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I love when LGBTQ people talk about fighting for their right. Before gay marriage what rights didn’t you have?

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Anonymous 7w

Housing and employment discrimination

Anonymous 7w

Marriage?

Anonymous 7w

The 1917 Immigration Act and the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act both included clauses that effectively banned LGBTQ+ individuals from entering the country, labeling them as having "psychopathic personalities" Executive Order 10450 (1953): the EO, issued by President Eisenhower, banned homosexuals from working for the federal government or its contractors, labeling them as security risks.

Anonymous 7w

legislatures made more explicit attempts to criminalize homosexuality in the 80s too. Several sodomy laws were expanded to include oral sex. This directly talked about anal or oral sex. What kind of sex is the only kind of sex that can gay men or women have?

Anonymous 7w

Moral Majority allies in Congress propose the Family Protection Act in the early 80s which would bar giving federal funds to “any organization that suggests that homosexuality can be an acceptable alternative lifestyle.” Despite President Reagan’s endorsement, the bill is defeated.

Anonymous 7w

Idk seems like you’re just an idiot.

Anonymous 7w

In 2003, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of Lawrence v. Texas. Police arrested Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Garner and both men were later convicted of violating a Texas statute forbidding two people of the same sex from engaging in certain sexual behaviors.

Anonymous 7w

1935: “Successful” electric shock therapy treatment of homosexuality is reported at American Psychological Association meeting. Then it becomes the standard treatment for homosexuals who are put in prison for crimes. Amendment 2 in CO tried to prevent anti discrimination laws based on sexuality.

Anonymous 7w

Paul Cameron, a former psychology instructor at University of Nebraska, began publishing pseudo-scientific pamphlets “proving” that gay people commit more serial murders, molest more children, and intentionally spread diseases. This worked even though he was kicked out of the organization he worked at for ethics violations

Anonymous 7w

The right to buy a house (not protected in all 50 states) the right to adopt, the right to join the military, the right to get a job, the right to go to any establishment, the right to insurance, the right to college

Anonymous 7w

Hey man it takes real courage to still have this post up after you got proven wrong so many times AND got ratioed by a screenshot of you backpedaling embarrassingly. You dropped this 👑

Anonymous 7w

Hey guys, I just want ONE right that y’all don’t have and are actively fighting for. In 2025 everyone is generally equal in all aspects. Give me a real example not something broad like “in some states” or shit that happened 20 years ago

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Anonymous

#2 7w

Adoption

Anonymous

#2 7w

Healthcare discrimination

Anonymous

#2 7w

Adoption is usually an extremely difficult process whether you’re straight or gay. So that’s wrong. And elaborate more on healthcare discrimination

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Anonymous

#1 7w

I said besides that

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Anonymous

OP 7w

“besides this very important thing name other things”

Anonymous

#3 7w

Marriage was mostly a religious thing and most religions go against gay marriages

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Anonymous

OP 7w

You said before, not besides

Anonymous

#3 7w

The fact you can’t name anything else is telling

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Anonymous

#1 7w

Type I mean besides

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Anonymous

OP 7w

Look at everything #2 said

Anonymous

OP 7w

There were times when just an accusation of being gay would get you fired from the federal government. Housing discrimination issues in some states today you can still discriminate on housing based off whether or not someone is trans. Adoption rates are higher among heterosexual couples so that’s not wrong. There were healthcare issues, the lavender scare caused doctors to intentionally harm or mistreat gay patients due to things like HIV or aids being seen as a gay disease. They today..

Anonymous

#2 7w

Housing is based off credit score and deposit. I’ve never seen a homeless gay person Every job has some sort of DEI I’m place. If gays are hired either they weren’t qualified or such a small Percentage of gays in that field that it’s just a statistics thing

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Anonymous

OP 7w

still face high rates of hate crimes with almost no federal government intervention in terms of legislation. Recently they took away a suicide hotline for suicidal teenagers who were LGBTQ that had been proven to reduce the amount of suicides nationwide among minors who were wanting to kill themselves.

Anonymous

OP 7w

How do you know which homeless people are gay?

Anonymous

OP 7w

How do you determine who is and isn’t gay unless they tell or show you?

Anonymous

OP 7w

People have ONLY been telling you anything elses

Anonymous

#4 7w

Can’t wait for OP to go really quiet forever or to respond to a single comment then never respond again lmao

Anonymous

OP 7w

In some states you can be denied housing because of your sexual orientation. Even if you were a millionaire. In some states you can be rejected and banned from adoption because of SOLELY sexual orientation. Which is legal discrimination. Shut the fuck up you asked a question and got answers and got mad at the fact that you were wrong, so like a child you say “BUT BUT BUT ITS HARD FOR STRAIGHT PEOPLE TOO” bitch it’s harder for gay people

Anonymous

#4 7w

OP ran away lmao

Anonymous

#4 7w

I didn’t run away. Which state. Can you provide one case where someone was denied housing solely because of their sexual orientation. It’s always “some states” never the actual state or a case where that happened lol

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Anonymous

#3 7w

I agree you guys didn’t have rights in the past. But in 2025 you can’t say you’re still forgiving for your rights. You have the same rights as everyone else now

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Anonymous

#3 7w

Ok that law has been repealed. What rights are you actively fighting for?

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Anonymous

#4 7w

Gay people already have those rights. They own homes in all 50 states, adopt children, serve in the military, go to college, and do everything else you mentioned. A right doesn’t need to be explicitly stated for it to exist.

