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Prediction regarding Peter Buttigieg: this candidacy will expose the major faultiness between white gay men and the rest of the LGBTQ community.
Among LGBTQ folk, I have only heard white gay men excited for him. Meanwhile, not only have I not heard any support from him from a single LB or T person (or any LGBTQ person of color), many LGBTQ people I know are openly hostile to what he is offering...
particularly regarding race, economics, militarism, religion, monogamous marriage, and trans issues. In my 5 years of research, I have found that linguistically, "gay" codes as white male & "queer" codes as Black queer/trans, femme queer, lesbian AND poor, marginalized & left.
