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saben
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Registered: May 2003
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Interestingly things really seem to have changed, at least here in Melbourne amongst people born in 1990 and later...
Ryan mentioned today off-hand an old friend from primary school that happened to be gay as if there was no big deal. To me, finding another gay person would have been a breakthrough and I would have made an effort to form a friendship with them.
My brother, in Tasmania, knows gay people at his school (yr 12); another friend's brother has a gay friend (grade 9) and all of it is "no big deal".
Ryan even said he saw two grade 7 boys kissing today (though it may have been as a dare).
Most gay guys in High School seem to be happy with just their straight friends surrounding them, there seems little need for "gay solidarity". The only reason to even interact with other gay guys is when you're trying to pick up, get laid or find a boyfriend.
It's good that it's entirely "ordinary" to be gay amongst High School kids in bigger cities in Australia at least. But it's kind of sad to see the "gay community" disappear, too.
Is this a good thing, bad thing, neutral thing, inevitable thing? Do we want to be so mainstreamed that we don't even feel like a minority? That there isn't even a sense of kinship between us anymore than there's kinship between blondes?
I don't know.
But I think by the time people born in 1990 or later rule the world it'll be a very different place. If being gay is easy in High School, it sure as hell aint gonna be hard any other time in life...
That isn't to say the fight is totally over, but it's definitely come a long way in the last 6 years since I was in grade 12 and first joined this site. The war of attitudes seems to be mostly won, it's just the legal battles that'll be long and protracted.
Look at this tree. I cannot make it blossom when it suits me nor make it bear fruit before its time [...] No matter what you do, that seed will grow to be a peach tree. You may wish for an apple or an orange, but you will get a peach.
Master Oogway
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Being gay, no big deal.
By: saben on Mon, 25 August 2008 16:44 |
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By: NW on Mon, 25 August 2008 18:40 |
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By: acam on Tue, 26 August 2008 11:10 |
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The exception
By: Nigel on Tue, 26 August 2008 21:04 |
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By: timmy on Tue, 26 August 2008 11:52 |
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