPlease, whoever you are, help them however you can. Engage. Show the Polish queers your love and support.\nThey need your virtual hugs. They need your petitions. They need \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mnw.org.pl\/wspieram\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E your donations\u003C\/a\u003E.\nThey need your voice and your social media coverage.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThey need your outrage.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","tags":["homophobia","queerphobia","president","poland","queersplaining","gaslighting","politics","elections","victim blaming","opposition","allies","systemic","abuse"],"hasMore":true,"image":"https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/queer-suicides_small.jpg","introLite":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/queer-suicides_big.jpg\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/queer-suicides_mini.jpg\u0022 alt=\u0022Bart Staszewski bringing president Duda pictures of queer youth bullied into suicide\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022159.84375\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI keep running away from Polish homophobia. Geographically, I\u0027ve left five years ago.\nBut online? I\u0027m \u003Cem\u003Etrying\u003C\/em\u003E not to read the news, not to engage with homophobes on Twitter,\nI\u0027m unfollowing Polish accounts\u2026\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut I can\u0027t keep it up. The extent of queerphobic hatred, especially recently, is terrifying.\nI can\u0027t just idly watch my queer siblings suffer.\u003C\/p\u003E","contentLite":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/queer-suicides_big.jpg\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/queer-suicides_mini.jpg\u0022 alt=\u0022Bart Staszewski bringing president Duda pictures of queer youth bullied into suicide\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022159.84375\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfigcaption\u003E\n                    \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/BartStaszewski\/status\/1273240542944649216\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csmall\u003Etwitter.com\/BartStaszewski\/status\/1273240542944649216\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n                \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI keep running away from Polish homophobia. Geographically, I\u0027ve left five years ago.\nBut online? I\u0027m \u003Cem\u003Etrying\u003C\/em\u003E not to read the news, not to engage with homophobes on Twitter,\nI\u0027m unfollowing Polish accounts\u2026\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut I can\u0027t keep it up. The extent of queerphobic hatred, especially recently, is terrifying.\nI can\u0027t just idly watch my queer siblings suffer.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThere\u0027s a presidential election coming up next week.\nAnd PiS, the ruling, right-wing, antidemocratic party, doesn\u0027t want to lose their puppet in the presidential palace.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo they found a scape goat to sacrifice on the altar of scoring cheap political points: us.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne MEP \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/jbrudzinski\/status\/1271167309269413892\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E tweeted\u003C\/a\u003E\nthat \u201cPoland without LGBT is the most beautiful\u201d.\nAnd one senator defended those words in a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/Syrenka34\/status\/1271531863211982848\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E TV interview\u003C\/a\u003E,\nclaiming that \u201cLGBT are not people, it\u0027s an ideology\u201d,\nafter which he got immediately kicked out of the studio.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0027s quite a common talking point in Poland, actually. There\u0027s been a\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oko.press\/gazeta-polska-sciagnela-pomysl-na-naklejki-od-radykalnych-muzulmanow-ze-wschodniego-londynu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E newspaper distributing stickers\u003C\/a\u003E\nsaying \u201cLGBT-free zone\u201d. There\u0027s been \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/atlasnienawisci.pl\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E multiple cases\u003C\/a\u003E of local goverments declaring themselves such zones.\nThe excuse has always been the same one: we\u0027re not against those people, we\u0027re against the \u003Cem\u003Eideology\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter that senator has denied queers their humanity, the current president decided to defend him\nby \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/patrykmichalski\/status\/1271749117593747456\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E doing exactly the same\u003C\/a\u003E\nat a campaign rally!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYes, the LGBTQ+ community members are not considered human by the sitting president.\nThat\u0027s the level of homophobia we\u0027re dealing with.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd it gets worse. Last year\u0027s Pride in Bia\u0142ystok was\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/tvn24.pl\/polska\/bialystok-marsz-rownosci-proby-zaklocenia-i-interwencje-policji-ra954562-2292137\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E physically attacked by neo-nazis\u003C\/a\u003E,\nand Pride in Lublin \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/wiadomosci.radiozet.pl\/Polska\/Lublin-Rok-wiezienia-dla-malzenstwa-ktore-przyszlo-na-Marsz-Rownosci-z-bomba\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E was a target of a terrorist attack attempt\u003C\/a\u003E\nwhen a (straight, of course) couple brought a fucking bomb to the event.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPrides, despite being overwhelmingly peaceful, positive and colourful,\ndespite being victims, not perpetrators, of verbal and physical violence,\ndespite being really careful with not expressing more sexuality that maybe kisses or hand-holding,\nand despite \u003Cem\u003Enot taking place at all\u003C\/em\u003E this year due to the covid-19 pandemic,\ndespite all of that Prides are still being quoted by homophobes as reason (or rather excuse)\nnot to guarantee queers equal rights.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThey are posting explicit pictures from events like Folsom that didn\u0027t even take place in Poland,\nas a proof, that all LGBTQ+ are \u201cperverts\u201d who are \u201cexhibiting their genitals\u201d.\nThat same president, right after getting elected, was asked if he would hire a gay man in his chancellery.\nHe responded with \u201cI can\u0027t imagine anyone parading naked through the corridors\u201d. Really.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis country is freaked out about the taboo on nudity and sexuality.\nThe vast majority has never seen a naked man in public in their lives,\nbut still use their idiotic fear that someone might have a better sex life than them\nas an excuse to deprive them of their fundamental human rights.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThere have been multiple tragic deaths of queer youth in the recent years.\nThe picture above shows three of them.\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/natemat.pl\/253311,popelnil-samobojstwo-bo-w-szkole-mu-dokuczano-mama-dominika-jest-zmowa-milczenia\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E Dominik\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026amp; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.newsweek.pl\/polska\/spoleczenstwo\/samobojstwo-nastoletniego-kacpra-nie-wytrzymal-przesladowan\/h35pjds\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E Kacper\u003C\/a\u003E\nwere both just 14. Fourteen! They were bullied into suicide for being gay (or even just \u201cseeming too gay\u201d),\nbefore they even had time to fully figure out their own sexuality.