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Topic	When gay men have stereotypical lisps, is it natural or put on?
hollow_shrine 12/29/17 3:14:51 PM #9:	It's both and more. There's the 'me' I show to strangers and at work, and the way I present myself around people I feel completely comfortable with. Somewhere out there, there's also the person I imagine I might someday become. One can't really exist in society without learning how you are expected to look and sound, and society claps back hard at people who can't pass, so we all learn that sooner or later. At the same time we also want to model ourselves after the people we admire and for a lot of gay men those are women with strong personalities and a larger than life presence who overcame adversity to be themselves. --- Whatever happened to standards? Whatever happened to bare minimums? 15 Transwomen of color have been murdered since 1/1/2017 <cite>hollow_shrine posted [p:893075999] in When gay m... [t:76148651]...</cite> <quote>It's both and more. There's the 'me' I show to strangers and at work, and the way I present myself around people I feel completely comfortable with. Somewhere out there, there's also the person I imagine I might someday become. One can't really exist in society without learning how you are expected to look and sound, and society claps back hard at people who can't pass, so we all learn that sooner or later. At the same time we also want to model ourselves after the people we admire and for a lot of gay men those are women with strong personalities and a larger than life presence who overcame adversity to be themselves. --- Whatever happened to standards? Whatever happened to bare minimums? 15 Transwomen of color have been murdered since 1/1/2017</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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