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I was recently reading a comment on Yahoo regarding an article about how lesbians organized care for AIDS patients back in the ’80s. The article mentioned that one of the women attended a Seven Sisters college. A commenter wrote: “Those lesbian colleges are turning young women into lesbians!”
That single comment highlighted so many prejudices. First is the belief that being LGBTQ+ is a choice. Second is the assumption that all New England colleges are filled with gay and lesbian students.
If you look through their warped lens, it all fits together. But no matter how much science and research you show them, they reject it.
I don’t argue with them anymore. It is all circular logic that makes my head spin.
I learned a long time ago: thank your supporters, tell your detractors that you don’t agree with them, and then move on. Focus on the "movable middle."
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