‘What’s some knowledge generally known only to LGBTQ+ people?’ – 23 bits of under the radar info for Pride month
13.
‘That being a lesbian really is that big of a deal. Yeah fine, I get it. Straight people were always saying “it’s not a personality trait” when I grew up. But it is.
It’s a fundamental part of your life until you die, and it matters a whole heck of a lot to me. I had to work to be okay with embracing myself, I’m still working on it. It will always impact my life experience.’
–lezemt
14.
‘When your partner is your gender, your size, and has similar fashion tastes as yours, you can share a wardrobe.
Sometimes this happens unintentionally, e.g., “Are you wearing my shirt?” “No, this one is mine?” “No that’s definitely mine?” etc.’
–broussegris
15.
‘Gay men have a whole unspoken language for checking each other out in public without words or phones.’
–Dependent_Chipmunk3
16.
‘The process of becoming parents. We have to go out of our way to have kids, so theres lots of conversations and planning that go into making sure you are ready financially, emotionally, physically, etc to build your family.’
–SafficForgd
17.
‘Straight male, married, adorable, chilled blah blah. But I live in the very gay part of Long Beach.
1. There are great pop artists that us straights just don’t know about who are wildly successful but only within the community. Robyn for example… never heard of her before my neighbour showed me and we ended up getting a noise complaint for blasting Dancing on my Own at 1am after going through a pack of Costco soda beers.
2. There’s literally nothing different about gay people beyond the fact that they had the trauma of society being assholes to them.’
–JoefromOhio
18.
‘Sex without potential pregnancy scares.’
–EmmyT2000
19.
‘HPV doesn’t just cause cancer in women. Get your HPV vaccine guys.’
–night117hawk
20.
‘I was kind of shocked when I was talking to someone who had never even heard of PreP. There have been such huge developments, and it’s not like straight people can’t get HIV, but it remains unheard of to many.’
–ruff_trade
21.
‘That we do have types and that we are not gonna marry your cousin’s best friend’s kid just cause they are gay too.’
–WinterStrawberries6
22.
‘The importance of chosen family. Many LGBTQ+ people learn that support doesn’t always come from relatives. Sometimes it comes from friends who become family. That idea can be incredibly powerful. Also, those inside jokes, community slang, historical references and cultural touchstones that can instantly make two strangers feel connected.’
–tomeksu2115
23.
‘The gays and they’s invented Taco Tuesday. LGBT is actually an acronym of all gay foods: Lasagna, Guacamole, BBQ, and Tacos. Each additional letter also represents a food of gayness.’
–PrincessPitstains
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