Quick question. I’m not that familiar with gay history but did gay men ever use violent weapons during the aids crisis or at any other time, did lesbians? Because these mostly straight men walking around with axes and sledge hammers in the name of ‘equality’ over like using the same bathroom as women bc all they are ‘fighting’ for is being legally allowed to ruin women only spaces and programs and athletics, facing minimal risk of murder or hate crimes in the process.
Imagine if gay men walked the streets with axes and baseball bats during the AIDS crisis.
Just imagine them trying to do that among the cheers of “no tears for queers.” During the celebrations that god had sent a “gay cancer” to wipe out gay men. While an apathetic government did nothing for the epidemic because no one thought it could affect straight people. While many doctors wouldn’t even treat an AIDS patient. While Princess Di shaking hands with an AIDS patient without gloves was considered shocking and radical. While lesbians were in solidarity and some of the only people who would help.
This is what a group of people fighting for their lives against a society who hates what they are, thinks they should be denied medical treatment and thinks they deserve to die looks like:
An entire generation of gay men was practically wiped out by deliberate apathy and malice, but some kid with an undercut on tumblr today will say they were privileged.
This isn’t ancient history, kids. This was in the 80′s even going into the 90′s. We only just started learning about AIDS prevention when I was in school in the 90′s because, oops, turns out straight people can get it too. And at that point it was completely decoupled from gay issues when being discussed.
But sure, a bunch of straight men marching at gay events with weapons and threatening lesbians with physical harm for not being attracted to them are similar I guess.
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