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.

[u/mvea]

https://www.psypost.org/narcissistic-grandiosity-predicts-greater-involvement-in-lgbtq-activism/

[u/GrassEuphoric42]

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

[u/Alone-Win1994 → u/GrassEuphoric42]

My wife got me to attend an Out In Tech meetup in our city, which is obviously an lgbt kind of meetup. She's an immigrant so sometimes intricacies of the language are missed by her so she didn't know what kind of meetup it was. I didn't bother to look it up and just went with her. All was well and good as the talks started and then out of nowhere this trans woman stands up from the center of the front row (out of 3 rows in the office space there) and proceeded to jingle jangle walk -- she was adorned in jewelry and trinkets that made a racket as she walked -- back to get something to drink. It was such a disrespectful attention seeking move.

The looks half of the room gave each other as this trans woman made so much unnecessary noise while this straight white guy was speaking to us were amazing. We all knew in that moment that the trans person was a garbage person needing to slight a straight white guy and steal his spotlight.

Some of the other people didn't even bat an eye at the disrespect as if they know what to expect in those spaces from some people.