I agree -- we need to be out there, we need to be showing people who we are now that it's neccessary. But we also have to keep the goal of integration in mind, and not be unwilling to let go of Oh You Poor Gay Person How You Have Suffered Syndrome.
It should be Oh You Poor Human, How You Have Suffered.
And it just -- needs to not be forgotten that we should be working for that. The slogans need to be changed. I cringe when I hear people saying things like "I'm gay, do you have a problem with it?" or, worse, the cliched, "We're here, we're queer, get over it" -- and I've seen that as bumper sitckers and pins. It feels like telling people they SHOULD have a problem with it.
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It should be Oh You Poor Human, How You Have Suffered.
And it just -- needs to not be forgotten that we should be working for that. The slogans need to be changed. I cringe when I hear people saying things like "I'm gay, do you have a problem with it?" or, worse, the cliched, "We're here, we're queer, get over it" -- and I've seen that as bumper sitckers and pins. It feels like telling people they SHOULD have a problem with it.