\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/tvn24.pl\/magazyn-tvn24\/zrobimy-z-ciebie-mezczyzne,242,4189\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E Milo was agender\u003C\/a\u003E, like myself,\nand using \u201cono\u201d pronouns, a Polish equivalent of \u201cthey\u201d, or rather \u201cit\u201d.\nThe linked article about their life and death is the only one that I\u0027ve seen that does not misgender them,\nbut consistently uses \u201cono\u201d.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAn activist, Bart Staszewski, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/tvn24.pl\/magazyn-tvn24\/zrobimy-z-ciebie-mezczyzne,242,4189\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E visited president Duda\u003C\/a\u003E\nand gave him the pictures of those tragically dead queer teens. Duda didn\u0027t care.\nBart asked about the terrorist attack in Lublin and the violence in Bia\u0142ystok.\nDuda claimed he has no idea about such things taking place.\nImagine the hatered required for someone to decide they would rather face the humiliation\nof not being aware of a terrorist attack attempt that took place in the country he rules,\njust in order to pretend that queer problems don\u0027t exist!\nBart asked about the \u201cgays not being human\u201d statement. Duda claimed that it\u0027s free speech and he can say that.\nBart just left.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd it\u0027s not just the ruling party. The biggest opposition party and their supporters are a bunch of homophobes pretending to be allies.\nTheir party, PO, used to be in power for eight years before PiS, and they killed off any attempts to legislate\neven civil unions, let alone any true equality.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYes, according to the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rainbow-europe.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E ILGA Europe report\u003C\/a\u003E,\nit was during PiS\u0027s rule that Poland became the country with the most homophobic laws in the EU,\nbut during PO\u0027s times it wasn\u0027t much better either. They are no saints.\nTheir city mayors have repeatedly tried to outlaw Pride. They are consistently objectifying LGBTQ+ people,\nselling them empty promisses, and screwing them over.\nRecently, they aren\u0027t even promissing anything, not even an open declaration of doing the first steps towards equality.\nTheir main promise is, I shit you not, \u201cwe\u0027ll get rid of PiS\u201d.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut their politicians are nothing comapred to their toxic base.\nYes, toxic. I would honestly prefer open homophobic hate than what the vast majority of PO\u0027s \u201c#SilniRazem\u201d are doing.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThey are reguarly \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/AvrisIT\/status\/1271340081350160384\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E gaslighting\u003C\/a\u003E us,\ntrying to make us believe that Poland is actually a very open, tollerant country.\nThat we aren\u0027t \u003Cem\u003Ereally\u003C\/em\u003E discriminated. Even though we \u003Cem\u003Elive\u003C\/em\u003E this reality, they have the audacity to claim\nthat the world hunger doesn\u0027t exist because they just ate breakfast.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThey keep queersplaining to us, what our problems \u003Cem\u003Ereally\u003C\/em\u003E are, and what would be \u003Cem\u003Ebetter\u003C\/em\u003E ways to fight for our rights.\nIt\u0027s not just right-wing PiS shaming us for daring to organise Pride, it\u0027s also many of the \u201callies\u201d rooting for PO.\nThey have the audacity to tell us that we should be \u201cmeek\u201d and \u201clikable\u201d,\nthat we should organise some volunteer work to help farmers, in order to earn our human rights.\nThey didn\u0027t have to earn their cishet privilege, but \u003Cem\u003Eour\u003C\/em\u003E human rights have to be \u003Cem\u003Eearned\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd they keep victim blaming us. Whenever we dare to call out a centrist politician or journalist\nfor their homophobia, there\u0027s a bunch of #SilniRazem coming to tell us how \u003Cem\u003Ewe\u003C\/em\u003E, victims of PiS,\nare \u003Cem\u003Eresponsible\u003C\/em\u003E for PiS being in power. How we should stick our human rights demands up our butts,\nand just endorse whoever they tell us to, on the sole promise of them being \u003Cem\u003Eslightly less homophobic\u003C\/em\u003E than PiS.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn reaction to president Duda\u0027s comments, a group of LGBTQ+ activists gathered in front of his palace\nwith rainbow flags and just danced. By the police they have been chased down and fined for \u201cdisorderly conduct\u201d,\nand by the internet they were accused of\u2026 blasphemy, because that date coincided with a Catholic holiday.\nYes, apparently the liturgical calendar takes precedence over the consitutional freedom of assebly.\nAn it wasn\u0027t really the right wing complaining! It was mainly that \u201ctolerant centre\u201d\nqueersplaining to us that this happening was a mistake, because now the homophobes from PiS will start hating us.\n\u003Cem\u003EStart\u003C\/em\u003E\u2026\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd lastly, there\u0027s a huge problem with internalised homophobia and acceptance of one\u0027s fate as a subhuman minority.\nI\u0027ve seen gays trying to convince others that it\u0027s better to just stay low, hide, be nice, be meek, ask politely, wait patiently, do \u003Cem\u003Erealpolitik\u003C\/em\u003E.\nMany consider it the best and only way to win any human rights, to just accept any tiny breadcrumbs of equality they can.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd I understand that sentiment. The closet feels safe. Freedom seems scary.\nI used to represent that approach myself. I was waiting with my \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/blog\/magia-coming-outu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E coming out\u003C\/a\u003E\nto my former family until I was 21 and could financially support myself, if they kicked me out.\nAnd yes, it\u0027s \u003Cem\u003Eabsolutely okay\u003C\/em\u003E not to come out if you\u0027re not ready or if it\u0027s safer for you!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut what I am \u003Cem\u003Eworried\u003C\/em\u003E about is that even some people who are out and proud have fallen for that thinking\nthat\u0027s it\u0027s better to be nice to the oppressor rather than fight. It\u0027s a frightening mentality.\nThey started believing that equality is not a \u003Cem\u003Ehuman right that they deserve\u003C\/em\u003E,\nbut a \u003Cem\u003Eprivilege that they must earn\u003C\/em\u003E. Decades of gaslighting have led to that.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI could go on and on. But I won\u0027t. It hurts. It hurts fighting that fight, it hurts thinking about\nmy queer family who didn\u0027t find their safe haven abroad, as I did. I can\u0027t help but cry every time\nI see pictures of those teens who left us way too early.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMy husband is still afraid to hold my hand in public, even after five years of living in Western Europe.\nOur marriage is still null and void as soon as we cross the border. In the 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E century.\nIn the heart of Europe.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0027s a luxury, not worrying about what happens back at \u003Cdel\u003Ehome\u003C\/del\u003E our birth place.\nBut we can\u0027t afford that luxury. You know why?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause even though we were lucky enough to be born after the acceptance towards the LGBTQ+ people started growing already,\neven though we were lucky enough to move out of that country right before the biggest wave of hatred hit the Polish queer community,\neven though we were lucky enough to be able to escape our homophobic, abusive families quite early,\neven though our \u201cPolish\u201d live pretty much stays in the online world,\nit still hurts every time something bad happens over there.