|
|
Steve
|
 |
Really getting into it |
Location: London, England
Registered: November 2006
Messages: 465
|
|
|
In order to be fair to the original topic of a thread I have started a new thread to continue a discussion that diverged within that original thread.
I am somewhat nonplussed at the discussion concern the relationship, in other parts of the world, of str8 youngsters to those suspected of being gay. It is certainly not like that everywhere in the world.
In all the years that I was a high school teacher (including administration) there was never even one case of bullying or harrassment of a gay student (and I would have known if there had been, just as I knew about all the cases that involved drugs etc). I have never heard a student make a remark of any kind prejudicial towards gays (and our language has some choice words to express prejudice).
There have been several TV shows for youth in which str8 youngsters freely discussed with their gay counterparts what it means to be gay - and in other topics aired in these disucssion programmes there was heckling such as only teenagers are capable of. Recently a youth movement was started for gay youngsters and the branches and phone numbers were widely distributed in all the mass media.
We have had openly gay members of parliament (of both sexes) and we have political parties putting gay rights as part of their electoral platform (and doing very well, thank you, in the polls).
And there must be other places in the world where the situation is similar. And also there are countries where the situation is far, far worse than that which prevails in the USA or UK etc...
From "somewhere in the Middle East"...
|
|
|
|
|
[  ] |
A Place of Safety
Search
Help
Register
Login
Home
