Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p>— Similar arguments have been used against the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a>, suggesting an "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epidemic</span></a>" or "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/socialcontagion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialcontagion</span></a>." In reality, as <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/societal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>societal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/stigma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stigma</span></a> targeting <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/marginalizedgroups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marginalizedgroups</span></a> eases, people feel freer to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/express" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>express</span></a> their <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/authenticselves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authenticselves</span></a> without <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fear</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/judgment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judgment</span></a>, as clearly shown in the chart below.</p>