What a brilliant, insightful, and raw piece of writing this is.
I am straight, middle-aged, and married, but have very close lesbian friends, both older and younger, who have expressed a great deal of this to me over the past several years. You have perfectly expressed the despair, frustration, and simmering rage. Thank you for writing about it!
I've heard that lesbian dating sites have been infiltrated and even taken over by men, and that lesbians on these sites who do not want to be matched with men have been canceled. Weird hombres, these trans-women.
Just last night, though, being told about a young lesbian who became a trans-man, I found myself saying, sincerely, Gee, that's too bad. Couldn't she just have gone butch and saved herself from radical surgeries, follow-up antibiotics, in some cases immunosuppressants, and hormones?
And I meant it sincerely.
(I hope I got the lingo right, I mean in terms of "trans.")
Magnificent blast, brilliantly written every caustic sentence honed and loaded. So satisfying to read, so good to be able to laugh amidst the despair effect of this madness, felt even as a relative bystander.
I've been scared of being a DEI hire since I graduated highschool. Young black woman, were you chosen for your skill, or for your labels? It keeps you up at night.
There's nothing quite like being in a majority-dominated profession/space and basically being told that some people think you're only there because of your identity labels, not any sort of merit. There for the company photo.
Brilliant account of lesbian reality today. Thanks for your sharp eye and tongue. Unlike another commentator, I am not laughing at where we are being forced to go and I refuse to go there, counting myself ‘lucky’ I’m not employed and have the ‘safety’ of a raipdly diminishing small super account and an aged pension.
Is it really like this? Wtf. I had no idea DEI was so homophobic, sexist and racist. Your post opened my eyes to something I had no clue was happening. Thank you for your insight.
It is this bad. It's like the whole world decided lesbians could be tossed in the trash so they could all gush over straight men who pretend to be lesbians. This is every day, even by places like The Sports Bra, lesbian owned but all in on letting men cheat in women's sports. Unbelievable.
Thank you for sharing that. Reading it, I can picture the scene as your composing of a piece of measured writing became the moment a long-suppressed scream of protest at what’s been done to you and your community tsunami’d unstoppably on to the screen. It is an outstanding piece of writing.
Wow, it's like this author went inside my brain and extracted exactly what my experience is for the past 10 years and wrote it up nearly perfectly. While my details may differ, this describes the lesbian experience to perfection. It is why I have come to hate "Bob from Accounting" and the pious DEI pronoun brigade so much now.
Some people now will claim I'm a DEI hire, never mind the years of work, study and professional meetings that it took to earn a senior position. One of the actual DEI hires, who lied through their teeth two years to get an entry position, will soon have a senior position.
I can't be an out lesbian without being an inclusive lesbian, according to management.
I have never read such a perfect description of what it’s like to be a lesbian these days. Thank you.
What a brilliant, insightful, and raw piece of writing this is.
I am straight, middle-aged, and married, but have very close lesbian friends, both older and younger, who have expressed a great deal of this to me over the past several years. You have perfectly expressed the despair, frustration, and simmering rage. Thank you for writing about it!
I've heard that lesbian dating sites have been infiltrated and even taken over by men, and that lesbians on these sites who do not want to be matched with men have been canceled. Weird hombres, these trans-women.
Just last night, though, being told about a young lesbian who became a trans-man, I found myself saying, sincerely, Gee, that's too bad. Couldn't she just have gone butch and saved herself from radical surgeries, follow-up antibiotics, in some cases immunosuppressants, and hormones?
And I meant it sincerely.
(I hope I got the lingo right, I mean in terms of "trans.")
The history of this new oppression of lesbians will start with what happened to the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival.
Magnificent blast, brilliantly written every caustic sentence honed and loaded. So satisfying to read, so good to be able to laugh amidst the despair effect of this madness, felt even as a relative bystander.
I've been scared of being a DEI hire since I graduated highschool. Young black woman, were you chosen for your skill, or for your labels? It keeps you up at night.
There's nothing quite like being in a majority-dominated profession/space and basically being told that some people think you're only there because of your identity labels, not any sort of merit. There for the company photo.
It’s a form of dehumanization and it’s horrible. It can’t go away fast enough.
Brilliant account of lesbian reality today. Thanks for your sharp eye and tongue. Unlike another commentator, I am not laughing at where we are being forced to go and I refuse to go there, counting myself ‘lucky’ I’m not employed and have the ‘safety’ of a raipdly diminishing small super account and an aged pension.
Is it really like this? Wtf. I had no idea DEI was so homophobic, sexist and racist. Your post opened my eyes to something I had no clue was happening. Thank you for your insight.
It is this bad. It's like the whole world decided lesbians could be tossed in the trash so they could all gush over straight men who pretend to be lesbians. This is every day, even by places like The Sports Bra, lesbian owned but all in on letting men cheat in women's sports. Unbelievable.
It is that bad. If you've been in nonprofit, the arts, or raising a teenager in a blue city, it's been peak madness for five years.
Thank you for sharing that. Reading it, I can picture the scene as your composing of a piece of measured writing became the moment a long-suppressed scream of protest at what’s been done to you and your community tsunami’d unstoppably on to the screen. It is an outstanding piece of writing.
Wow, it's like this author went inside my brain and extracted exactly what my experience is for the past 10 years and wrote it up nearly perfectly. While my details may differ, this describes the lesbian experience to perfection. It is why I have come to hate "Bob from Accounting" and the pious DEI pronoun brigade so much now.
SUPERB article.
Some people now will claim I'm a DEI hire, never mind the years of work, study and professional meetings that it took to earn a senior position. One of the actual DEI hires, who lied through their teeth two years to get an entry position, will soon have a senior position.
I can't be an out lesbian without being an inclusive lesbian, according to management.
This is magnificent. Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you. Always love your writing.
I absolutely love this.
Yep..