The Fruits of My Mind

“LGBT people — especially gay men — are not inherently progressive voters. Give them the chance and they will vote for xenophobia, for racism, and for misogyny.”

From over here in Europe: YES. This is a very serious issue. Capitalism and white supremacy are very capable of incorporating the most privileged gay men, and potentially the most privileged lesbian, bi and trans people too, into their system, to reward their assimilation with privilege and receive support for their shitty politics in return.

White abled middle class gay men are the most sensitive to this because they are one step away from enjoying all the privileges of the system, and it is very tempting for them to belief that people exactly like them are the allies, while people not like them - refugees, muslims, trans people, working class people, angry social justice activists - are the enemies. But they’re not the only ones for whom this mode of thinking is tempting.

Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005 - 2008)

Tran says the whole [Star Wars] experience felt like she “fell in love very publicly and then very publicly had an embarrassingly horrible breakup.” She leaned on her tight-knit pre-fame circle of friends, including the members of her all-Asian American female improv troupe Number One Son, and went to therapy, where she learned, “If someone doesn’t understand me or my experience, it shouldn’t be my place to have to internalize their misogyny or racism or all of the above. Maybe they just don’t have the imagination to understand that there are different types of people living in the world.”