I've only known I was gay for a few years, but I really appreciate how all the friends I've spoken to about it have either been very supportive or haven't even cared at all.

However, comments like this from a YouTube rando deserve an unequivocal response:

- Yes, I support pride.
- Yes, I consider myself woke.
- Pride includes everyone; there's no LGB without the T.

I've never sworn on Twitter in the 14 years I've been there, but as this is Mastodon: this person can fuck right off.

@twostraws what baffles me is the way that person has abstracted “WOKE” and “PRIDE” as if they’re each some singular entity or object. I don’t have a clear way to express in words what exactly the person is doing to unnerve me so much, but it’s along the same line taken to dehumanize a group of people by labeling them as a singular thing. (Is there an equivalent for doing that to language?) It also stinks of a disturbing lack of comprehension, understanding, or even willingness to learn.