Ranking people based on whom they’ve slept with is never a positive thing. They Harm Gay People Who Came Out Later In Life Bisexual people feel same-gender attraction just as much as gay people do, and their bisexuality shouldn’t make them worth any less within the queer community. One myth that bisexual people constantly have to confront is the idea that they’re only “half-gay,” but that’s just not true. And the fact that they might sleep with people of different genders doesn’t make them any less queer.
So a platinum gay is seen as “more gay” or somehow as a “better gay” because of his platinum status.īut bisexual people exist. Gold star and platinum are clearly meant to give value – they’re meant to be good things.
And just like there are trans men with vaginas, there are trans women with penises.Īnti-trans terms like these have no place within the queer community. While it’s generally used to mean a lesbian who hasn’t slept with a man, it’s often conflated with a lesbian who’s never touched a penis. It reinforces the awful misconception that trans men will never be “real men” – and it puts a stigma on any gay man who wants to date a trans man. There’s already a lot of prejudice within the gay community towards trans men because they’re men who generally have vaginas, and creating a ranking system that clearly values people who haven’t touched a vagina doesn’t go over well for someone who actually has a vagina. The main way that these terms hurt trans people is that they tend to be entirely based on genitals – platinum gay especially. But if you’ve never heard of them before, here are some quick definitions:Ī gold star lesbian is a gay woman who’s never had sex with a man a gold star gay is a man who’s never had sex with a woman and a platinum gay is a gay man who was born by C-section – the idea being that he never touched a vagina, not even at birth.īut all of these terms are really problematic and harmful to the entire queer community. If you’re a part of the queer community, you’ve probably heard the terms “gold star lesbian” and “platinum gay” thrown around.
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