The need to call out homophobia
One of the many many things about homophobia that make me rage is how readily tolerated it is - and how ready people are to excuse it, defend it and deny it.
It saddens me that I need to repeat this - but, if you think gay people are worth less than straight people, if you think we deserve less than straight people, if you think we don’t have the ( Read more... )
I didn't, because it's not my business to repeat comments others have left elsewhere on LJ. If she wants it posted here, that's up to her. I would be overstepping a bounds if I did that.
In my mind, any good ally understands that being called out on misconceptions is a thousand times LESS difficult than living in a world where lots of people hate you.
True, but that's no reason to be hateful and rude to a person who honestly means no offense. Then you're not coming across as a good representative of the GLBT community, you're just coming across as hateful and rude. Period. People are more apt to listen to us if we maintanin some level of respect and common decency, and don't vent the same disrespect at them we complain about getting from homophobes. This encourages the exchange we're looking for. Rudeness and hatefulness where it's uncalled for does not, and it's not our right to treat other human beings that way who truly try to understand and relate. It's great to speak out, it's great to correct errors. But it's actually possible to do it in a way that makes one a good representative of the community one stands for, instead of a rude person with a chip on their shoulder, seeing "phobia" coming out of the woodwork where there really is none.
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