Special:Badtitle/NS90:Forum:Trope Talk/Propose a better name for Straight Gay/reply (20)

I'm no SJW by any means, but I think what's offensive about "straight gay" is that it suggests that people who don't fit into certain stereotypes are less gay than the ones who do, as if homosexuality was a style of speech or dress instead of a sexual orientation.

Most of the proposed names have the same problem. It would be like if there was a trope for Jews who are not greedy, and we called it "Stealth Jew". It's offensive because it assumes the legitimacy of a possibly negative stereotype. It implies that being greedy is normal for Jews, and that Jews who are not greedy are freaks.

To that end, I would suggest something like "Down-to-Earth Gay". Something that doesn't call into question the character's "gay" credentials.

I also agree that the fucknotvtropes guy sometimes comes across as kind of a dick. Reading his blog was kind of cathartic when I was first banned from tvtropes, and I even contributed some mod quotes to his blog, but some of what he says just annoys me with how arrogant and elitist he is.