As far as I understand, it is about showing pride of what they are, making (intolerant) people aware of that they are humans, too. That they belong into society, too. It is nothing about shaming straights. Maybe some #LGBTQ+ members have some mild or even harsh heterophobia but those I met gave me mixed feelings.

Many years (over 20 already!) back, I shared a room in a boarding house with a gay. He started finding me attractive as I was very slim (70-60-90, metric system, circumference on chest-waist-butt cheeks). He tried his "best" efforts to make my bed uncomfortable as much as possible and invited me almost daily to join his bed. Then one day (not night!), I was in his bed and he wanted me to relax so he can suck my penis. I felt so very awkward next to him that I had to speak with the educators about it and I had to let them call him off from me, that I'm not gay but heterosexual.

The next gays I met was then here in #Krefeld already and when I went to shopping and saw #vegan activism group I spoke to the group. Later I found out that 3 were gays. They showed all the respect towards me being a heterosexual and we even joked about anal sex. It was really fun with them and I'm thankful to them that none (2 were a couple, 1 was single) of them tried to question my sexuality.

An other more indirect encounter was in #Dortmund where I went to a Psychedelic Trance party called #Nibirii . There I saw a lesbian couple. I was about to approach them and wish them all love and luck in their relationship but I was to shy to do it. Next time, I do it! Let's show respect to reach other and our preferences.

Hello !Friendica Support ! I just made a post, but it shows collapsed on my stream, showing only the title, the avatar of the author and the hashtags. Do I have some wrong setting or did I do something wrong with the post?

I wanted to link back to the original author's post on facebook and thus hand-edited the 'share' tag: i changed the profile pic and link, the post link and time, and deleted the "guid" parameter (because I don't know what it is and what it does)

Thanks!

Hello fediverse and federation! 😀
Today I want to share this #art project on #Kickstarter. It's an #artbook by an italian #ftm trans artist who worked on #Samsara, an #LGBTQ+ #comic about interwined souls.

I know mastodon has a strong community of LGBTQ+ artists who might be interested. If you are into fine #erotic art and want to support the work of a trans artist and the other people who collaborate with him, I suggest you go have a look.

The Kickstarter was funded in less than 24h and is working towards the various stretch goals.

Thanks to everyone who can help!

#lgbt #zelcarboni

http://kck.st/2PUf422