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Gay rights and pride day - shroum - 2010-09-12
This week at our school all the kids are holding a gay rights and pride week. We'll probably get in trouble with the school but who cares. Its in honor of a kid named Jessie Steier who was shot last month because he was gay. In honor of him it'd be nice if you could post your favorite quotes so I can print this out and share it.
I'll start:
Quote:When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one. ~Epitaph of Leonard P. Matlovich, 1988 (Thanks, Marlene)
Gay rights and pride day - Hazzy - 2010-09-12
It doesn't matter what you do in the bedroom as long as you don't do it in the street and frighten the horses. ~Daphne Fielding, The Duchess of Jermyn Street
Gay rights and pride day - Tay - 2010-09-12
Oh please.^
Good luck with your pride day!
Gay rights and pride day - Cyadd - 2010-09-13
[COLOR="Red"]God hates Fags -Westboro Baptist Church.
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Gay rights and pride day - Judgment - 2010-09-13
Cyadd Wrote:[COLOR="Red"]God hates papayas -Westboro Baptist Church.
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Not really, more of something like this:
Hitler was right, for once. And he nearly succeeded too. (That's referring to his genocide of homosexuals as well as Jews.)
But yeah, it's sad to see people still being this uptight about stuff.
Gay rights and pride day - Cancambo - 2010-09-13
I hate both sides of this. The people against homosexuals are just being retarded, people can do whatever the hell they want if it doesn't hurt others. And by that principle, you can hold your parade, but you sure are annoying about it. Be gay, I don't care, just quit flaunting it and acting in an annoying fashion.
Gay rights and pride day - Justin - 2010-09-13
Cancambo Wrote:I hate both sides of this. The people against homosexuals are just being retarded, people can do whatever the hell they want if it doesn't hurt others. And by that principle, you can hold your parade, but you sure are annoying about it. Be gay, I don't care, just quit flaunting it and acting in an annoying fashion.
They wouldn't be "annoying" if they were given their rights in the first place.
Gay rights and pride day - Cancambo - 2010-09-13
Justin Wrote:They wouldn't be "annoying" if they were given their rights in the first place.
It is just how they approach it. The gay rights movement is showing the flamboyant side when in reality most gays are just like everyone else.
Gay rights and pride day - Justin - 2010-09-13
Cancambo Wrote:It is just how they approach it. The gay rights movement is showing the flamboyant side when in reality most gays are just like everyone else.
So you're saying the flamboyant side isn't a perfectly normal part of any given homosexual? In reality, the flamboyant ones are just the same as the non-flamboyant ones. Your point is pretty moot. They're gay just the same as the rest. They have the same right to be vocal about their need for equality, do they not? Sounds to me you have a slight hint of homophobia, ho ho ho.
All in all, they're taking the 100% correct approach to the issue. They're being VOCAL about it. At least they're not shooting people or beating them up, ne?
Gay rights and pride day - Cancambo - 2010-09-13
Justin Wrote:So you're saying the flamboyant side isn't a perfectly normal part of any given homosexual? In reality, the flamboyant ones are just the same as the non-flamboyant ones. Your point is pretty moot. They're gay just the same as the rest. They have the same right to be vocal about their need for equality, do they not? Sounds to me you have a slight hint of homophobia, ho ho ho.
All in all, they're taking the 100% correct approach to the issue. They're being VOCAL about it. At least they're not shooting people or beating them up, ne?
The reason I may dislike someone is not do to their sexuality, race, w/e. It is their behavior.
Just like I don't like a straight guy who might be, say, "overly macho." If you act like you're hot sh'it.
Also, let's take for example a sterotypical "gangsta." They are acting like they're so cool because they listen to rap music and they'll say they'll shoot you. I don't like them because they are acting like an idiot, not because they have some different (or same) skin color.
The reason I dislike flamboyancy is because it is annoying. I don't care that they are gay, I care how they act in a way I don't like and if I don't like it then I'm labeled a homophobe.
Gay rights and pride day - Kalovale - 2010-09-13
Uhh.. I honestly don't get it, what exactly is this "pride"?
wikipedia Wrote:LGBT pride or gay pride is the concept that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity.[1][2] The movement has three main premises: that people should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity, that diversity is a gift, and that sexual orientation and gender identity are inherent and cannot be intentionally altered.
