ummm . . . . and why exactly is saying someone is bisexual homophobic?
With the understanding that this "News" piece comes from one of Sky/Fox's own Rupert Murdock's somewhat declass, frequently "right-wing loony" newspapers, "The New York Post", so try not to hyperventalate at it's tone. It's the behavior of our dear LGBT brother (ex) New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey I'm aggrieved with here.
MCGAY BASHING EX-GOV LABELS WIFE A 'HOMOPHOBE'
By JEANE MacINTOSH
NEW YORK POST April 24, 2007 -- Me-ow!!
The McGreevy divorce hit a catty new low yesterday, with the gay former love-gov calling his estranged wife a "homophobe" who's trying to take the sashay out of his step.
"On the off hand she wasn't paying attention, I AM A GAY AMERICAN," the furious former New Jersey governor hissed in the latest court response to Dina Matos McGreevey.
"She is in deep denial. Why would she question what I have made clear? To try and lessen my 'gayness' by making me bisexual is a clear form of homophobia."
The barb is part of a stinging reply to papers Matos McGreevey filed last week in which she slapped her estranged hubby with fighting words - for the first time referring to him as "bisexual" instead of gay.
He claims his wife is trying to "rewrite history," and called her actions "homophobia in its worst form."
"She may not distain [sic] all gay men - but she distains this one," he snarls. Making it clear he's taken off the gloves in their venomous public catfight, McGreevey also claimed - for the first time - that his wife knew he was gay before she married him.
"[Dina] knew of my sexual orientation before our marriage [and] chose either to ignore it or block it out of her mind, even when questioned by friends," the papers said.
Previously, the couple has publicly stood by the story that Matos McGreevey learned the truth just hours before her husband's infamous August 2004 "I am a gay American" resignation speech.
A source close to the couple told The Post the story was a cover "designed to protect Mrs. McGreevey."
In the court papers, McGreevey also:
Matos McGreevey's lawyer did not return a phone call.
The warring couple will square off in court for the first time Friday.
While honoring a person's right to the self-identity that THEY feel most comfortable claiming, I am unclear as to why someone might think that being a bisexual person somehow lessen their inclusion in the LGBT community. And further why would someone seem to assert that being identified as a bisexual person rather than a gay man is a form of homophobia?
If someone was misidentified as being of Scottish-American background and they were actually an Irish-American, would they so frantically assert that being called "Scottish" was an attempt to lessen their inclusion in the Gaelic-American Community? Would they then also be likely to say that being called Scottish-American was a clear form of racism?
Probably not.
MCGAY BASHING EX-GOV LABELS WIFE A 'HOMOPHOBE'
By JEANE MacINTOSH
NEW YORK POST April 24, 2007 -- Me-ow!!
The McGreevy divorce hit a catty new low yesterday, with the gay former love-gov calling his estranged wife a "homophobe" who's trying to take the sashay out of his step.
"On the off hand she wasn't paying attention, I AM A GAY AMERICAN," the furious former New Jersey governor hissed in the latest court response to Dina Matos McGreevey.
"She is in deep denial. Why would she question what I have made clear? To try and lessen my 'gayness' by making me bisexual is a clear form of homophobia."
The barb is part of a stinging reply to papers Matos McGreevey filed last week in which she slapped her estranged hubby with fighting words - for the first time referring to him as "bisexual" instead of gay.
He claims his wife is trying to "rewrite history," and called her actions "homophobia in its worst form."
"She may not distain [sic] all gay men - but she distains this one," he snarls. Making it clear he's taken off the gloves in their venomous public catfight, McGreevey also claimed - for the first time - that his wife knew he was gay before she married him.
"[Dina] knew of my sexual orientation before our marriage [and] chose either to ignore it or block it out of her mind, even when questioned by friends," the papers said.
Previously, the couple has publicly stood by the story that Matos McGreevey learned the truth just hours before her husband's infamous August 2004 "I am a gay American" resignation speech.
A source close to the couple told The Post the story was a cover "designed to protect Mrs. McGreevey."
In the court papers, McGreevey also:
- Said Matos McGreevey has refused all invitations to meet his partner, Mark O'Donnell, or visit their Plainfield home to see the house where their daughter Jacqueline lives when she's with her dad.
- Is hypocritical in asking a judge to seal court information about their daughter, when she herself
"leaked," through her ghostwriter, excerpts of her new book that concern Jacqueline. - Says his wife has worked herself into a "blind rage" over custody and other issues, and asks the court to appoint a parent coordinator to help mediate the situation.
Matos McGreevey's lawyer did not return a phone call.
The warring couple will square off in court for the first time Friday.
While honoring a person's right to the self-identity that THEY feel most comfortable claiming, I am unclear as to why someone might think that being a bisexual person somehow lessen their inclusion in the LGBT community. And further why would someone seem to assert that being identified as a bisexual person rather than a gay man is a form of homophobia?
If someone was misidentified as being of Scottish-American background and they were actually an Irish-American, would they so frantically assert that being called "Scottish" was an attempt to lessen their inclusion in the Gaelic-American Community? Would they then also be likely to say that being called Scottish-American was a clear form of racism?
Probably not.