Gay rights
GAY RIGHTS
"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines
We would like to know who really believes in gay rights on livejournal. There is no bribe of a miracle or anything like that. If you truly believe in gay rights, then repost this and title the post as "Gay Rights". If you don't believe in gay rights, then just ignore this. Thanks. Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.
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ETA: Well, wow. I never thought there would be so much drama over something as small as that statement. Honestly I couldn't care less about who posts it and who doesn't, freedom of choice and all that. And I can understand some people not liking the wording (especially the phrase "gay rights"), but comparing that with the original intent I figured it wasn't a big problem for me.
Now. I wouldn't go editing this post only for the above-added sentences. However, there was a question over at Rockfic.com: why weren't was asked why we believed in "gay rights"? I figured it would be a good thing to answer, especially considering what I believe to be the original intent.
First and foremost I'm a "people's rights"-person. Fighting for those who don't have a voice (what a corny sentence) has always been an important thing for me to do. And I've always pointed out that just because a person is gay or bi doesn't mean their sexuality take up their entire personality. Everyone is first and foremost human. Which is why I feel very silly and very hypocritical when I say that I feel especially for what people like to call "gay rights". I guess it's kind of close to home -- people threaten, humiliate, assault and even murder people like me for daring to be what we are. And even if we keep our heads down and keep quiet, we still run the risk of being subjected to all that hate. I'm open with my bisexuality here, but IRL? No way. I live in the most dangerous city for gays there is in this country. By telling someone in passing at work that my girlfriend is spending the night, I'm putting myself at risk because someone might overhear and that same someone might decide that I'm not coming home to my girlfriend that night. It doesn't matter that we have good laws against hatecrimes here -- I'm still gonna get my ass kicked and the person who did it is probably still gonna get away because no one can prove he/she did it because of my sexuality.
So no. Come to think about it I don't feel all too hypocritical about saying I'm a supporter of and active worker for "gay rights". There are people out there preaching love from a god no one can see who turn around and condem those of us who give everything for it just because we don't fit into their little worlds of "one of each". I much more upset and offended about reading about the Westboro Baptist Church waving signs saying "AIDS Cures Fags" and "No Tears For Queers" outside the trial against a man accused of tying a homosexual man to a fence, beating him so much that he was beyond recognition and leaving him to die.
((I'm aware that the last paragraph was a little... out there, and had nothing to do with the actual topic. No, I don't think all Christians hate gays. No, I don't think you're being petty for caring about an issue that actually is important just because there are people dying. I just finished the most horrible book I ever had to read and today I heard that an aquaintance of mine go attacked for hitting on the wrong guy. So I'll blame it on the damn timing.))
"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines
We would like to know who really believes in gay rights on livejournal. There is no bribe of a miracle or anything like that. If you truly believe in gay rights, then repost this and title the post as "Gay Rights". If you don't believe in gay rights, then just ignore this. Thanks. Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.
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ETA: Well, wow. I never thought there would be so much drama over something as small as that statement. Honestly I couldn't care less about who posts it and who doesn't, freedom of choice and all that. And I can understand some people not liking the wording (especially the phrase "gay rights"), but comparing that with the original intent I figured it wasn't a big problem for me.
Now. I wouldn't go editing this post only for the above-added sentences. However, there was a question over at Rockfic.com: why weren't was asked why we believed in "gay rights"? I figured it would be a good thing to answer, especially considering what I believe to be the original intent.
First and foremost I'm a "people's rights"-person. Fighting for those who don't have a voice (what a corny sentence) has always been an important thing for me to do. And I've always pointed out that just because a person is gay or bi doesn't mean their sexuality take up their entire personality. Everyone is first and foremost human. Which is why I feel very silly and very hypocritical when I say that I feel especially for what people like to call "gay rights". I guess it's kind of close to home -- people threaten, humiliate, assault and even murder people like me for daring to be what we are. And even if we keep our heads down and keep quiet, we still run the risk of being subjected to all that hate. I'm open with my bisexuality here, but IRL? No way. I live in the most dangerous city for gays there is in this country. By telling someone in passing at work that my girlfriend is spending the night, I'm putting myself at risk because someone might overhear and that same someone might decide that I'm not coming home to my girlfriend that night. It doesn't matter that we have good laws against hatecrimes here -- I'm still gonna get my ass kicked and the person who did it is probably still gonna get away because no one can prove he/she did it because of my sexuality.
So no. Come to think about it I don't feel all too hypocritical about saying I'm a supporter of and active worker for "gay rights". There are people out there preaching love from a god no one can see who turn around and condem those of us who give everything for it just because we don't fit into their little worlds of "one of each". I much more upset and offended about reading about the Westboro Baptist Church waving signs saying "AIDS Cures Fags" and "No Tears For Queers" outside the trial against a man accused of tying a homosexual man to a fence, beating him so much that he was beyond recognition and leaving him to die.
((I'm aware that the last paragraph was a little... out there, and had nothing to do with the actual topic. No, I don't think all Christians hate gays. No, I don't think you're being petty for caring about an issue that actually is important just because there are people dying. I just finished the most horrible book I ever had to read and today I heard that an aquaintance of mine go attacked for hitting on the wrong guy. So I'll blame it on the damn timing.))