Sounds more like a "you're not the garbage of society, believe in yourself and live your life" kind of thing.
If that truly is the case, why do you have to impose that pride on other people?
Gay rights and pride day - FrozNlite - 2010-09-13
Cancambo Wrote:It is just how they approach it. The gay rights movement is showing the flamboyant side when in reality most gays are just like everyone else.
Please be a bit more specific when you address this unfortunate caveat to pride, if you will. Many strong, vocal supporters of the gay rights movement are not ridiculously flamboyant, so it would be more appropriate to refer to those who are as "some of the gay rights movement."
And I do agree, especially with your comment about the stereotypical "gangstas" and "bros." Anyone can take a label or a stereotype and exemplify it beyond reasonable boundaries, and when that occurs it gets annoying. Everything.in.moderation.
Unless you truly are a gangsta who shoots up people, a bro who is "all that," or a gay who can't help but flaunt what he/she has got. It's important to remember that some truly are the stereotype, but for the rest, the so called "posers," then your comments absolutely apply.
Kalovale Wrote:If that truly is the case, why do you have to impose that pride on other people?
The idea of imposition doesn't exactly work with regards to the gay rights movement. I tried typing something else up before to elaborate on this, but it just really made no sense and wasn't establishing the point I wanted to make. So instead, I'll put it this way: everyone should have pride for who they are, no matter what. Black, white, green, Asian, Mexican, gay, straight, transgender, old, young, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish...it doesn't matter in the end, as we're all still people. What's important to recognize is that, religion aside, the aforementioned biological identities are unchangeable, and so long as one accepts that, there's no issue. The key point to also remember is that this is the truth of the world, not some lie or some delusion crafted to blind billions. All anyone is asking is for people to understand and accept this truth of things.
Gay rights and pride day - Mute - 2010-09-13
the one thing i never got is why people have to hate the pride parade. im all for it. i dont have much of a quote to offer you but i can say good luck.
tried to think of something witty but it wound up being not in good tastes. =s
Gay rights and pride day - larmie - 2010-09-13
The only quote I can come up with is "Clearly doesn't have anything to be nervous about" I don't feel like using Avenue Q every time sexuality comes up.
Gay rights and pride day - Kalovale - 2010-09-13
I seem to be misleading a bit in my wording. To my impression, "pride" can mean two things, similar yet completely distinct to me -- equality and superiority. To hold pride in yourself is both believing in your self-worth and, to an extent, admiring it, believing in the back of your mind that you are, to some unknown extent, better. However, what seems to be commonly demonstrated in this movement is just "I like myself and you shall either like me or shut up about it".
Granted, that mentality is not solely attributed to sexuality issues, I'm just having doubts that, maybe, this doesn't seem like the right way to present yourself when you have such a difficult task to tackle.
And if you ask me, you know it's flaunted enough once it hits Wikipedia. I don't really know, there seems to be a missing piece of info as I keep going in circles about this. Perhaps there has been a "tragic period" which the LGBT has no choice but to be overly vocal about. In that case, I can empathize.
A better way to see where I'm coming from is that: pride is something you hold in, not flash out.
Gay rights and pride day - Mute - 2010-09-13
Kalovale Wrote:And if you ask me, you know it's flaunted enough once it hits Wikipedia. I don't really know, there seems to be a missing piece of info as I keep going in circles about this. Perhaps there has been a "tragic period" which the LGBT has no choice but to be overly vocal about. In that case, I can empathize.
the only thing that comes to mind regarding LGBT pride parades are equality parades. Did every single african american go to one? no. Did non-blacks support the movement? yes.
highly reflective. eventually gays, lesbians, and bi/transsexual people will have the same rights as everyone else. it'll be a struggle before then though, as while they are similar the two are not the same.
Gay rights and pride day - Kortestanov - 2010-09-13
inb4 greg
inb4 5 page shitstorm
I believe this thread had a subject, no? With all my respect to gay pride, you can argue it somewhere else and without spamming other people's threads.