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Originally Posted by gvitaly

Do you really think that gay people are currently oppressed and I'm suggesting we keep oppressing them further?

First part, yes. Second part, probably not, but your rhetoric here isn't exactly helping anything.

I'm suggesting equality, as I have stated from the first post. I'm against forcing people to use gender pronouns because it infringes on their free speech.

Nobody is forcing anyone to use someone's preferred pronouns. The community is simply asking people to be decent, considerate, and thoughtful human beings through respecting their self identity by using the pronouns with which they identify. It's not infringing on free speech rights, but if you subscribe to the Jordan Peterson model of not doing it to be spiteful - which I am not accusing you of doing - then you're just being a dick because you can.

I'm also against having transgender pro athletes compete against women or serve time in jails for women. Not because I think that is the main reason someone wants to change his/her sex, but because I don't want people to use it for personal gain.

And it's been explained that this a nonsense thing to be concerned about because not only is it not practical, it's also significantly unlikely. It seems that a lot of the anxieties people have regarding trans persons could be easily assuaged if they stopped manufacturing problems in their own heads.

I was also asking a simple question of how many people would be against Straight Night? just to celebrate that we're all straight. It sounds ridiculous doesn't it? but we're trying to make everyone equal...

That's another silly thought because straight people don't require an equalization effort. It's the same goofiness that goes along with "all lives matter". While technically true, not all lives are in various modes of crises.

Like BIPOC persons, LGBTQ+ persons are trying to achieve the same status and inclusiveness as white, cisgendered, heterosexual persons.

I was actually trying to have a discussion, especially against all the self righteous people in this thread patting themselves on the back, without actually presenting any facts to support their claims.

Which opinions and/or claims are you asking posters to qualify?