I Dont Want To Be Like Its Homophobia But Genuinely People Do Not Seem To See Gay Men As People Who Have

I don’t want to be like “it’s homophobia” but genuinely people do not seem to see Gay Men as People who have unique experiences and personalities shaped by their gayness AND their masculinity.

Tommy is closed off and defensive in that scene because Gerrard basically called him a fairy to his face and now he’s being ambushed with a serious conversation. This is a natural way to react when you’re a gay man because (and I shouldn’t have to explain this) when you’re a gay man and a homophobe is near you, you get uncomfortable and have to retreat into a shell that will keep you safe. This is the reason so many gay men are “sassy” because having an acerbic tongue is often the only defense mechanism for a visibly feminine man. For more masculine men like Tommy, that defensive shell is going to look a lot like retreating hard into masculinity. So a gay man clamming up and getting snippy when faced with homophobia is pretty damn understandable.

Source: I’m a gay man and my main defense mechanisms are silencing myself or using dry humor to deflect.

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911 season 8 in a nutshell

Ideal TK visiting LA scene: he shows up at the loft, Buck opens the door and he says “Hey, TK, thanks for stopping by!” And TK introduces Buck to Carlos, then asks “so that offer to get together still stands right?” And Buck says “sure… but I should mention. The he pulls the door all the way open and Tommy’s at the table setting it for 4 and Buck says “I already have a boyfriend, and it’s pretty serious.”

"why do bucktommies insist on taking everything at face value" because i'm aware 9-1-1 is a procedural drama television series airing on abc network at 8/7c whose target audience is like, wine moms, early retirees, and people who like angela bassett. it's written by a writer's room who are, showrunner admitted, laying down the track in front of the moving train half the time. it's not exactly prestige tv.

Patiently waiting for the Tommy haters to say that he's commanding the bees to attack LA or some shit. Move over AntMan, Tommy Kinard has control of the bees and somehow its going to lead to Buck and Eddie getting together /s