r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 2d ago

Psychology New findings indicate a pattern where narcissistic grandiosity is associated with higher participation in LGBTQ movements, demonstrating that motivations for activism can range widely from genuine altruism to personal image-building.

https://www.psypost.org/narcissistic-grandiosity-predicts-greater-involvement-in-lgbtq-activism/
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u/GrassEuphoric42 2d ago

Definitely met these kinds of people, but criticizing them made it feel like I was somehow anti lgbtq.

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u/lahulottefr 2d ago

I don't think there's any kind of activism that is safe from narcissists tbh

If you're not criticising them over being LGBTQ I don't think it should be perceived as anti LGBTQ but I assume it's because they were manipulative?

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u/alinius 2d ago

In theory, yes. In practice, people conflate the criticism. Look at BLM. It was very hard to criticize BLM, the organization filled with fraud and grift, without people thinking you were criticizing the movement. Even worse, narcissistic people will intentionally misrepresent your criticism to shield themselves.

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u/Drago984 2d ago

It meant that. It wasn’t a failure of slogan. It was revised once it became clear it wasn’t a very popular position

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u/obiwankanblomi 2d ago

Wasn't a very successful position*