Thread:Dayne Dariel/@comment-10733658-20160921085516/@comment-10733658-20160922221320

^^ That's a good question, Dayne. From what I've observed, even within the LGBT community there are a variety of opinions about that. It's kind of a mishmash or umbrella, where so many different concepts and ideas kind of end up.

Like, you'll see gays and lesbians that don't acknowledge other orientations (other than straight, obviously). Or trans folks like the above Jenner example that are homophobic. Or trans folks that argue over non-binary stuff.

But the best I can summarize is you've got the better-known and nearly mainstream stuff. Then you get things that are kind of a spectrum, with concepts beyond just straight/gay and male/female. I confess even I'm confused on some of those things sometimes, and the birth of Social Media has created an environment for people to start giving names to stuff or exploring ideas. And....I'm not really the best one to explain those because I'm very ??? on a lot of it.

And absolutely, cultural values play a huge part. Places with stronger religions/traditional values tend to be more strongly opposed to LGBT stuff, in comparison to more secular and progressive places. You also get places with their own very unique histories involving sexuality and gender -- for example here in the US, we have Native cultures that have totally unique concepts that don't quite fit the standard dynamics of typical Western LGBT ideas.