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minus-squarezbyte64@awful.systemslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 days agoAre there no trans billionaires to object to being erased?
minus-squareSuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoNo war but class war. They will find excuses to protect their own, regardless of “ideology.” And any lgbtq+ billionaires will side with their rich friends because identity politics doesn’t exist for their kind.
minus-squareemptyother@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 day agoYou don’t get to become any kind of LGBT+ billionaire by being open about it.
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-21 day agoTim Cook is gay. But that’s the easiest of the queer alphabet to be, tbh.
minus-squareNoxy@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoHe wasn’t open about it until he became a billionaire tho.
minus-squareemptyother@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day agoI doubt it was easy for him either, from what little I’ve understood of rich folks communities.
minus-squarethelucky8@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoAlso Peter Thiel (probably more important in this context as he the main supporter of JD Vance’s political career), and Sam Altman.
minus-squarenova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoPeter Thiel is gay. He’s just too rich to need to care about any of this .
Are there no trans billionaires to object to being erased?
No war but class war. They will find excuses to protect their own, regardless of “ideology.”
And any lgbtq+ billionaires will side with their rich friends because identity politics doesn’t exist for their kind.
You don’t get to become any kind of LGBT+ billionaire by being open about it.
Tim Cook is gay. But that’s the easiest of the queer alphabet to be, tbh.
He wasn’t open about it until he became a billionaire tho.
I doubt it was easy for him either, from what little I’ve understood of rich folks communities.
Also Peter Thiel (probably more important in this context as he the main supporter of JD Vance’s political career), and Sam Altman.
Peter Thiel is gay. He’s just too rich to need to care about any of this .