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe\u0027re lucky enough to live here and be accepted for who we are. And yet, it still hurts us whatever happens over there.\nI can\u0027t even imagine how it feels for the people back there.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0027s exhausting.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPolish queerphobia is systemic. It\u0027s both spilling from the top, and it is rooted deeply in its catholic conservatism.\nIt comes from both the government and the biggest opposition. It comes from church. It comes from ignorance and indifference.\nIt\u0027s omnipresent.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPlease, whoever you are, help them however you can. Engage. Show the Polish queers your love and support.\nThey need your virtual hugs. They need your petitions. They need \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mnw.org.pl\/wspieram\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E your donations\u003C\/a\u003E.\nThey need your voice and your social media coverage.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThey need your outrage.\u003C\/p\u003E","words":1656,"readTime":7,"lang":"en"}}},"blog\/society\/estimating-the-number-of-lgbtq-people":{"key":"blog\/society\/estimating-the-number-of-lgbtq-people","type":"article","published":true,"meta":{"createdAt":"2018-12-09T10:58:48+01:00","publishedAt":"2020-01-18T16:50:00+01:00","group":null,"category":"blog","subcategory":"society","slug":"estimating-the-number-of-lgbtq-people"},"content":{"en":{"slug":"estimating-the-number-of-lgbtq-people","title":"Estimating the number of LGBTQ people","intro":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\n                \u003Cnoscript\u003E\n                    \u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/romeo-calculator_small.png\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 class=\u0022border-bottom\u0022 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It\u0027s about maths.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESome guy online told me that queers don\u0027t deserve rights (or at least the attention of lawmakers),\nbecause they make up only 0.03% of the population. Which is ridiculous.\nBoth the argumentation, and the number itself. Human rights are inherent and inviolable,\nhuman dignity doesn\u0027t depend on numbers of specific minoritiesed groups.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut it shows how important it is to properly estimate how many queer people are there in society.\nUsually, homophobes are trying to prove it\u0027s as low as 0.5% to make homosexuality sound like an aberration,\nsome totally marginal oddity that can be ignored, laughed at or hated.\nMeanwhile, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.out.com\/news-opinion\/2016\/3\/11\/less-50-teens-identify-straight-says-new-study\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E some studies go as high as 52%\u003C\/a\u003E!\nThat\u0027s a number that should make every homophobic politician worry about their reelection\nunless they change their hateful policies. Where are such huge discrepancies coming from?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis study treated sexual orientation as a spectrum, and not just gay\/bi\/straight.\n52% is the number of people who say they aren\u0027t 100% straight.\nAlso, it\u0027s among teenagers in the US, which shows that younger people\nin countries where the taboo on homosexuality is lower are more open\nto embrace their queer side and to admit it in a questionnaire.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut let\u0027s come back to that ridiculous figure of 0.03%.\nIf it were true, that would mean there\u0027s only 12 000 queers in Poland\n\u2013 while last year\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/paradarownosci\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E Equality Parade\u003C\/a\u003E\ngathered around 50 000 people attending in Warsaw alone.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThat would also make my hometown of Szczecin, population 400k,\na home to just 120 gays, bisexuals, lesbians and trans people.\nAssuming half of them are female and like a third is a proper age\n\u2014 my dating pool would have been just 30 people.\nI probably slept with more than that before I\u0027d moved out of the city.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELooking at my high school class, there were 4 people (out of 28) that I know to be LGBTQ\n(and probably some more that I don\u0027t know about), making it around 14%.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut neither of those methods of trying to estimate this number from my personal experience\nhas even a hint of scientific rigour. Most importantly, the sample sizes are laughably small,\nmaking them not representative at all.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EProper scientific studies, albeit probably pretty reliable, are easily dismissed by homophobes\n\u2013 those surveys were done by some random people they don\u0027t trust,\nthe respondends didn\u0027t have to tell the truth about their orientation, etc. etc.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut I think I came up with a way to very roughly estimate the number of gay, lesbian and bisexual people\nthat everyone\u003Ca href=\u0022#ftn-1\u0022 id=\u0022ftn-ref-1\u0022\u003E\u003Csup\u003E[1]\u003C\/sup\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\ncan do for themselves and see with their own eyes that there\u0027s a lot of us.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI went on \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.planetromeo.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E PlanetRomeo\u003C\/a\u003E,\na very popular gay hookup app that shows you profiles of other guys sorted by distance.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI scrolled down until the 780\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E person until I\u0027ve reached the first person to be \u201c1 km away\u201d.\nThis means that in a circle with the area of \u03c0r\u00b2 = 3.14 km\u00b2 there are at least 780 gays and bisexual guys\n(and probably some girls, and trans people, and couples with a joint account\n\u2013 but those numbers should be neglectable for the purpose of this rough estimation).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0027s hard to estimate, how many gays in here use this particular app, how many use a different one,\nhow many use multiple, and how many don\u0027t use any... \u2014 so keep in mind that 780 is the lowest estimate.\nIn the radius of 1 km from me there are \u003Cem\u003Eat least\u003C\/em\u003E 780 guys, actively looking for another guy to meet.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI think it\u0027s safe to assume that the number of lesbians and bisexual girls would be similar, if not higher\n(studies suggest girls tend to be more bisexual than guys, which makes it a low estimate as well),\nso let\u0027s double our number: there\u0027s at the very least 1560 queer people in the 3.14 km\u00b2 area around me.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe population density of the district I live in is 6966 people\/km\u00b2.\nThat means queers are at the very least \u003Ccode\u003E1560 people \/ (3.14 km\u00b2 * 6966 people\/km\u00b2) \u2248 7%\u003C\/code\u003E of the population in here.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESeven percent! Plus those who aren\u0027t using hookup apps. Plus those who use a different one. Plus the asexual people.\nPlus the aromantic people. Plus trans people. Plus nonbinary people. Plus all the other queers...\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI know, I know. There\u0027s so many unknowns in my process. But!\nFor the purposes of proving in a \u003Cem\u003Esimple and reproducable\u003C\/em\u003E way\nthat the number of queers is orders of magnitude higher than what some homophobes are claiming\n\u2013 I think this process does a great job, doesn\u0027t it?