For LGBTQ+ folks who want to blend in, what tips or advice can you give?

  • Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Pick 3 shirts, 3 pants, mix and matchable. Only wear those shirts and pants. Wash them all in the same load. Do not read the instructions. Do not iron them.

    Shoes. 1 pair. 2 if one of them is for mowing the lawn.

    Move with a purpose. Do not stop to enjoy the finer things. You’ve got place to be that matters more than any beauty that might inspire you.

    Do not dog whistle at hunky construction workers. We all want to, but the straight men manage to resist most of the time.

    That should cover about 95% of it.

    Edit: this is advice is primarily for gay men. I can’t really give “straight advice” to women.

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      3 days ago

      Do not dog whistle at hunky construction workers. We all want to, but the straight men manage to resist most of the time.

      We do, although it is terribly difficult. We calculate every route so as to avoid construction sites.
      Yes, this is why straight men are often late

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        3 days ago

        I break out in a cold sweat when I’m driving and I see that particular hue of orange on a roadsign. I turn my volume and bass all the way up for my music so no one can hear my catcalls.