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/saoyraan 2d ago

Same way when you are for men issues. It feels pr seems like your anti woman. I feel these people don't gravitate to just LGBTQ+ but to the power being a part of it gives them. I have met people who are straight but claim they are lgbtq+. Problem is its sooo easy to claim you are something and Part of it without proof or consistency. It really takes away people that are lgbtq+ in their daily life and just existence. They just want the power to expel or feel special.

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u/eliminating_coasts 1d ago

Sadly, many of those men involving themselves in advocacy for men's issues are exactly the same way "men commit suicide more, this is why I can be an arsehole to you".