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI never would have thought that one day I\u0027ll be using hookup apps not to hook up,\nbut to do maths and to fight for human rights \ud83d\ude05\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Chr\/\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022small\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022#ftn-ref-1\u0022 id=\u0022ftn-1\u0022\u003E\u003Csup\u003E[1]\u003C\/sup\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E Well, ok, not everyone... there\u0027s still a lot of places where queers have to stay so deep in the closet that using apps might not help...\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","tags":["dating","estimation","lgbtq","maths","online dating","statistics","queer","homophobia"],"hasMore":true,"image":"https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/romeo-calculator_small.png","introLite":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/romeo-calculator_big.png\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/romeo-calculator_mini.png\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022259.58041958042\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis post is not about gays. It\u0027s about maths.\u003C\/p\u003E","contentLite":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/romeo-calculator_big.png\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/romeo-calculator_mini.png\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022259.58041958042\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis post is not about gays. It\u0027s about maths.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESome guy online told me that queers don\u0027t deserve rights (or at least the attention of lawmakers),\nbecause they make up only 0.03% of the population. Which is ridiculous.\nBoth the argumentation, and the number itself. Human rights are inherent and inviolable,\nhuman dignity doesn\u0027t depend on numbers of specific minoritiesed groups.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut it shows how important it is to properly estimate how many queer people are there in society.\nUsually, homophobes are trying to prove it\u0027s as low as 0.5% to make homosexuality sound like an aberration,\nsome totally marginal oddity that can be ignored, laughed at or hated.\nMeanwhile, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.out.com\/news-opinion\/2016\/3\/11\/less-50-teens-identify-straight-says-new-study\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E some studies go as high as 52%\u003C\/a\u003E!\nThat\u0027s a number that should make every homophobic politician worry about their reelection\nunless they change their hateful policies. Where are such huge discrepancies coming from?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis study treated sexual orientation as a spectrum, and not just gay\/bi\/straight.\n52% is the number of people who say they aren\u0027t 100% straight.\nAlso, it\u0027s among teenagers in the US, which shows that younger people\nin countries where the taboo on homosexuality is lower are more open\nto embrace their queer side and to admit it in a questionnaire.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut let\u0027s come back to that ridiculous figure of 0.03%.\nIf it were true, that would mean there\u0027s only 12 000 queers in Poland\n\u2013 while last year\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/paradarownosci\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E Equality Parade\u003C\/a\u003E\ngathered around 50 000 people attending in Warsaw alone.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThat would also make my hometown of Szczecin, population 400k,\na home to just 120 gays, bisexuals, lesbians and trans people.\nAssuming half of them are female and like a third is a proper age\n\u2014 my dating pool would have been just 30 people.\nI probably slept with more than that before I\u0027d moved out of the city.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELooking at my high school class, there were 4 people (out of 28) that I know to be LGBTQ\n(and probably some more that I don\u0027t know about), making it around 14%.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut neither of those methods of trying to estimate this number from my personal experience\nhas even a hint of scientific rigour. Most importantly, the sample sizes are laughably small,\nmaking them not representative at all.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EProper scientific studies, albeit probably pretty reliable, are easily dismissed by homophobes\n\u2013 those surveys were done by some random people they don\u0027t trust,\nthe respondends didn\u0027t have to tell the truth about their orientation, etc. etc.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut I think I came up with a way to very roughly estimate the number of gay, lesbian and bisexual people\nthat everyone\u003Ca href=\u0022#ftn-1\u0022 id=\u0022ftn-ref-1\u0022\u003E\u003Csup\u003E[1]\u003C\/sup\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\ncan do for themselves and see with their own eyes that there\u0027s a lot of us.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI went on \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.planetromeo.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E PlanetRomeo\u003C\/a\u003E,\na very popular gay hookup app that shows you profiles of other guys sorted by distance.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI scrolled down until the 780\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E person until I\u0027ve reached the first person to be \u201c1 km away\u201d.\nThis means that in a circle with the area of \u03c0r\u00b2 = 3.14 km\u00b2 there are at least 780 gays and bisexual guys\n(and probably some girls, and trans people, and couples with a joint account\n\u2013 but those numbers should be neglectable for the purpose of this rough estimation).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0027s hard to estimate, how many gays in here use this particular app, how many use a different one,\nhow many use multiple, and how many don\u0027t use any... \u2014 so keep in mind that 780 is the lowest estimate.\nIn the radius of 1 km from me there are \u003Cem\u003Eat least\u003C\/em\u003E 780 guys, actively looking for another guy to meet.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI think it\u0027s safe to assume that the number of lesbians and bisexual girls would be similar, if not higher\n(studies suggest girls tend to be more bisexual than guys, which makes it a low estimate as well),\nso let\u0027s double our number: there\u0027s at the very least 1560 queer people in the 3.14 km\u00b2 area around me.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe population density of the district I live in is 6966 people\/km\u00b2.\nThat means queers are at the very least \u003Ccode\u003E1560 people \/ (3.14 km\u00b2 * 6966 people\/km\u00b2) \u2248 7%\u003C\/code\u003E of the population in here.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESeven percent! Plus those who aren\u0027t using hookup apps. Plus those who use a different one. Plus the asexual people.\nPlus the aromantic people. Plus trans people. Plus nonbinary people. Plus all the other queers...\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI know, I know. There\u0027s so many unknowns in my process. But!\nFor the purposes of proving in a \u003Cem\u003Esimple and reproducable\u003C\/em\u003E way\nthat the number of queers is orders of magnitude higher than what some homophobes are claiming\n\u2013 I think this process does a great job, doesn\u0027t it?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI never would have thought that one day I\u0027ll be using hookup apps not to hook up,\nbut to do maths and to fight for human rights \ud83d\ude05\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Chr\/\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022small\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022#ftn-ref-1\u0022 id=\u0022ftn-1\u0022\u003E\u003Csup\u003E[1]\u003C\/sup\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E Well, ok, not everyone... there\u0027s still a lot of places where queers have to stay so deep in the closet that using apps might not help...