Worth a Read

[maastrictian]

An excellent and thought provoking article about LGBTQ acceptance. (via metafilter)

Comments

[theczech]

I must say it flabbergasts me that people would be surprised by this account. Of course that's the way it is.

[immaculatepizza]

This is great. I get sick of saying it all myself, thanks for something I can forward. :)

*sigh*

[kleenestar]

Her story reminds me a lot of what it was like when we were dating in college. This only redoubles my desire to kick some social ass.

[theczech]

Pardon my denseness, but are you saying you had some social pressures working against you? If so, what sort and from what source?

[kleenestar]

I come from an Orthodox Jewish family & community. For the first three years of our relationship, I wouldn't hold his hand on the street without checking my Jew-dar - just for example. I was terrified that someone would find out we were dating and that I'd be ostracized as a result. I could, of course, "pass" in safe spaces where I was sure no one I knew would ever go - but I recognize so much of what she describes and how awful it feels.

[theczech]

...only if you don't mind talking about it of course.