In the media

[beetiger]

Interesting article on teenaged girls and queer identity.

Is the gay rights movement evolving the way the feminist movement did, so that kids today don't know why we old folks were so adamant about identity definitions?

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

You know, I've never really understood why so many people view sexuality as a black or white issue. I've never known *anything*, when dealing with human emotions, to be purely black or white.

For the record (not that it means much, as an anonymous poster) I'm a male in my late 20s, and view myself as about 70% straight and 30% gay...although that amount varies, based on mood and whatnot.

I really liked the article...up until the third to last paragraph, specifically "That's what the straights want to hear." If that statement is, in any way true, I think it's truly a sad reflection on the state of our society. Call me a dreamer if you must, but I don't think that labels, especially when used in that manner, are beneficial in _any_ way.

[rowyn]

Actually, that statement resonated strongly with the flak I've seen the folks in queerbychoice. Yes, people really do get pissy about it. And yes, it really is sad. :/

[fire-of-gold.livejournal.com]

(oh, look, I got an LJ account, I'm no longer anonymous :)

I'm beginning to think the guys over at User Friendly have it right (see the series of comics starting with http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20040103 and no, their sunday cartoon doesn't fit in with the rest)

Admittedly, those are more for geeks who feel they don't fit in because they're geeks. I'm a geek, who feels he doesn't fit in for _lots_ of reasons... not the least of which, is that I actually try to be _tolerant_. It's amazing that we, as a country, have come so far... and yet, in some ways, we seem to still be stuck in the 1800s.

Or maybe I should just get more sleep, I dunno...