\u003Cbr\/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","words":791,"readTime":4,"lang":"en"}}},"blog\/society\/homophobia-is-the-new-racism":{"key":"blog\/society\/homophobia-is-the-new-racism","type":"article","published":true,"meta":{"createdAt":"2019-08-12T13:37:50+02:00","publishedAt":"2019-08-12T20:34:00+02:00","group":null,"category":"blog","subcategory":"society","slug":"homophobia-is-the-new-racism"},"content":{"en":{"slug":"homophobia-is-the-new-racism","title":"Homophobia is the new racism","intro":"\u003Cp\u003EHomophobes get offended when I compare their anti-LGBTQ bigotry to racism.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGood.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","content":"\u003Cp\u003EHomophobes get offended when I compare their anti-LGBTQ bigotry to racism.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGood.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe analogy holds: both homophobia and racism are basically taking one harmless quality of a person (be it skin colour or sexual orientation) and using it to divide the population into the privileged and the discriminated group.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThere\u2019s only two differences:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne: people can hide their sexual orientation and gender identity in order to partially avoid the discrimination \u2013 people of colour generally don\u2019t have such option.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd second: while racism is almost universally considered evil and shameful, homophobia is sometimes regarded just an \u201copinion\u201d.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo, when you call out their anti-LGBTQ bigotry as being not that different from racism, they understand how insulting a racist label is, yet they cannot find any explanation to why they are any different from one.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThey aren\u2019t. And maybe this comparison will make them understand.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","tags":["bigotry","discrimination","homophobia","lgbtq","racism","tolerance"],"hasMore":true,"image":null,"introLite":"\u003Cp\u003EHomophobes get offended when I compare their anti-LGBTQ bigotry to racism.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGood.\u003C\/p\u003E","contentLite":"\u003Cp\u003EHomophobes get offended when I compare their anti-LGBTQ bigotry to racism.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGood.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe analogy holds: both homophobia and racism are basically taking one harmless quality of a person (be it skin colour or sexual orientation) and using it to divide the population into the privileged and the discriminated group.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThere\u2019s only two differences:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne: people can hide their sexual orientation and gender identity in order to partially avoid the discrimination \u2013 people of colour generally don\u2019t have such option.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd second: while racism is almost universally considered evil and shameful, homophobia is sometimes regarded just an \u201copinion\u201d.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo, when you call out their anti-LGBTQ bigotry as being not that different from racism, they understand how insulting a racist label is, yet they cannot find any explanation to why they are any different from one.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThey aren\u2019t. And maybe this comparison will make them understand.\u003C\/p\u003E","words":146,"readTime":null,"lang":"en"}}},"blog\/society\/homophobic-out-of-jealousy":{"key":"blog\/society\/homophobic-out-of-jealousy","type":"article","published":true,"meta":{"createdAt":"2019-07-22T16:36:27+02:00","publishedAt":"2019-07-22T16:35:00+02:00","group":"homofobia","category":"blog","subcategory":"society","slug":"homophobic-out-of-jealousy"},"content":{"en":{"slug":"homophobic-out-of-jealousy","title":"Homophobic out of jealousy","intro":"\u003Cp\u003EI know, I know, all this will be pure speculation. But does it not sound really likely?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EImagine that you have a partner of opposite sex, but you don\u2019t really have the greatest relationship... And your conservative parents or grandparents are constantly nagging you: \u201cwhen is the wedding?\u201d, \u201cwhen will we get grandchildren?\u201d, blah blah blah... Then you turn on TV and you see people there who \u003Cem\u003Ecannot\u003C\/em\u003E get married or have children, but they would very much \u003Cem\u003Ewant to\u003C\/em\u003E. How would you feel about it?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","content":"\u003Cp\u003EI know, I know, all this will be pure speculation. But does it not sound really likely?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EImagine that you have a partner of opposite sex, but you don\u2019t really have the greatest relationship... And your conservative parents or grandparents are constantly nagging you: \u201cwhen is the wedding?\u201d, \u201cwhen will we get grandchildren?\u201d, blah blah blah... Then you turn on TV and you see people there who \u003Cem\u003Ecannot\u003C\/em\u003E get married or have children, but they would very much \u003Cem\u003Ewant to\u003C\/em\u003E. How would you feel about it?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EImagine that you are a man who gets along really well with his buddies and loves to spend time with them \u2013 but it\u2019s not necessarily the case with his girlfriend. You two cannot get along, you argue about every little thing, you struggle to divide chores between yourselves, you\u2019re trying to fit into traditional gender roles, but it hurts... Meanwhile, those damn gays have both a buddy and a life partner in one person! How come they can and you don\u2019t?!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EImagine that try as you might, you can\u2019t get laid. Meanwhile, you see a priest on the Polish TV, who \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.polsatnews.pl\/wiadomosc\/2017-03-04\/ks-oko-nie-wierzy-monogamie-biedronia-geje-maja-srednio-500-partnerow-w-zyciu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E preaches his rectum-derived statistics\u003C\/a\u003E that gays have an \u003Cem\u003Eaverage\u003C\/em\u003E of five hundred (!) sexual partners. Well, how can you not be indignant about such promiscuity?!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EImagine that you have been trying to persuade your girlfriend for years to do anal or any experiments in bed, but she can\u2019t be convinced. Meanwhile, those faggots do nothing else, but screw each other in the ass! Not only that, they do it in threesomes, tensomes, in leather suits, in harnesses and other BDSMs... Wouldn\u2019t you try to persuade yourself what  an \u003Cem\u003Eabomination\u003C\/em\u003E all of that is?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EImagine that you are constantly worried about possible pregnancy, and those fags do not have to. How is it fair?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EImagine that you feel attraction to the same sex, but you cannot admit it even to yourself, let alone to your homophobic, toxically masculine pals, and to the rest of the world. You\u2019re a coward, while those faggots are courageously going out into the streets, they hold each other\u2019s hands, they put on a rainbow flag on, and they aren\u2019t ashamed of anything! How dare they?!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENow think about it... Would people who are confident of their heterosexual orientation panic about receiving an innocent compliment from a person of the same sex? Would people in a happy relationship really waste their time trying to refuse happiness to other couples? Would people with a happy sex life really be so morbidly interested in someone else\u2019s?