An odd way to bring gays into the mainstream

The San Diego Union Tribune ^ | 8/1/2004 | Steve Yuhas

[ladyesk]

Mr. Yuhas (being gay himself) makes a very strong common sense argument yet apparently he is now getting hassled and threatend by the activists in the gay community here.

[gilliam]

The problem is, being homosexual has everything to do with homosexual behavior and very little to do with much else.

[ElkGroveDan]

Wouldn't it be more productive to simply showcase the people who happen to be gay who don't wear dresses or parade shirtless down city streets?

Unless of course that's the way they really are. What if it is the image of "normality" that is the fiction here?

[barryallen]

and mustaches, don't forget the mustaches

[weegee]

In Houston the parade route is lined with cardboard "trash cans". The sponsor on the side of these boxes is some (anal) sex lube company.

But supposedly, "homosexuality is not about sex".

[LiberalBassTurds]

Wow, this is perfect. It's exactly what I've thought for years but have been unable to put into words as well as this author.

Attended one of these once about ten years ago in SF with a liberal, long gone, girlfriend. It was a freak show. Like the author said, many folks could care less what people do in the privacy of their own homes. The groups involved in these parades alienate almost everyone.

LBT

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[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

My sister rented a house to a lesbian "couple" (with young child) for a little over a year. They had been friends with my sister's daughter before she died. These "girls" (that's what everyone calls them, but they are thirty-something year old "women") broke up several months ago and another "girl" moved in. They stopped paying rent at the beginning of the summer and have now finally moved out. THE HOUSE HAS BEEN PRACTICALLY DESTROYED. There was a long line of neighbors stopping by while my sister was there, informing her of the ruckus these "girls" created in the neighborhood. They frequently heard shouting and things slamming into walls. Once, an item was tossed through the window. The diswasher was stabbed (yes, stabbed). The kitchen floor was burned up. The walls and carpeting were destroyed. The medicine cabinet mirror was ripped away.

My sister said (to my relief), this just shows you how far you will go when you are trying to believe that people are normal. She said, it's not what they do in there bedroom that's the issue (I actually differ with that but...). She said that the problem is that these people are mentally ill.

It is a very long story but it's consistent. They are not well and no one will help them because admitting their problem gets in the way of their politics.

Oh...back to the child, she is no longer in the custody of her lesbian mother (that goodness!).

I hope America likes mainstreaming pathology. Do you know where you children are and what they are being taught? RULE #1: NEVER TRUST SOCIAL SERVICES.

[ladyesk]

Wow, this is perfect. It's exactly what I've thought for years but have been unable to put into words as well as this author.


LBT that was my thought exactly....

[theFIRMbss]

>THE HOUSE HAS BEEN PRACTICALLY DESTROYED

In my life, I've seen
guys argue over girls, but
never really fight.

On the other hand,
twice I've seen lesbian "toughs"
beat a guy senseless

for talking too much
to the lesbian's girlfriend.
It's a weird, tough life . . .

[BaBaStooey]

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

The house is owned by my disabled twin brother. He does not have the money to make the repairs. Suing them would be futile because apparently there are already many worthless judgements against them. They will just move on to victimize someone else. As soon as someone does speak up, guess what will happen? Yep. They will be accused of bigotry. It's a socially tangled web built on deception and cover-up.

[Question_Assumptions]

I've told gays on another message board that they have a choice. They can project a family-friendly public image in which they reject the twisted elements of gay culture and people might be willing to trust them with children or they can embrace the twisted elements and people won't trust them with children. Twisted sex lives and children don't mix, and a willingness to mix them in public only makes people fear what goes on in private and makes them less likely to want to leave gays and lesbians alone with children or give them custody.

Guess how that was received?

[Tax-chick]

There have been times when I wanted to stab the dishwasher, but I'm amazed that someone actually did it!

[Spok]

Some gays deliberately engage in public behavior to shock and provoke. It only succeeds in generating ill will. I fail to understand the motivation.

[The Great RJ]

I think these "gay pride" events need more publicity. I would dare any TV network to show more than a carefully edited clip of what goes on and let the American people decide. If people were outraged by Janet Jackson's nipple flash let them see 20 minutes of dykes on bikes etc. The gay marriage issue would be quickly decided and all the "gay is an aceptable alternative lifstyle" brainwashing would be quickly forgotten by seeing exactly what the homosexual lifestyle is about as publically celebrated by its practioners.

[horatio]

It's like the Puerto Rican day parades, the Columbus Day parades, the St. Patrick's day parades, and all the like. The oddballs like to come out, put on their costumes, and goof off.

Guys who get drunk at St. Patty's Day parades don't represent the average Irishman, just as the freakshows at gay pride parades don't represent the average gay man.

[theFIRMbss]

>It's like the Puerto Rican day parades, the Columbus Day parades, the St. Patrick's day parades, and all the like. The oddballs like to come out, put on their costumes, and goof off

No, it's not at all.
You miss the whole point of this.
These other parades

have folks goofing off,
sure, acting funny. But if
you show up and watch

a gay pride parade,
most of the participants
aren't just "goofing"

or acting "funny."
They cross some difficult line
between "fun" and nuts.

It's hard to describe,
but if you see it, you know.
These parades are nuts.

[T Minus Four]

There have been times when I wanted to stab the dishwasher

It's the microwave that sets me off...