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This article http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23783438-meet-the-gayjacents.do in London Evening Standard has been attracting a fair amount of criticism.
Yup, gay men are more acceptable in fashionable circles in Metropolitan areas than they were 30 years ago. But I can't take this piece as liberated - treating gay people like pets, fashion accessories or handbags when there's still such a long way to go in so many parts of the world seems inexcusable to me.
Oh, and I did comment on the piece - my comments weren't allowed through (and I thought I'd been fairly mild and rational ...).
"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. ... Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night devoid of stars." Martin Luther King
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timmy
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Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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It is empty headed, poorly written and not interesting enough for anyone really to read to the end.
What poor standards. Pun intended.
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
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Hmm, the comments were more interesting than the column itself, such as this example:
"grow up guys. liz hoggard has written a wholly gay-friendly article about a new term being used by marketers and in the u.s. gay community. and from what i can see, the piece is mainly about herself, complete with self mockery and lashings of irony. if you want to take it as some kind of homophobic, stereotyping rant then that says a lot more about you than it does about her.
- Charlie, London, uk"
Of course then the majority weighed in with sentiments such as this example:
"As a relatively straight woman with a male partner and lots of gay friends, I find your article unbelievably offensive. I have always chosen my friends because I like them, we get on and we care about each other. We have fun together and are there when we need each other. I have never chosen my friends because my coupled-up straight friends are too boring or because I need to get into the chic-est restaurant because I needed a hot female friend to pull the men in for me or for some other equally shallow reason.
It would be interesting if you wrote an article about how wonderful it is that is so much safer and socially acceptable for your friends to be who they are without worrying about losing their job or going to jail. It would be interesting if you wrote an article about what you and your friends are doing to protest the "Kill the Gays" bill in Uganda.
This piece of drivel reads like a bunch of tired stereotypes and while anger-inducing, is not interesting.
If I were your gay friends I would be quite hurt and very disappointed that the person I thought was my friend was actually only interested in me as a fashion accessory.
- Melanie, London"
I had to chuckle.... Of course at my age there's NO way in hell I'd ever be considered a fashionable accessory!
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Yes, NW it is thoroughly odious and empty-headed. I've posted a rejoinder that being patronised like that is worse than being hated.
Love,
Anthony
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You're right, Timmy. I couldn't read it to the end. It is so inconsequential.
Hugs
N
I dream of boys with big bulges in their trousers,
Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.
…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.
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