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHow \u003Cem\u003Efrustrated\u003C\/em\u003E do you have to be to sacrifice your Saturday just to protest a peaceful march that proclaims love, equality and tolerance? To heap insults on innocent, terrified people? To \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gcn.ie\/bialystok-pride-violence-police\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E throw stones and flares at them\u003C\/a\u003E? To risk arrest, years in prison?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHow much do you need to \u003Cem\u003Edoubt your own masculinity\u003C\/em\u003E to see someone else\u2019s homosexuality as a threat?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHow \u003Cem\u003Elow self-esteem\u003C\/em\u003E do you have to have, if you\u2019re trying so desperately to show your supposed superiority?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","tags":["frustration","homophobia","jealousy"],"hasMore":true,"image":null,"introLite":"\u003Cp\u003EI know, I know, all this will be pure speculation. But does it not sound really likely?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EImagine that you have a partner of opposite sex, but you don\u2019t really have the greatest relationship... And your conservative parents or grandparents are constantly nagging you: \u201cwhen is the wedding?\u201d, \u201cwhen will we get grandchildren?\u201d, blah blah blah... Then you turn on TV and you see people there who \u003Cem\u003Ecannot\u003C\/em\u003E get married or have children, but they would very much \u003Cem\u003Ewant to\u003C\/em\u003E. How would you feel about it?\u003C\/p\u003E","contentLite":"\u003Cp\u003EI know, I know, all this will be pure speculation. But does it not sound really likely?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EImagine that you have a partner of opposite sex, but you don\u2019t really have the greatest relationship... And your conservative parents or grandparents are constantly nagging you: \u201cwhen is the wedding?\u201d, \u201cwhen will we get grandchildren?\u201d, blah blah blah... Then you turn on TV and you see people there who \u003Cem\u003Ecannot\u003C\/em\u003E get married or have children, but they would very much \u003Cem\u003Ewant to\u003C\/em\u003E. How would you feel about it?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EImagine that you are a man who gets along really well with his buddies and loves to spend time with them \u2013 but it\u2019s not necessarily the case with his girlfriend. You two cannot get along, you argue about every little thing, you struggle to divide chores between yourselves, you\u2019re trying to fit into traditional gender roles, but it hurts... Meanwhile, those damn gays have both a buddy and a life partner in one person! How come they can and you don\u2019t?!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EImagine that try as you might, you can\u2019t get laid. Meanwhile, you see a priest on the Polish TV, who \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.polsatnews.pl\/wiadomosc\/2017-03-04\/ks-oko-nie-wierzy-monogamie-biedronia-geje-maja-srednio-500-partnerow-w-zyciu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E preaches his rectum-derived statistics\u003C\/a\u003E that gays have an \u003Cem\u003Eaverage\u003C\/em\u003E of five hundred (!) sexual partners. Well, how can you not be indignant about such promiscuity?!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EImagine that you have been trying to persuade your girlfriend for years to do anal or any experiments in bed, but she can\u2019t be convinced. Meanwhile, those faggots do nothing else, but screw each other in the ass! Not only that, they do it in threesomes, tensomes, in leather suits, in harnesses and other BDSMs... Wouldn\u2019t you try to persuade yourself what  an \u003Cem\u003Eabomination\u003C\/em\u003E all of that is?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EImagine that you are constantly worried about possible pregnancy, and those fags do not have to. How is it fair?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EImagine that you feel attraction to the same sex, but you cannot admit it even to yourself, let alone to your homophobic, toxically masculine pals, and to the rest of the world. You\u2019re a coward, while those faggots are courageously going out into the streets, they hold each other\u2019s hands, they put on a rainbow flag on, and they aren\u2019t ashamed of anything! How dare they?!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENow think about it... Would people who are confident of their heterosexual orientation panic about receiving an innocent compliment from a person of the same sex? Would people in a happy relationship really waste their time trying to refuse happiness to other couples? Would people with a happy sex life really be so morbidly interested in someone else\u2019s?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHow \u003Cem\u003Efrustrated\u003C\/em\u003E do you have to be to sacrifice your Saturday just to protest a peaceful march that proclaims love, equality and tolerance? To heap insults on innocent, terrified people? To \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gcn.ie\/bialystok-pride-violence-police\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E throw stones and flares at them\u003C\/a\u003E? To risk arrest, years in prison?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHow much do you need to \u003Cem\u003Edoubt your own masculinity\u003C\/em\u003E to see someone else\u2019s homosexuality as a threat?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHow \u003Cem\u003Elow self-esteem\u003C\/em\u003E do you have to have, if you\u2019re trying so desperately to show your supposed superiority?\u003C\/p\u003E","words":515,"readTime":3,"lang":"en"},"pl":{"slug":"homofobiczni-z-zazdro\u015bci","title":"Homofobiczni z zazdro\u015bci","intro":"\u003Cp\u003EWiem, to wszystko b\u0119dzie czysta spekulacja. Ale czy\u017c nie brzmi prawdopodobnie?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWyobra\u017a sobie, \u017ce masz (r\u00f3\u017cnop\u0142ciowego) partnera, z kt\u00f3rym no jeste\u015b bo jeste\u015b, jako\u015b tak si\u0142\u0105 rozp\u0119du... a twoi konserwatywni rodzice czy tam dziadkowie ci\u0105gle susz\u0105 wam g\u0142ow\u0119 \u201ca kiedy \u015blub?\u201d, \u201ca kiedy wnuki?\u201d, bla bla bla... W\u0142\u0105czasz telewizor i widzisz tam ludzi, kt\u00f3rzy \u003Cem\u003Enie mog\u0105\u003C\/em\u003E wzi\u0105\u0107 \u015blubu ani mie\u0107 dzieci, a bardzo \u003Cem\u003Echc\u0105\u003C\/em\u003E. Co by\u015b czu\u0142?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","content":"\u003Cp\u003EWiem, to wszystko b\u0119dzie czysta spekulacja. Ale czy\u017c nie brzmi prawdopodobnie?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWyobra\u017a sobie, \u017ce masz (r\u00f3\u017cnop\u0142ciowego) partnera, z kt\u00f3rym no jeste\u015b bo jeste\u015b, jako\u015b tak si\u0142\u0105 rozp\u0119du... a twoi konserwatywni rodzice czy tam dziadkowie ci\u0105gle susz\u0105 wam g\u0142ow\u0119 \u201ca kiedy \u015blub?\u201d, \u201ca kiedy wnuki?\u201d, bla bla bla... W\u0142\u0105czasz telewizor i widzisz tam ludzi, kt\u00f3rzy \u003Cem\u003Enie mog\u0105\u003C\/em\u003E wzi\u0105\u0107 \u015blubu ani mie\u0107 dzieci, a bardzo \u003Cem\u003Echc\u0105\u003C\/em\u003E. Co by\u015b czu\u0142?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWyobra\u017a sobie, \u017ce jeste\u015b cz\u0142owiekiem, kt\u00f3ry \u015bwietnie dogaduje si\u0119 z kumplami i uwielbia sp\u0119dza\u0107 z nimi czas \u2013 za to ze swoj\u0105 dziewczyn\u0105 ju\u017c niekoniecznie. Nie potraficie si\u0119 dogada\u0107, uwa\u017casz \u017ce ona wiecznie zrz\u0119dzi, prowadzicie wojn\u0119 p\u0142ci, k\u0142\u00f3cicie si\u0119 o podzia\u0142 obowi\u0105zk\u00f3w domowych... Tymczasem jacy\u015b tam geje maj\u0105 i kumpla i partnera w jednym, no jak tak mo\u017cna?!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWyobra\u017a sobie, \u017ce ile by\u015b nie pr\u00f3bowa\u0142, nie mo\u017cesz zarucha\u0107, a tymczasem widzisz w telewizji ksi\u0119dza Oko \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.polsatnews.pl\/wiadomosc\/2017-03-04\/ks-oko-nie-wierzy-monogamie-biedronia-geje-maja-srednio-500-partnerow-w-zyciu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E rzucaj\u0105cego statystykami z dupy\u003C\/a\u003E, \u017ce geje maj\u0105 \u003Cem\u003E\u015brednio\u003C\/em\u003E pi\u0119ciuset partner\u00f3w seksualnych. No i jak\u017ce si\u0119 nie oburzy\u0107 na tak\u0105 rozwi\u0105z\u0142o\u015b\u0107?!