tarotbear
LWB:"Self-acceptance must come before liberation. Freedom from others' expectations. Pride. So, is this the antithesis for the 'Self-Hatred card #15' ?
I'm sure many straight people do not see the gay community as factional - that gay people are gay people. The gay community is just as rife with factions as any other community; our gayness does not necessarily connect us. Unfortunately, what defines us also separates us, and sometimes that goes beyond understanding. Drag queens are seen as 'too gay' - leathermen are seen as 'too butch' - and what is this 'bears' and 'radical faeries' subgroup stuff? Sometimes the differences get so overdone that you wish the statements like 'Pride and Diversity' were really true.
The gay community is facing some of its toughest challenges; many 'religious right' groups (and the current president- El Wimpo) want us to go back into our closets and stay there. If we can set our differences aside and work together as a community we can confront the opposition - but it's hard to get people to accept us when we can't accept ourselves.
wow- tarotbear can really get on a soapbox about this stuff, can't he?
I'm sure many straight people do not see the gay community as factional - that gay people are gay people. The gay community is just as rife with factions as any other community; our gayness does not necessarily connect us. Unfortunately, what defines us also separates us, and sometimes that goes beyond understanding. Drag queens are seen as 'too gay' - leathermen are seen as 'too butch' - and what is this 'bears' and 'radical faeries' subgroup stuff? Sometimes the differences get so overdone that you wish the statements like 'Pride and Diversity' were really true.
The gay community is facing some of its toughest challenges; many 'religious right' groups (and the current president- El Wimpo) want us to go back into our closets and stay there. If we can set our differences aside and work together as a community we can confront the opposition - but it's hard to get people to accept us when we can't accept ourselves.
wow- tarotbear can really get on a soapbox about this stuff, can't he?