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What do the words The Gay Community mean to you? [message #59590]

Thu, 19 November 2009 00:43

timmy

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We see these words all the time. The Gay Community.

Some of us have never met another gay person in our lives. That's nothing to be ashamed of, it;s just a fact.

Some of us are out and proud.

Some of us are peering round the closet door wondering when and whether to venture out

These are examples, only. For you what do the italicised words mean?

Do you feel part of a global and diverse group of gay men? Do you identify as LGBT, not simply gay?

Will you march in a Gay Pride parade? Or have you done so? Is that a community?

Is it a local thing, this community?

Do you join it, or were you always part of it?

If a gay person is hurt somewhere in the world, do you react as an individual, or not react at all, or react because a person has been hurt, not a gay person? Is that what community means to you?

Loads more questions here. Have a go.

[Updated on: Thu, 19 November 2009 00:45]

Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School

		What do the words The Gay Community mean to you? By: timmy on Thu, 19 November 2009 00:43
		Re: What do the words The Gay Community mean to you? By: Nigel on Thu, 19 November 2009 08:51
		Re: What do the words The Gay Community mean to you? By: timmy on Thu, 19 November 2009 15:21
		Re: What do the words The Gay Community mean to you? By: Nigel on Thu, 19 November 2009 22:45
		Re: What do the words The Gay Community mean to you? By: acam on Thu, 19 November 2009 09:36
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		Re: What do the words The Gay Community mean to you? By: NW on Thu, 19 November 2009 23:06
		Re: What do the words The Gay Community mean to you? By: Macky on Thu, 19 November 2009 14:45
		Re: What do the words The Gay Community mean to you? By: timmy on Fri, 20 November 2009 12:45

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