Yeah! You really can’t say the time and scope for these stories is over and then be like THAT about closeted people??
And for real, I was so taken aback by who I was seeing these comments from! It wasn’t homophobes, it wasn’t even just those people whose whole shtick is snark and cattiness, it was people who say things like, everyone’s journey is different, this coming out day remember the people can’t come out now, don’t excuse people for so and so action but have compassion for them, it was really hurtful and was like that one quote from that popular Tumblr post? Where you suddenly feel unwelcome where you thought you had friends? This is our own community…
I saw people call Harper straight! What?? That she shouldn’t have a gf at all, she’s a coward for not coming out, she’s too old to be going through this, and then worse, not even about this fictional character but about closeted people in general, this is why you shouldn’t date closeted people above a certain age, this is why you shouldn’t date them at all.
A lot of the discussion has already covered the fact that these opinions are coming from people who were closeted themselves, but I think in some ways that actually makes it worse? Because there’s a sense of, well, I did it, so why can’t they? Despite the differences in not just circumstances but culture and priorities and just people individually.