> Gay Merch?" /> Hi Everyone :) Recently A popular youtuber that a lot of you may or may not know named Trisha Paytas, who is know for being controversial has realeased new merch that has the words ‘ Gay > Straight’ written on it, I’ll attach an image for this if you who haven’t seen this yet. I was wondering everyone’s thought on this? So far, most of people’s reactions are disgusted and offended as I would expect if someone were to make Merch saying ‘Straight > Gay’. I want to know everyone’s opinions though, just out of interest cause it amazing me that someone with as much experience as her, for those of you who don’t know she is in her early thirties, to think it is actually okay to make a shirt like this? She also added that her reasoning behind it was because ‘She always liked gay people better because they are more accepting’. Thank you for responses ❤️❤️

I personally feel neutral about this overall. It's important to note that the difference between this and a shirt proclaiming the opposite (straight > gay), is that people who aren't LGBTQ+ don't face widespread cross-cultural discrimination for being straight and cisgender. Sometimes, people who deal with that oppression like to poke fun at those with privileges they don't have, because, well, having your rights constantly threatened is depressing. It doesn't bother me when people make fun of white people for example, even though I'm white, because it doesn't harm me and I can recognize my privilege. While sometimes people can certainly take things too far, this shirt is pretty benign in of itself. Because of how tenuous things have been lately in regards to social issues/politics though, I do worry about the lash back this is getting.

Why is it offensive...? The only thing I don't like is how boring it is lol.

1. The shirt itself isn't offensive. It's just a bit dry. Like someone just discovered WordArt on MS Word for the first time..🤨 2. 'Gay people are better because they're more accepting', or whatever - Shut up. Let's look at people as individuals, not put them in categories. 3. Straight people like unicorns too.

I think her reasoning for it is ridiculous. I don’t like to categorize entire defining groups of people by their sexuality, race, gender, etc. I deal with people on a case by case basis and don’t make comments about their sexuality, race, gender, etc in regard to one group being “more” x than another, because it’s impossible for me to truly make that generalization. Now, do I find it offensive? No. I don’t think it’s offensive at all. I just don’t understand her reasoning behind it and find it ridiculous. She is allowed to make whatever she wants tho, so I respect her choice to design stuff she believes in and her right to distribute it.

I mean, I think it might be better as an equal sign but I'm not bothered by it. I'm sure those who wear it are gay and proud, and can wear what they want 🤷🏼♀️

I'm bisexual and it kind of rubs me the wrong way. I'm not offended by it, but if it was straight > gay, everyone would be up in arms. I don't think we should be trying to put any group above another group, it just increases the divide that most seems to have of us VS them. I just think it's counterproductive, but it is likely not meant to be that serious. 🤷🏻♀️

I don’t believe ‘gay’ is greater than ‘straight’, nor would I define and compare two groups like that. So the shirt, not for me, wouldn’t buy it, wouldn’t wear it. I don’t know who this woman is though, or if there’s any back story to it that I’m missing.

I’m straight, and I’m not offended. It’s just a shirt 🤷♀️

You can have pride in who you are without putting others down. I'm bi and I think it's dumb. Of course I'm not gay or straight so neither statements apply to me, it's just immature to put another down no matter the context.

I’ve recently realised that ‘hetrophobia’ is actually a thing and is just sort of laughed about and accepted. I think it should be seen the same way as homophobia. It’s not okay.

Straight >> Gay Merch?

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