This is why I hang out in "dudebro" spaces. I get the type of fannishness I'm used to, and because the bigotry is also what I'm used to I can let it roll right off me as I always have, instead of deliberately jamming it under my own fingernails, painting the walls with the blood, and then screaming at anyone who doesn't like my "art" like SJWs seem to do.
There are many places and cases where even being gay and having a primary sexual relationship with someone of the same-sex would be more readily accepted (and certainly more understood) than being a sexual person in a primary platonic partnership. The one benefit of being queer, if you’re in or looking to be in a primary platonic partnership, is you know what it’s like to not be completely normative, even if you’re fortunate enough to come from an accepting family and have accepting friends and go to an accepting school or work environment. Having a platonic life partner still departs from “normal” more than having same-sex sexual relationships that you make primary in your life, but at least you have some experience with falling outside heteronormative culture.
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