[Laura W.]

Unfortunately, gays and lesbians are no less prone to bigoted attitudes than are straights. You would think we would be, having suffered the results of bigotry ourselves. However, we live in a culture that doesn’t tend to acknowledge the connections between different forms of discrimination. I have noticed there is just as much racism, anti-Semitism, ageism and classism in the non-straight community as there is in mainstream culture. And I have noticed even more sexism. (E.g. Joshua G.’s response (Original Archives) and remarks regarding how lesbians think – pure stereotypical nonsense.) Since most of us aren’t transexuals, and most of us are no more tolerant of diversity than straights, there is bound to be discrimination against transexuals, even though we claim to include you in our community. We should be willing to offer to others what we are asking for ourselves, but unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to work that way much of the time.

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Name : Laura W., Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Lesbian, Religion : Jewish, Age : 37, City : Los Angeles, State : CA, Country : United States,