LGBTQXYZ Inc. has neoliberalism first and not Gay last, but no Gay rights at all.
This is one Gay baiting joke going around on social media. Being a Trump supporter is so bad that a child would rather say his father is a go-go dancer in a Gay bar. The whole basis of the joke is that being a Trump supporter is so horrible that even being a go-go dancer in a Gay bar has a better reputation and the comparison is to show how horrible being a Trump supporter is. The joke rests on the idea that being a go-go dance in a Gay bar is really bad, but a Trump supporter is even worse.
Since 2016, after Donald Trump has been elected president there has been continuous Gay baiting. Notice that it was posted in a Facebook group, Resist Trump. I have seen it elsewhere with different pictures.
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The Gay baiting start almost immediately after Trump was elected in 2016 and mostly was various posts and jokes that Putin and Trump were in a homosexual relationship.
Even the neoliberal torch bearer for the Democratic Party realized it was a problem.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/snls-homophobic-trump-putin-jokes-need-to-stop
This led up to Stephen Colbert infamous “joke” on Saturday Night Live (SNL) that:
“In fact, the only thing your mouth is good for is being Vladimir Putin’s cock holster.”
It was reported widely in the media. Here are some links.
https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/late-show-stephen-colbert-homophobic-donald-trump-1202406991/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/stephen-colbert-blasted-homophobic-trump-cock-holster-joke-192937167.html
After the uproar Stephen Colbert didn’t apologize as reported in The Atlantic.
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/05/stephen-colberts-apology/525375/
Also, when the various Gaybaiting posts on Facebook were called out various excuses were given, frequently they had a Gay friend who said telling the joke is okay, but the primary argument was that anything was justifiable going after Trump.
The liberals and neoliberals would never dare do race baiting or Jew baiting, but feel free to use Gay baiting and make excuses for it.
One of the reasons is that there aren’t any Gay organizations to stand up for Gays anymore. They are LGBTQXYZ groups and their agenda is supporting the neoliberal order and Gay issues are not just lost in the shuffle but not welcome. The Gays that might be in the LGBTQXYZ groups are likely Respectability Gays and also Gays who have low expectations of respect and are critics of the Gay community. It is quite right that they are called Vichy Gays by some.
This Gay baiting also tends to get a free pass due to the fact that the anti-Gay rhetoric and agenda of Republican leaders, religious right leaders and other right wing elements is worse and distracts from the failings of the neoliberals.
The fact that these Gay baiting attacks on Trump continue to today, 8/8/2022, shows how shallow the liberal and neoliberal commitment is to the rights of Gay people and also how the LGBTQXYZ groups aren’t in the interest of Gays.
There needs to be Gay groups of Gays committed to the interests of Gays.