Gay men, what would you like to explain about the "gay best friend" stereotype to staight people?

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Gay men, what would you like to explain about the "gay best friend" stereotype to staight people? - Lemmy

To be clear, im queer and im in a relationship with a gay cis man. Some days ago we were watching a sketch on YouTube about the gay best friend stereotype, where the joke was basically “I can be misogynistic and can walk into female dressing rooms because im gay”. I was trying to gather my thoughts to write a piece about it, personally I have no problem being the “gay friend” to my female friends, but there are a lot of stupid and harmful misconceptions about it. I would like to hear some of your opinions about it.

Being a gay best friend doesn’t mean you can flout misogyny. Even though I am non binary (amab) I respect women’s spaces. The patriarchy doesn’t end just because I identify differently now. Afab are in clear and present danger around amab. When I see women I think “Are they going to respect my gender identity?” But what they evaluate is “Is this person gonna go Ted Bundy on me?”
What’s amab/afab?
Assigned male at birth
Gotcha, thanks