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What is an event that altered you in some way? (piefed.social)

submitted 4 months ago by cashmaggot@piefed.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For better or worse. Small scale or large. Personal or shared. What is an event you've experienced that changed the way you act, live, feel, etc. It could be short-term or long. Share what you feel comfortable with. Triumphs and tragedies alike.

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[–] 90s_hacker@reddthat.com 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Reading the manga she likes homos not me. It's about this gay highschool student who wants to live a "normal" life so he hides his sexuality from his family and friends. The manga was absolutely heartbreaking and it was my first encounter with the shit people go through for being different and it made me realize that gay people are just people too, which should be obvious but I'm from a country where homophobia is normalized and even encouraged. I started thinking more after that and I guess that's when it clicked to me really that everybody deserves love.

[–] cashmaggot@piefed.social 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah, it's mad crazy how normalized homophobia is in a lot of cultures. I once saw some well of folks complaining that we don't need Pride anymore. And while they were having fun stroking each other's egos they seemed to have missed the mark that there are people losing their lives and homes over this stuff to this day. So eh. But it's beauitufl, those moments when you see people are people are people.

[–] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

For me this was Stone Butch Blues.

[–] cashmaggot@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago

Yo, that lady lived out where I lived out of. My ex and I would walk to her place and look up. She's why all I classified my gender identity as dyke for the longest. Because I didn't really fit either side of the coin, nor feel either which way. While I have met people who are the way she is (that whole stone butch thing) really at the end of the day if she was born today she'd probably either just end up being like me or just straight up trans-masc. Awesome drop though =)