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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 65 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It says a lot about progress that they can get married, and that people have completely forgotten about homophobia.

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'm 32. when I was born cops in my city were killing gay men for fun, when I was teenager I was bullied relentlessly and beaten within an inch of my life for holding hands with my lover (thnx Muhammad for taking me to hospital, wherever you are), in my mid twenties it became legal to get married. Now my neighbours are mostly ok with me and my wife.

A lot of people got hurt or killed to get here, it didn't happen by accident. People were disruptive, sometimes violent, but we got here. That said the state still steralised me and maintains that eugenics program, so there's a long way to go.

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The state requires steralisation in order to change gender in documentation. Specifically I had to be steralised and then "inspected" by two doctors to confirm.

[–] ultra@feddit.ro 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean why? it is the goal of all states to enforce cultural homogenaity and legibility.

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago
[–] FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Damn, what country do you live in? I'm in America and I have to keep reminding my conservative friends how close we still are to a world that sterilizes and murders gay people, and that their votes pull us closer to that world every time they win an election cycle.