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Anonymous

#4 7w

We live in the United States, not the Middle East, bro. That might apply over there, but here, everyone is equal. That’s why I love this country. Stop trying to be a victim. It ain’t gonna work in the USA

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Anonymous

#3 7w

And that happened like 200 years ago. Those laws were before we had research and was for health and safety reasons. Today none of this applies. Stop living in the past bro. Everyone was a victim back in the days. Not today though

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Anonymous

#3 7w

All this shit you’ve said is from a Century ago. WAY different times. Blacks weren’t even considered human. Everything has changed

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Anonymous

#3 7w

Commenters ran away lmao

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Anonymous

#3 7w

Idk seems like you just want to be a victim. Not today bud

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Anonymous

OP 7w

You asked before gay marriage what didn’t we have. We told you lol. Someone’s moving the goalpost

Anonymous

OP 7w

Not what you originally asked. Try again.

Anonymous

OP 7w

You asked about the last. Try again.

Anonymous

OP 7w

past*

Anonymous

OP 7w

amendment 2 was introduced in the 90s.

Anonymous

OP 7w

That is not what you said in your post. Why did your question change?

Anonymous

#3 7w

Because they realized that gay and trans people aren’t equal still. And to answer this simple question: the life expectancy of a trans person is 35 due to murder

Anonymous

#3 7w

We aren’t living in the 90s anymore are we? It’s 2026 and I’m 4 more years we will be living in 2030s

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Anonymous

OP 7w

I gave you answers. You refused to acknowledge them because you’re a child. Still silent about them. We’re not even close to equal, if we were there wouldn’t be a president in office who openly is against gay people and is erasing our history and existence

Anonymous

OP 7w

Then you were wrong lol. “All the shit” I said wasn’t from a century ago. Try again.

Anonymous

#3 7w

Bro just take it. You want it so bad. I have a gay friend and he’s equal to me in everywhere. All these rights you don’t have he has them. I wonder how that works

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Anonymous

OP 7w

You didn’t answer. Try again.

Anonymous

OP 7w

And here’s a map for you fucking crazy asshole who can’t acknowledge that oppression exists. Shut the ever loving fuck up you are so fucking wrong. If we weren’t oppressed why is the president against us? If we weren’t oppressed why are we being attacked and murdered? You just are so goddamn privileged you don’t care

Anonymous

OP 7w

“I have a gay friend so clearly I cannot be homophobic” is the exact same as saying “I have a black friend I can’t be racist”. I don’t give two shots if you have a gay friend that doesn’t fucking matter

Anonymous

#4 7w

he’s being an idiot on purpose lol

Anonymous

#3 7w

Or he’s just actually that damn stupid

Anonymous

#4 7w

You’re probably right actually. OP are you actually this dense or are you just pretending to be an idiot?

Anonymous

#3 7w

I may have worded my post incorrectly. It was originally a response to someone else’s post that said they’re fighting for their rights right now, and I asked which one and they couldn’t name any

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Anonymous

OP 7w

You may have or you did, which is it?

Anonymous

OP 7w

It wasn’t always and even when it was there were laws allowing people to discriminate you are just ignorant.

Anonymous

#5 7w

I know. I’m not saying that gay people have always had rights or that they weren’t heavily discriminated against in the past. I know they were. I’m saying today in 2026 times have changed significantly from the past. It’s okay to be gay now

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Anonymous

OP 7w

That’s actually not what you were saying. You were asking what rights gay people didn’t have before gay marriage then went “that’s in the past”

Anonymous

OP 7w

Yeah you say that but not everyone believes that. And people are fighting the Supreme Court to overturn gay marriage. The fight never dies.

Anonymous

#3 7w

I miswritten it. was driving when I made the post. I say that above ^^^

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Anonymous

OP 7w

What part did you NOT mean to say? Quote the section you didn’t mean.

Anonymous

OP 7w

Yeah you seem to say “I miswrote it” a lot…. or you are just stupid

Anonymous

#5 7w

Why are you trying to be a dick lol. Chill the fuck out

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Anonymous

OP 7w

Didn’t answer try again, moron.

Anonymous

#3 7w

Ladies and gentleman: the tolerant left

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Anonymous

#3 7w

No point in calling me names or insulting me when I haven’t done that to any of y’all

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Anonymous

#3 7w

Y’all can fuck off now. Come back with a better attitude

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Anonymous

OP 7w

Didn’t answer. Try again moron.

Anonymous

OP 7w

No. A commonly forgotten dark chapter of American history is the Lavender Scare. When the LGBTQ community were targeted in the same way as communists. People were fired from government jobs for the mere accusation. And a representative of the US shit himself after his son was arrested for trying to pick an undercover cop. He committed suicide in his office.

Anonymous

OP 7w

Running away. Typical lol

Anonymous

OP 7w

1980s….

Anonymous

OP 7w

Who the fuck said we had to tolerate moronic dickheads like you?

Anonymous

OP 7w

It literally was less that 40 years ago. In some states there are STILL laws on the books against consensual sodomy.

Anonymous

OP 7w

No #3 is right your just an idiot

Anonymous

OP 7w

Meanwhile over here in reality gay couples are being arrested for kissing in public

Anonymous

OP 7w

Ahh yes because historically the United States has never ever been unequal