LGBTQ+ representation in the media

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It’s interesting that you quoted St. Catherine of Sienna as she is my baptism saint. I really like that quote and i’m going to keep using it. Thank you for your kind words. It’s nice to hear non-judgmental advice like that. I will keep what you have said in mind.
 
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But this site is a social medium…
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Indeed.

Look, we are called to interact with people we don’t always agree with; that’s part of the reason I’m here. However I believe that real changes happen through personal interaction. You need the activists to get people thinking, but change only happens when a substantial amount of people start agreeing. It happened with LGBTQ+ thinking and it came as an avalanche to those against it.

The biggest problem, I believe, is that we now live in a world where we can choose to interact with those pre-screened to our beliefs with much greater efficiency. We can choose to tune out people and a significant amount of people have chosen to do so. It’s not that this didn’t happen before, but it’s the volume that is different.

If you choose to use a purity test for everything you do, you’re going to have a tough life. There are few people in the world that think like any given person. I’m not trying to be flippant here, but the only real way to live as you want may be in a cloistered religious community.
 
You’re going to miss out on a lot of life if you cover your eyes at anything created by LGBT+ folks. There’s no sin in being friends with people and liking peoples work. If you plan on avoiding anyone who sins then you’d best lock yourself in a box far, far, far from all people and somehow also avoid yourself.
 
I’m 17. And the problem is I’m still not 100% on the not buying into their philosophy part. And the people I followed are very proud of who they are and when they posted stuff like that, it would make me feel happy. But I’m not supposed to feel happy about stuff like that.
 
I think that as you advance in the spiritual life it will help put these things in different point of view.
 
Yeah. That’s what my parents say. I talk to them a lot about this and my Dad has recommended some spiritual books for me.
 
I am a guy, but I empathise with you.

Sometimes when you long for a friend, the LGBTQ vloggers and bloggers offer that kind of intimacy (I can’t find a better word), that kind of connection to someone who doesn’t judge or is open minded.

When you feel this void, read, read, read the Bible.
The Bible is your FRIEND.
 
Well, you’re not supposed to hate
LGBT people obviously, or wish them ill. It’s fine to be happy that someone seems be doing well. But we shouldn’t be celebrating same sex acts specifically, either.
 
True, but online web forums predate the rise of social media in the modern sense of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat etc. I don’t think a Catholic web forum is really comparable to what’s on those sites.
 
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Okay, as someone who is trying to live a virtuous life while dealing with same sex attraction, one of my biggest problems is coming across LGBTQ+ members in the media. I am a teenager and I frequently use social media and in the past I have followed a lot of people in that community because I felt I could relate to them. I also grew to like them for their personalities. It got to the point where more than half of the people I followed were somehow in this community. The problem is, now that I am trying to live a virtuous life, do I go ahead and start unfollowing and unsubscribing these people because of their sexuality, or do I just ignore that part of their lives and focus on the other reasons why I like them? Also, when I come across the stories of other people in the community, is it wrong to sympathize with them?

Btw, just some extra information if it helps: I’m female and I feel that I am (“was”) pansexual which is like bisexual aka liking people of both genders.
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WARNING: This might sound insensitive or bad… if it does, that was not my intent. I’m simply trying to make a point directly, so if I hurt any feelings or sound bigoted or insensitive, that was NOT my intent. So here it goes…

I think the percentage of LGBTQ+ members in the media (esp the news media) is much higher than the percentage in the general population. Plus, the acting industry as a whole has always been prone to sexual impropriety for centuries (if not millennia)

So I don’t think the media is going to be a good influence for you if you are trying to live a chaste life; just like it is not a good influence on heterosexuals either.

It think it’s best to stick to programs like Courage, receive news from local TV news casts, and watch TV stations like Hallmark Channel, EWTN, Catholic TV, Salt & Life Network, Shalom World TV, Dove Channel, etc; plus streaming platform FORMED.org

All of them, can be accessed via ROKU or Apple TV.

The media has become toxic and it surely is not a safe place for people who are tempted by sexual sin (whether it’s same-sex attraction or not).

So I would avoid it as much as possible.

God Bless
 
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StephenBales said:
Honestly, get off social media.
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This…social media isnt’ good for society IMO. It breeds narcissism and anger.

OP, I can sympathize with you a bit. I’m bi,but married (and older so I’m in a different generation from you) but I get how it’s difficult to connect with people who have SSA but who don’t follow mainstream society. You’re in my prayers 🙂 Have you looked into the local Courage group through your diocese?
 
Sure much like other extreme forms of body dysphoria. Such as the strong urge to be limbless, or unhealthily skinny, or to perform genitalia mutilation (sex change and hormone drugs) due to an extreme case of body dysphoria (which is now being labeled as gender fluidity). They exist but do not need to be promoted. They need to be treated as mental illnesses. We don’t celebrate and promote paranoid schizophrenia, and we shouldn’t other delusional behaviors like “gender identity” crises but transsexual behaviors became lumped together with homosexuality and is now seen as a protected status. When in reality the two are pretty exclusive. You can be homosexual (or bi) and not question your gender.
 
In its own way, it can be just as damaging. Someone who is taking a break from social media should take a break from CAF.
 
They were answering a question.

If you want to talk about things like this intelligently and persuasively it’s useful to know what terms mean and listen to how others understand things instead of just shutting them down with a statement like that.

Just curious: Do you speak about other mental illnesses the way you did this one? There has been a movement over the last few decades to remove the stigma from mental illness so people can talk about it, seek help, get help with out fear of losing friends, jobs, credibility and the confidence of others, including those of family. I feel you used “mental illness” here rather dismissively.
 
I am going to guess that this is what you are talking about when you said merciless.
 
Yes, this is a rather common one. Derisively saying it’s a mental illness or disorder is very common. I’ve known people who make thoughtless or hurtful comments about depression, PTSD, anxiety, too. We should be doing better in this regard.
 
I have noticed on sites like free republic,some seem to compare LGBT people to nazis and such. I wonder if the people on free republic should be informed of Godwin’s law,which is from the earliest days of usenet that states that if someone mentions hitler or nazis in a discussion,they have lost the argument.Godwin's Law | Know Your Meme
 
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