"The only good gay is a dead gay" - Westboro Baptist "The only good gay is a self-loathing gay" - Welcoming but not Affirming "Gay is good" - Metropolitan Community Church (and a small handful of others.)
...or perhaps amend that last to "the only good gay is a happy, healthy, well-adjusted self-actualized gay" (with the recognition that good gays are not unicorns, and represent the majority of LGBT)
Thanks for your insight on the range of views on gay being good, Brian. It seems that in many ways society hasn't moved far past "the only good Indian is a dead Indian" -- just transfered hatred, exclusion and infrahumanization from one group to another.
"The only good gay is a dead gay" - Westboro Baptist
ReplyDelete"The only good gay is a self-loathing gay" - Welcoming but not Affirming
"Gay is good" - Metropolitan Community Church (and a small handful of others.)
...or perhaps amend that last to "the only good gay is a happy, healthy, well-adjusted self-actualized gay" (with the recognition that good gays are not unicorns, and represent the majority of LGBT)
ReplyDeleteThanks for your insight on the range of views on gay being good, Brian. It seems that in many ways society hasn't moved far past "the only good Indian is a dead Indian" -- just transfered hatred, exclusion and infrahumanization from one group to another.
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