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[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The LGBT+ community has absolutely not focused on these issues, at all.

Yeah - housing and employment protections are too reasonable requests to get media attention. If the media platformed that conversation, we might come across as human beings deserving of empathy - can’t have that.

Like I’m burnt the fuck out. I don’t care about high school athletics - I just want to not lose my job two weeks after I get it because I have the wrong genitals.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah - housing and employment protections are too reasonable requests to get media attention.

Gotta get them clicks. This isn't out there enough to see coverage, it's just too reasonable. Hard to click-bait.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I think it also contributes to a kind of invisibility of the issue. People seem to passively think that all forms of job discrimination are illegal and don’t happen. It’s a significant part of why I don’t talk to family anymore.

Getting fired from gig work cleaning bird shit off bleachers because my drivers license had an “f” on it just isn’t a fun story. The survival sex work I resorted to afterwards might I guess.