Quote: Matter-eater Man said: Hmmn, who actually makes up the "we" part though? I know quite a few "queens, twinks,& leather men" that donate time & money to various events. Quite a few people that you seem to consider inferior.
I also know gay men who contribute money and time to gay causes, and these people do not fall into those categories. It is not that I consider queens, etc. inferior. No. Don't try to paint me into that corner. I was speaking of the Pride parade and the stereotpyes *the parade* perpetuates. The queens et al. are not inferior as people, but they may very well appear as buffoons or worse to others. It doesn't mean they ARE buffoons, but perception is so so important.
Quote: Other than counsling young gays on the internet, what else do you do Jim to help win any battles? How exactly are you better than they?
It seems I've hit a nerve here. I don't recall using the word "better" in anything I said.
But as far as what I do to help win any battles, I think I help in the most fundamental, basic, and ultimately most beneficial way possible: I'm a parent. I raise socially conscious, loving, tolerant, thoughtful pro-gay children and hope that the environment I've raised them in is one that they carry with them all the days of their lives and in all the things they do and to all the people they encounter on their personal journeys.
Tell me a more important "battle" than that.
Winning the war on anti-gay sentiment and homophobia is going to take a grass roots effort, a localized effort. The primary way to fight that fight is in the raising of a better generation.
