@Demon:
You'd think the Gay-bashers would be in FAVOR of sending Patriotic gay people off to die in wars…
I really don't get it to be honest, what, do the Marines think the gays'll "Get us" if we know they're gay and we're sharing quarters with them?
The major thing I've never gotten about this whole Ordeal is "Don't Ask Don't Tell".
It's ass-backwards logic. The Major complaint seems to be sharing sleeping quarters with Homosexuals right? So... with the CURRENT law, you are ALREADY Sharing sleeping quarters with Homosexuals. Isn't that MORE scary?! If the rare and elusive gay person is truly horrifying to you, wouldn't you prefer to know WHICH person is gay, rather than have the gay people already among you, hiding?
It seems to be a classic use of the old "Ostrich with his head in the sand" defense.
They KNOW the gay people are among them, but as long as they aren't being OPEN about it, well, they can just pretend nobody in the army is gay I guess.
That's the one thing I've never understood about Homophobia. And I'm not talking about moral crusaders who are like "AHUR, IT BE IN DAH BIBUL, SO NO IT BE WRONG!" I'm talking about the people who are literally afraid of being around gay or trans people...
Why be afraid of it? What, do you think just because that person is gay or Trans, they'll be sex-crazed and immediately jump on you and try to hump you? Do you think if you stand too close to a gay or trans person, you'll "Catch" it?
see, to me, as a girl, i think i should be more scared of strait guys hitting on me. some of them are pigs. at least gay guys are nice.
i have a question about transgendered. At some point, they make a decision to be refereed to as the opposite sex. kinda like coming out of the closet. Or is it more a train of thought that they've always been like that. I'm just wondering, if it's appropriate to refer to that person as their original gender before they came out? or do I stick with the opposite gender regardless?
For example. "Mikey looked cute when she was 4 and had that pink dress on"
…I'm making this sound aquard, and I apologize if I offend anyone. This question has just been swirling in my head for a while.