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWyobra\u017a sobie, \u017ce od lat pr\u00f3bujesz nam\u00f3wi\u0107 swoj\u0105 dziewczyn\u0119 na anal czy jakiekolwiek eksperymenty w \u0142\u00f3\u017cku, ale nic z tego. Tymczasem takie peda\u0142y to nic innego nie robi\u0105, tylko si\u0119 w dupy r\u017cn\u0105! I to w tr\u00f3jk\u0105tach, dziesi\u0119ciok\u0105tach, w sk\u00f3rzanych wdziankach, harnessach i innych BDSM-ach... Czy nie wm\u00f3wi\u0142by\u015b sobie, jakie to \u003Cem\u003Eruchanie w dup\u0119\u003C\/em\u003E jest \u003Cem\u003Eobrzydliwe\u003C\/em\u003E?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWyobra\u017a sobie, \u017ce ci\u0105gle martwisz si\u0119 o ewentualn\u0105 ci\u0105\u017c\u0119, a takie peda\u0142y to nie musz\u0105. Czy to sprawiedliwe?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWyobra\u017a sobie, \u017ce czujesz poci\u0105g do tej samej p\u0142ci, ale nie potrafisz tego przyzna\u0107 nawet przed sob\u0105, a co dopiero przed homofobicznymi, maczochistycznymi kumplami i reszt\u0105 \u015bwiata. Ty tch\u00f3rzysz, a tymczasem te peda\u0142y odwa\u017cnie wychodz\u0105 na ulice, \u0142api\u0105 si\u0119 za r\u0119ce, ubieraj\u0105 na t\u0119czowo, i niczego nie wstydz\u0105! Jak oni \u015bmi\u0105?!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA teraz zastan\u00f3w si\u0119: czy ludzie pewni swojej heteroseksualnej orientacji panikowaliby i oburzali si\u0119, gdy osoba tej samej p\u0142ci powie im niewinny komplement? Czy ludzie w szcz\u0119\u015bliwych zwi\u0105zkach marnowaliby czas na odmawianie szcz\u0119\u015bcia innym parom? Czy ludzie maj\u0105cy udane \u017cycie seksualne a\u017c tak chorobliwie interesowaliby si\u0119 cudzym?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJak bardzo \u003Cem\u003Esfrustrowanym\u003C\/em\u003E trzeba by\u0107, \u017ceby po\u015bwi\u0119ca\u0107 sobot\u0119 na protestowanie pokojowego marszu g\u0142osz\u0105cego mi\u0142o\u015b\u0107, r\u00f3wno\u015b\u0107 i tolerancj\u0119? \u017beby obrzuca\u0107 niewinnych, przera\u017conych ludzi wyzwiskami, kamieniami i racami? \u017beby ryzykowa\u0107 areszt, lata wi\u0119zienia?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJak bardzo trzeba \u003Cem\u003Ew\u0105tpi\u0107 w swoj\u0105 m\u0119sko\u015b\u0107\u003C\/em\u003E, \u017ceby cudz\u0105 homoseksualno\u015b\u0107 widzie\u0107 jako zagro\u017cenie?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJak bardzo \u003Cem\u003Eniskie poczucie warto\u015bci\u003C\/em\u003E trzeba mie\u0107, \u017ceby tak rozpaczliwie pr\u00f3bowa\u0107 zaznaczy\u0107 swoj\u0105 domnieman\u0105 wy\u017cszo\u015b\u0107?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","tags":["frustracja","homofobia","poczucie wy\u017cszo\u015bci","zazdro\u015b\u0107"],"hasMore":true,"image":null,"introLite":"\u003Cp\u003EWiem, to wszystko b\u0119dzie czysta spekulacja. Ale czy\u017c nie brzmi prawdopodobnie?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWyobra\u017a sobie, \u017ce masz (r\u00f3\u017cnop\u0142ciowego) partnera, z kt\u00f3rym no jeste\u015b bo jeste\u015b, jako\u015b tak si\u0142\u0105 rozp\u0119du... a twoi konserwatywni rodzice czy tam dziadkowie ci\u0105gle susz\u0105 wam g\u0142ow\u0119 \u201ca kiedy \u015blub?\u201d, \u201ca kiedy wnuki?\u201d, bla bla bla... W\u0142\u0105czasz telewizor i widzisz tam ludzi, kt\u00f3rzy \u003Cem\u003Enie mog\u0105\u003C\/em\u003E wzi\u0105\u0107 \u015blubu ani mie\u0107 dzieci, a bardzo \u003Cem\u003Echc\u0105\u003C\/em\u003E. Co by\u015b czu\u0142?\u003C\/p\u003E","contentLite":"\u003Cp\u003EWiem, to wszystko b\u0119dzie czysta spekulacja. Ale czy\u017c nie brzmi prawdopodobnie?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWyobra\u017a sobie, \u017ce masz (r\u00f3\u017cnop\u0142ciowego) partnera, z kt\u00f3rym no jeste\u015b bo jeste\u015b, jako\u015b tak si\u0142\u0105 rozp\u0119du... a twoi konserwatywni rodzice czy tam dziadkowie ci\u0105gle susz\u0105 wam g\u0142ow\u0119 \u201ca kiedy \u015blub?\u201d, \u201ca kiedy wnuki?\u201d, bla bla bla... W\u0142\u0105czasz telewizor i widzisz tam ludzi, kt\u00f3rzy \u003Cem\u003Enie mog\u0105\u003C\/em\u003E wzi\u0105\u0107 \u015blubu ani mie\u0107 dzieci, a bardzo \u003Cem\u003Echc\u0105\u003C\/em\u003E. Co by\u015b czu\u0142?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWyobra\u017a sobie, \u017ce jeste\u015b cz\u0142owiekiem, kt\u00f3ry \u015bwietnie dogaduje si\u0119 z kumplami i uwielbia sp\u0119dza\u0107 z nimi czas \u2013 za to ze swoj\u0105 dziewczyn\u0105 ju\u017c niekoniecznie. Nie potraficie si\u0119 dogada\u0107, uwa\u017casz \u017ce ona wiecznie zrz\u0119dzi, prowadzicie wojn\u0119 p\u0142ci, k\u0142\u00f3cicie si\u0119 o podzia\u0142 obowi\u0105zk\u00f3w domowych... Tymczasem jacy\u015b tam geje maj\u0105 i kumpla i partnera w jednym, no jak tak mo\u017cna?!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWyobra\u017a sobie, \u017ce ile by\u015b nie pr\u00f3bowa\u0142, nie mo\u017cesz zarucha\u0107, a tymczasem widzisz w telewizji ksi\u0119dza Oko \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.polsatnews.pl\/wiadomosc\/2017-03-04\/ks-oko-nie-wierzy-monogamie-biedronia-geje-maja-srednio-500-partnerow-w-zyciu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E rzucaj\u0105cego statystykami z dupy\u003C\/a\u003E, \u017ce geje maj\u0105 \u003Cem\u003E\u015brednio\u003C\/em\u003E pi\u0119ciuset partner\u00f3w seksualnych. No i jak\u017ce si\u0119 nie oburzy\u0107 na tak\u0105 rozwi\u0105z\u0142o\u015b\u0107?!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWyobra\u017a sobie, \u017ce od lat pr\u00f3bujesz nam\u00f3wi\u0107 swoj\u0105 dziewczyn\u0119 na anal czy jakiekolwiek eksperymenty w \u0142\u00f3\u017cku, ale nic z tego. Tymczasem takie peda\u0142y to nic innego nie robi\u0105, tylko si\u0119 w dupy r\u017cn\u0105! I to w tr\u00f3jk\u0105tach, dziesi\u0119ciok\u0105tach, w sk\u00f3rzanych wdziankach, harnessach i innych BDSM-ach... Czy nie wm\u00f3wi\u0142by\u015b sobie, jakie to \u003Cem\u003Eruchanie w dup\u0119\u003C\/em\u003E jest \u003Cem\u003Eobrzydliwe\u003C\/em\u003E?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWyobra\u017a sobie, \u017ce ci\u0105gle martwisz si\u0119 o ewentualn\u0105 ci\u0105\u017c\u0119, a takie peda\u0142y to nie musz\u0105. Czy to sprawiedliwe?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWyobra\u017a sobie, \u017ce czujesz poci\u0105g do tej samej p\u0142ci, ale nie potrafisz tego przyzna\u0107 nawet przed sob\u0105, a co dopiero przed homofobicznymi, maczochistycznymi kumplami i reszt\u0105 \u015bwiata. Ty tch\u00f3rzysz, a tymczasem te peda\u0142y odwa\u017cnie wychodz\u0105 na ulice, \u0142api\u0105 si\u0119 za r\u0119ce, ubieraj\u0105 na t\u0119czowo, i niczego nie wstydz\u0105! Jak oni \u015bmi\u0105?!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA teraz zastan\u00f3w si\u0119: czy ludzie pewni swojej heteroseksualnej orientacji panikowaliby i oburzali si\u0119, gdy osoba tej samej p\u0142ci powie im niewinny komplement? Czy ludzie w szcz\u0119\u015bliwych zwi\u0105zkach marnowaliby czas na odmawianie szcz\u0119\u015bcia innym parom? Czy ludzie maj\u0105cy udane \u017cycie seksualne a\u017c tak chorobliwie interesowaliby si\u0119 cudzym?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJak bardzo \u003Cem\u003Esfrustrowanym\u003C\/em\u003E trzeba by\u0107, \u017ceby po\u015bwi\u0119ca\u0107 sobot\u0119 na protestowanie pokojowego marszu g\u0142osz\u0105cego mi\u0142o\u015b\u0107, r\u00f3wno\u015b\u0107 i tolerancj\u0119? \u017beby obrzuca\u0107 niewinnych, przera\u017conych ludzi wyzwiskami, kamieniami i racami? \u017beby ryzykowa\u0107 areszt, lata wi\u0119zienia?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJak bardzo trzeba \u003Cem\u003Ew\u0105tpi\u0107 w swoj\u0105 m\u0119sko\u015b\u0107\u003C\/em\u003E, \u017ceby cudz\u0105 homoseksualno\u015b\u0107 widzie\u0107 jako zagro\u017cenie?