Have you ever faced homophobia? If not, this is what it’s like: imagine you’re sitting down in class, wearing your friend’s pride flag because it’s “socially acceptable because it’s June”, your friend comes into the class because they got you a birthday present. They went to a con on the weekend and got you a anime magnet as well as a poster and a pin, exited you give them a giant hug as a thank you and then they leave. Once they leave a classmate asks: “Are you two dating?” And you respond with “Um, no, I’m (not straight)” and then they proceed to laugh and say “I don’t think a non straight person hugs someone like that” and make you feel super crappy. That is homophobia to a certain level. It’s worse sometimes.
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