An open letter to my fellow whe gay cis men: there should be no "returng to normal" after this.
Contents:
- THE FACT NO ONE LIK TO ADM: MANY GAY MEN ULD JT HAVE EASILY BEEN STRAIGHT
- HOW TO BEHAVE AROUND GAY PEOPLE IF YOU DON'T ACCEPT THEM
- GAY CULTURE HAS GROWN TOXIC WH UNCHECKED PRIVILEGE. IT'S TIME FOR TO RET
- 10 COUNTRI THAT COMPLETELY HATE GAY PEOPLE
- 25 THGS I HATE ABOUT BEG A GAY MAN
- HOW ‘WHO R’ HAS BEE WORD ONLE FOR ‘I HATE GAY PEOPLE’
THE FACT NO ONE LIK TO ADM: MANY GAY MEN ULD JT HAVE EASILY BEEN STRAIGHT
In our society today, people have many posns when to gay people. Some people offer acceptance and shelter om hatred and will work towards human rights. Others take the attu of "they're happy and not hurtg anyone," so... * i hate gays *
People who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual may experience harassment or discrimatn om people who are sred of or unfortable wh the inti.
Both gay and straight people n be transphobic and biphobic, and people n be transphobic whout beg homophobic or biphobic.
Homophobia n take many different forms, cludg negative attus and beliefs about, aversn to, or prejudice agast bisexual, lbian, and gay people. In s most extreme forms, homophobia and biphobia n e people to bully, abe, and flict vlence on lbian, gay, and bisexual people.
HOW TO BEHAVE AROUND GAY PEOPLE IF YOU DON'T ACCEPT THEM
* i hate gays *
This may mean that they feel disfort and disapproval wh their own same-sex attractns, never accept their same-sex attractns, or never intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual. People alg wh ternalized homophobia may feel the need to “prove” that they’re straight, exhib very stereotypil behavr of straight men and women, or even bully and discrimate agast openly gay people. People who experience homophobic, biphobic, or transphobic harassment often feel alone and are aaid to tell anyone what’s happeng.
GAY CULTURE HAS GROWN TOXIC WH UNCHECKED PRIVILEGE. IT'S TIME FOR TO RET
I have been an “official” gay man for about four years now, and I’ve noticed a few thgs that don’t… * i hate gays *
Other LGBTQ people Your lol LGBTQ muny center Onle muni of LGBTQ people Q Chat Space is a way for LGBTQ+ teens to nnect wh each other through live-chat group discsns — no matter where they are Tsted LGBTQ adults that you may already know, such as fay members or teachers Straight people who are alli to LGBTQ people A Gay/Straight Alliance at your high school, if applible. LGBTQ anizatns such as the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), The Trevor Project, and Parents and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG).
10 COUNTRI THAT COMPLETELY HATE GAY PEOPLE
If you’re a young person experiencg homophobia and ’s g you to feel prsed or suicidal, the Trevor Project n help. If you feel safe dog so, speak up when other people are beg homophobic or biphobic, such as makg offensive jok, g negative language, or bullyg or harassg someone bee of their sexual orientatn or inty.
In the Uned Stat, public support of the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) muny has creased recent years. The chang are associated wh creased visibily of openly gay characters on televisn, the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” and the Supreme Court cisn that legalized same-sex marriage.
For every highly publicized act of vlence toward sexual mori, such as the recent mass shootg at a gay nightclub Orlando, there are many more physil and verbal asslts, attempted asslts, acts of property damage or timidatns which are never reported to thori, let alone publicized by the media. For example, relig views that homosexual behavr is immoral support heteronormative norms, which ultimately stigmatize sexual mori.
25 THGS I HATE ABOUT BEG A GAY MAN
This legislatn, which fed marriage as a unn between one man and one woman, nied homosexuals the rights held by heterosexuals. But when we back up and thk about this aggrsn wh the amework of sexual stigma, we n see that the of antigay vlence n eper and are more plex than a simple “prejudice” explanatn.
Given that sexual stigma valu homosexualy, sanctns the perpetrators’ strategic choice of a socially valued target. So when a young boy teas a gay person, verbally timidat that person or hs him, he gets posive rercement om his peers. For example, heterosexuals may fear that pro-gay polici such as the legalizatn of same-sex marriage will make harr to advance their own alternative polil agendas.
HOW ‘WHO R’ HAS BEE WORD ONLE FOR ‘I HATE GAY PEOPLE’
Among those exampl are a parison of same-sex marriage to a marriage between “a man and his horse”; llg the “It Gets Better” project, an iative signed to help LGBTQ young people pe wh bullyg and margalizatn, “disgtg” and a “ncerted effort” to rec kids to the gay “liftyle”; and claimg that the “blood” of “young Mar” would be on the hands of lawmakers who voted to repeal the ary’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” Fay Rearch Council did not rpond to a requt for ment. Another “anti-LGBTQ hate group” named the report is the Alliance Defendg Freedom, a nservative Christian legal group wh attorneys across the untry and a long track rerd of ligatg agast LGBTQ a lawsu that ma natnal headl last year, ADF reprented Jack Phillips, a Christian baker who refed to make a ke for a gay weddg, a narrow victory at the Supreme Court. ”Wtboro Baptist Church, known for s public protts that nsistently feature signs wh homophobic msag like “God Hat Fags, ” also appears on the SPLC’s list.
Regardg homosexualy, “ is an abomatn, ” Phelps said SPLC stands by s “hate group” signatns and dismissed cricisms that the anizatn disproportnately foc on relig groups. Acrdg to Ta Fetner, a soclogy profsor at Canada’s McMaster Universy, anti-LGBTQ activists began anizatn “not too long after Stonewall, ” the 1969 uprisg at the Stonewall Inn, a New York Cy gay bar. “Along the same l that you see today, they put forward stereotyp and vilify, pecially gay men, as predators and predators of children, and e that to jtify the tactics of takg rights way om LGBTQ people, ” Fetner ced as an early example the activism of Ana Bryant Florida.