Standups cludg Suzi Ruffell, Pl Sha and Lee Peart reveal how hecklers, bookers and ‘the gay slot’ have affected their appearanc the spotlight
Contents:
- HOW ‘WHO R’ HAS BEE WORD ONLE FOR ‘I HATE GAY PEOPLE’
- "WHY DO GAY PEOPLE ALWAYS FEEL THE NEED TO TELL PEOPLE THEY ARE GAY?"
- NOBODY R IF YOU ARE GAY
- HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY
HOW ‘WHO R’ HAS BEE WORD ONLE FOR ‘I HATE GAY PEOPLE’
Homophobic Facebook ers try to keep gay athlet the closet wh msag like ‘Who r?’ * no one cares if you are gay *
So how has “I don’t re” and “Who r” bee word on social media for “I hate gay people”?
When a loved one tells you they don’t re that you’re lbian, gay, bisexual, trans or any of the other many scriptors of people our muny, they are tryg to, wh words, wrap their arms around you and give you a big hug. Homophobic and transphobic strangers onle have a pletely different motive for g the same exact words. The mantra behd hasn’t changed sce the days when people were embolned to simply e gay slurs onle.
It’s as though the Fay Rearch Council put out an APB wh pied-and-pasted “who r” msag for gay athlet. The msage om this small mory of homophob is clear: If you are an LGBTQ athlete, stay the closet.
"WHY DO GAY PEOPLE ALWAYS FEEL THE NEED TO TELL PEOPLE THEY ARE GAY?"
Nobody r if you are gay - yea, there are some people that thk gays are gog to hell well, there are people that thk i'm gog to hell bee i drk b * no one cares if you are gay *
And make no mistake: If you need LGBTQ athlet to stay the closet, you hate gay people.
For the homophob, ’s brilliant. It driv them batty that gay, bi, lbian and trans athlet are g out drov. LGBT is still a popular term ed to discs genr and sexual mori, but all GSRM are wele beyond lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people who nsent to participate a safe space.
The problem wh people sayg, "I don't re that you're gay"... " Beg gay is an important aspect of a person's life, and the people that re about them should also re about their stggl and triumphs.
NOBODY R IF YOU ARE GAY
If you thk "nobody r if you're gay" then you're mdblowgly stupid and most likely homophobic af. "You don't need to tell if you're gay, nobody r" is one of the stupist statements I've ever heard sce plenty of people do re and will do their bt to exclu and bully you for beg gay and many gay kids are kicked out of home for beg gay.
Also if you don't want to tell you that we're gay, don't ask whether we have a girliend or what kda girls are our type and don't tell about your straight sexualy and stop forcg to bee straight or have straight sex. The emcee started the show by sayg, “So I’m gay, ” a somewhat challengg way to the 300 farmers the crowd.
When the crowd didn’t rpond, the edian proceed to tell them that they were homophobic b. Not bee the dience hat gay people; they didn’t re. I remember a time when beg an openly gay edian was shockg and gutsy, but those days disappeared wh Bill Clton.
HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY
Nobody r if you're gay.