Re: Anothor Victory.
Zepari wrote:
Yeah, that's the thing here in the US, too. I don't know about the history of racial relations in Britain, but here in the US, we have a long history of denying civil rights for intrinsic, immutable properties, such as race, and we're trying to put sexuality and sexual identity into that same category. Many people, especially those who are of minority races, say that it's not a just classification, that they have to look black or latino or Asian everyday of their lives, while sexuality is something they think can be hidden. There's also not consensus within our society that sexuality is something inborn like race. Many opponents of our rights say it's a choice. No one in the media ever confronts them about that and asks them when they chose to be straight. Of course, the ones who squawk the loudest about it are the ones who get caught with male hookers in the bathroom of an airport, so if they were asked when they chose to be straight, they'd be in a quandary about their answer.
For some people, hiding their sexuality is like trying to hide an elephant under an umbrella, and even if they could, why should they have to for the rest of their lives?
Yeah, that's the thing here in the US, too. I don't know about the history of racial relations in Britain, but here in the US, we have a long history of denying civil rights for intrinsic, immutable properties, such as race, and we're trying to put sexuality and sexual identity into that same category. Many people, especially those who are of minority races, say that it's not a just classification, that they have to look black or latino or Asian everyday of their lives, while sexuality is something they think can be hidden. There's also not consensus within our society that sexuality is something inborn like race. Many opponents of our rights say it's a choice. No one in the media ever confronts them about that and asks them when they chose to be straight. Of course, the ones who squawk the loudest about it are the ones who get caught with male hookers in the bathroom of an airport, so if they were asked when they chose to be straight, they'd be in a quandary about their answer.
