When the most homophobic girl you know likes a clip from a mlm romance (red, white, and royal blue) there are two possible reasons as to why:
1. They are secretly into girls and want to tell people but they don't know how
No actually, there is only one possible reason as to why the most homophobic girl I know, who called me slurs in front of crowds of people, would have liked a clip of Henry and Alex kissing from Red, white, and Royal Blue on Instagram. It's because of the fetishizing of gay men, done MAINLY (not always) by cishet women.
(I do want to clarify, it's not every cishet woman and I am so grateful for the allyship of you, it's just something I keep seeing and is scaring me slightly in these times.)
It's the same with Heated Rivalry (which I adore as a queer, hockey fan), and we've seen it with other TV shows too.
You don't get to pick and choose your allyship. She thought I was a lesbian (#trans guys, am I right?) and called me horrible things, she used the T-slur as a way of insulting people she didn't like. But then she's liking and reposting mlm romance?
Trans people built pride.
Lesbians were some of the only people who cared for the gay men affected by Aids.
I could go on.
I am a bisexual guy. I get it, men kissing is hot. Get the fuck over yourself and give everyone some love or go and die in a hole (that's mainly directed at her, my therapist hasn't helped much).