When a straight person says something like "Every Vi-KING needs his Queen", or when you're at work and someone just assumes because you're male, you like women and say something like "I think you could get a woman".
Not only are you assuming that everyone is straight until proven otherwise, but you're also invalidating someone's identity. In your world only straight people exist, it's like LGBT people don't exist to you. With comments like this, we just feel like we don't exist and don't belong.. it's really disheartening.
It's so aggravating when people just assume everyone is straight. What's also annoying is when I say something like "I want to play this game because you can be gay in it" and someone laugh reacts my comment in a random Facebook Group. For whatever reason they think it's soo funny, when this is something I really care about and them laughing at it, is like mocking it. Which is super rude. Like sorry that everything caters to the straight male privilege and we get boobs shoved in our face every five seconds...
But it feels so good when people are inclusive because then they feel welcomed. I love when people are like "Does he have a girlfriend or a boyfriend?", or that Old Spice commercial from years ago when they were like "Kiss the hottest girl, or kiss the hottest guy!". It makes us feel like we exist, because we do! It's nice and refreshing.
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