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJak bardzo \u003Cem\u003Eniskie poczucie warto\u015bci\u003C\/em\u003E trzeba mie\u0107, \u017ceby tak rozpaczliwie pr\u00f3bowa\u0107 zaznaczy\u0107 swoj\u0105 domnieman\u0105 wy\u017cszo\u015b\u0107?\u003C\/p\u003E","words":460,"readTime":2,"lang":"pl"}}},"blog\/society\/conservatives-get-naked":{"key":"blog\/society\/conservatives-get-naked","type":"article","published":true,"meta":{"createdAt":"2017-09-28T10:28:33+02:00","publishedAt":"2017-09-28T20:27:00+02:00","group":"nudism","category":"blog","subcategory":"society","slug":"conservatives-get-naked"},"content":{"en":{"slug":"conservatives-get-naked","title":"Conservatives, get naked!","intro":"\u003Cp\u003EI\u2019ve recently realised that many conservative catchphrases can be answered with a simple challenge: \u201cget naked then!\u201d. How come?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","content":"\u003Cp\u003EI\u2019ve recently realised that many conservative catchphrases can be answered with a simple challenge: \u201cget naked then!\u201d. How come?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003EGod created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve!\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESure, let\u2019s assume he did. But he also created them \u003Cem\u003Enaked\u003C\/em\u003E, didn\u2019t he? And \u003Cem\u003Ehe saw that it was very good\u003C\/em\u003E. If we\u2019re supposed to live our lives according to your ancient fairy tale, why don\u2019t you set an example and remove your clothes?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIf you used \u201cAdam and Eve\u201d argument to abuse gay people, chances are you\u2019re a prude that cannot wrap their head around an idea of \u003Ca href=\u0022\/blog\/a-case-for-nudity\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-people-carry\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E non-sexual nudity\u003C\/a\u003E and that would consider it immodest and sinful. But hey, that\u2019s how your god created you! Either that\u2019s what he wants us to wear, or nudity is sinful, chose one!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003EIt\u2019s not natural!\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGay people should not get married, because \u201cwhat they do is unnatural\u201d? Well, aren\u2019t your clothes either? As well as your laptop, smartphone, washing machine? If you care so much about \u201cbeing natural\u201d and want to regulate other people\u2019s lives based on your definition of \u201cnatural\u201d, why don\u2019t you go natural\/\u003Cem\u003Enaturist\u003C\/em\u003E first? And Amish, of course...\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIsn\u2019t it funny how homosexuality has been discovered in over 500 animal species \u2013 and is somehow  considered \u201cunnatural\u201d, while we\u2019re the only animal that obsessively covers its genitals \u2013 and bigots are fine with that?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003EThat\u2019s sick! Why do you dress up as a woman?\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd why do \u003Cem\u003Eyou\u003C\/em\u003E dress up as a \u003Cem\u003Eman\u003C\/em\u003E? Just because you have a penis, you\u2019re supposed to wear pants and a suit, but not a dress or make-up? Where did that logic come from?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIf you were born a couple of centuries earlier, you might be wearing high heels and colour pink \u2013 and consider that very manly. Seriously, google it.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat we wear depending on our gender is determined by arbitrary social trends, that\u2019s it. It\u2019s a stupid, made-up rule that your bigoted ass tries to present as \u201cuniversal\u201d, \u201cobjective\u201d, \u201cabsolute\u201d necessity.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nTn9CiPWTJQ\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E We\u2019re all born naked, and the rest is drag.\u003C\/a\u003E So either let that trans*\/drag person wear whatever the fuck they want to wear, or prove to us your devotion to what\u2019s \u003Cem\u003Enatural\u003C\/em\u003E, what \u003Cem\u003Ewe\u2019re born as\u003C\/em\u003E, what \u003Cem\u003Egod wants us to be\u003C\/em\u003E \u2013 and get rid of your clothes. Otherwise, you\u2019re just a damn hypocrite.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","tags":["conservatism","consistency","homophobia","hypocrisy","naturism","nudity","prudery","transphobia"],"hasMore":true,"image":null,"introLite":"\u003Cp\u003EI\u2019ve recently realised that many conservative catchphrases can be answered with a simple challenge: \u201cget naked then!\u201d. How come?\u003C\/p\u003E","contentLite":"\u003Cp\u003EI\u2019ve recently realised that many conservative catchphrases can be answered with a simple challenge: \u201cget naked then!\u201d. How come?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003EGod created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve!\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESure, let\u2019s assume he did. But he also created them \u003Cem\u003Enaked\u003C\/em\u003E, didn\u2019t he? And \u003Cem\u003Ehe saw that it was very good\u003C\/em\u003E. If we\u2019re supposed to live our lives according to your ancient fairy tale, why don\u2019t you set an example and remove your clothes?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIf you used \u201cAdam and Eve\u201d argument to abuse gay people, chances are you\u2019re a prude that cannot wrap their head around an idea of \u003Ca href=\u0022\/blog\/a-case-for-nudity.lite\u0022\u003E non-sexual nudity\u003C\/a\u003E and that would consider it immodest and sinful. But hey, that\u2019s how your god created you! Either that\u2019s what he wants us to wear, or nudity is sinful, chose one!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003EIt\u2019s not natural!\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGay people should not get married, because \u201cwhat they do is unnatural\u201d? Well, aren\u2019t your clothes either? As well as your laptop, smartphone, washing machine? If you care so much about \u201cbeing natural\u201d and want to regulate other people\u2019s lives based on your definition of \u201cnatural\u201d, why don\u2019t you go natural\/\u003Cem\u003Enaturist\u003C\/em\u003E first? And Amish, of course...\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIsn\u2019t it funny how homosexuality has been discovered in over 500 animal species \u2013 and is somehow  considered \u201cunnatural\u201d, while we\u2019re the only animal that obsessively covers its genitals \u2013 and bigots are fine with that?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003EThat\u2019s sick! Why do you dress up as a woman?\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd why do \u003Cem\u003Eyou\u003C\/em\u003E dress up as a \u003Cem\u003Eman\u003C\/em\u003E? Just because you have a penis, you\u2019re supposed to wear pants and a suit, but not a dress or make-up? Where did that logic come from?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIf you were born a couple of centuries earlier, you might be wearing high heels and colour pink \u2013 and consider that very manly. Seriously, google it.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat we wear depending on our gender is determined by arbitrary social trends, that\u2019s it. It\u2019s a stupid, made-up rule that your bigoted ass tries to present as \u201cuniversal\u201d, \u201cobjective\u201d, \u201cabsolute\u201d necessity.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nTn9CiPWTJQ\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E We\u2019re all born naked, and the rest is drag.\u003C\/a\u003E So either let that trans*\/drag person wear whatever the fuck they want to wear, or prove to us your devotion to what\u2019s \u003Cem\u003Enatural\u003C\/em\u003E, what \u003Cem\u003Ewe\u2019re born as\u003C\/em\u003E, what \u003Cem\u003Egod wants us to be\u003C\/em\u003E \u2013 and get rid of your clothes. Otherwise, you\u2019re just a damn hypocrite.\u003C\/p\u003E","words":402,"readTime":2,"lang":"en"}}}}}