Here’s a quick guide to bullying and harassment, as practiced by LGBT/allies versus anti-LGBT. (Possible trigger warning if you’re sensitive to lists of the ways people abuse other people.)
| Abuses by Anti-LGBT | “Abuses” by LGBT/Allies |
|---|---|
| Insulting people who are LGBT | Passing laws against some of the worst abuses in the column on the left |
| Slandering people who are LGBT | Attempting to enforce some of those laws |
| Demonizing people who are LGBT | Referring to behaviors in the column on the left as “bigoted” and “abusive” |
| Falsely accusing people who are LGBT | Identifying champions of the behaviors in the column on the left as “bigots” and “abusive” |
| Preaching that God hates LGBT people | |
| Pretending to “love” LGBT people while condemning their orientation as filthy and unnatural | |
| Gloating over the idea of people who are LGBT suffering eternally in Hell | |
| Passing laws against being LGBT | |
| Depriving LGBT people of the right to do business | |
| Depriving LGBT people of the right to housing | |
| Depriving LGBT people of the right to employment | |
| Attempting to shut down any public display of affection between LGBT people | |
| Attempting to shut down any public appearance of LGBT people at all | |
| Depriving LGBT couples of the right to marry | |
| Depriving LGBT couples of the right to physical intimacy | |
| Depriving LGBT couples of the financial/contractual perks of marriage | |
| Depriving LGBT people of the right to ordinary dignity | |
| Verbally attacking LGBT people | |
| Physically attacking LGBT people | |
| Imprisoning LGBT people | |
| Torturing LGBT people | |
| Subjecting LGBT people to harsh “re-education” programs to try and change their sexuality | |
| Murdering LGBT people |
The interesting thing about this chart is that if you eliminate the abuses in the left column, the column on the right will take care of itself.
Quite right!