Sunday, March 04, 2007

Homosexual Agenda

Its people like this who continue to set back the "homosexual agenda..."

Some excerpts:

"Queer 101: A Guide for Heteros
By Cameron Scott, AlterNet. Posted March 1, 2007.

Conservative Americans may demonize gay people -- but how much do progressives really know about queer culture?

...As last November's election neared and a Democratic victory appeared more and more likely, Republicans warned that Speaker Pelosi would impose her "San Francisco values" on average Americans. Americans to the right of the left coast felt in their gut that San Francisco values were a shameful thing, without really knowing what they were...

...After all, Speaker Pelosi is far less likely than the local sex columnist to know exactly what queer values are and we certainly can't expect her to trumpet queer values to Middle America if she doesn't fully understand them. So, I offer Speaker Pelosi -- and you -- the following primer to help understand the people behind the values and what they stand for...

Begin the Binaries

It is important to remember that the gays whose greatest desire is to get married and live behind a white picket fence don't represent the whole community. Some of us enjoy being different and indicate as much by calling ourselves queer. In the world of gay women, those of us who are distinctly proud of (and political about) our differences are more likely to refer to ourselves as dykes. Those who don't like to ruffle any feathers generally prefer the less-threatening term lesbians...

For the complete article:
http://www.alternet.org/sex/48474/