What does a gay man bring to a second date?
What second date?
What does a lesbian bring to a second date?
A U-Haul
:P
Friday, December 17, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Day 25 – The LGBT slur you hate most or if you’ve taken back a slur and used it as a definition, ie queer or fag
I really dislike faggot, and have turned it round saying 'Oh yes he most definitely is a bundle of sticks would ya look at the limbs on him!'. I dislike it so much because it's the most commonly used slur against gay people that I've heard, I'd put bets on it being the word thrown at my uncle before he had his face slashed outside a gay bar in the 80's.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Day 24 – The stupidest argument/comment you’ve heard about gay people or an LGBT issue
Probably one of the biggest ones, that being LGBT is a choice. Do you really think I chose a life of discrimination and half measures? A life of always watching my back to see if it's safe for me to be myself? Having to drop my significant others hand when we think it's not safe to be seen holding hands? Of course I didn't choose this life. What I chose was not to deny myself who I really am. Not to live a half live, ignoring my real feelings and desires. I chose to act on who I am, and to embrace who I am because life really is too short to live in fear of the haters.
Hate is a choice. Love is natural. Your actions will define you.
Hate is a choice. Love is natural. Your actions will define you.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Day 23 – An LGBT image that makes you cry or makes you angry
This kinda shit pisses me off:
I don't give a rats ass what religion you follow or what your God says, religion is a personal CHOICE and shouldn't be shoved down the throats of others. I'm sure if the Catholics (as this is the only major religion I know relatively well) bothered reading their Bible a bit more closely they'd see that hating your neighbor is also wrong and that God loves everybody.
This makes me cry:
I don't give a rats ass what religion you follow or what your God says, religion is a personal CHOICE and shouldn't be shoved down the throats of others. I'm sure if the Catholics (as this is the only major religion I know relatively well) bothered reading their Bible a bit more closely they'd see that hating your neighbor is also wrong and that God loves everybody.
This makes me cry:
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Day 22 – An LGBT image that makes you smile
Stolen from a friends blog, definitely the sweetest LGBT image I've seen:
Friday, December 10, 2010
Day 21 – Political LGBT issue that is closest to you or affects you most
Children of same sex parents ‘do just as well’
By Evelyn Ring
Friday, May 08, 2009
CHILDREN raised in same sex families do just as well as other children living with heterosexual parents, an Irish child expert has claimed.
Co-director of the Children’s Research Centre at Trinity College Dublin, Prof Sheila Greene, said there was no evidence that children in lesbian and gay families were experiencing the kind of problems that some people had predicted.
Prof Greene said: "Children within gay and lesbian families are not any more or less gay, they are not confused and they don’t suffer from mental health problems to any greater or lesser extend than children being reared by a biological mother and father."
She said debates about who should and should not parent children in Ireland must be informed by scientific evidence rather than unfounded assumptions, and sometimes biased beliefs, about the outcomes for children in lesbian and gay families.
The professor was one of the guest speakers at a national symposium called Marriage Matters for Lesbian and Gay People in Dublin, organised by the National Gay and Lesbian Federation.
She said it was now widely accepted that of the many reasons why children develop emotional or behavioural problems, the sexual orientation of parents did not appear to be one.
But Prof Greene said being raised by lesbian and gay parents was not plain sailing and she urged parents to be aware of the challenges that their children might face.
It was already known from recent Irish research that there was a high level of homophobia and bullying among young people.
"If children are teased because they wear glasses or because their parents were separated, it was reasonable to expect that children may be teased because of the sexual orientation of their parents.
"This will mean that children may have bad moments, like any others, not that they will be psychologically scarred or suffer from mental health problem. The important issue is that parents must be tuned into the needs of their children," she said.
Meanwhile, well known British-based human rights and gay rights campaigner, Peter Tatchell, said the Irish Government’s proposed civil partnership legislation was a big mistake and an insult to same-sex couples.
"It is a rejection of marriage equality. Separate laws for gay people are not equal laws," said Mr Tatchell.
The campaigner urged the Irish Government not to go down the same road as Britain with its flawed system of civil partnerships.
This story appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Friday, May 08, 2009
Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/snkfcwmhmh/rss2/#ixzz17iYqujgG
Now why can't the government read this kinda stuff, the proven research, instead of listening to the people lining their pockets.
By Evelyn Ring
Friday, May 08, 2009
CHILDREN raised in same sex families do just as well as other children living with heterosexual parents, an Irish child expert has claimed.
Co-director of the Children’s Research Centre at Trinity College Dublin, Prof Sheila Greene, said there was no evidence that children in lesbian and gay families were experiencing the kind of problems that some people had predicted.
Prof Greene said: "Children within gay and lesbian families are not any more or less gay, they are not confused and they don’t suffer from mental health problems to any greater or lesser extend than children being reared by a biological mother and father."
She said debates about who should and should not parent children in Ireland must be informed by scientific evidence rather than unfounded assumptions, and sometimes biased beliefs, about the outcomes for children in lesbian and gay families.
The professor was one of the guest speakers at a national symposium called Marriage Matters for Lesbian and Gay People in Dublin, organised by the National Gay and Lesbian Federation.
She said it was now widely accepted that of the many reasons why children develop emotional or behavioural problems, the sexual orientation of parents did not appear to be one.
But Prof Greene said being raised by lesbian and gay parents was not plain sailing and she urged parents to be aware of the challenges that their children might face.
It was already known from recent Irish research that there was a high level of homophobia and bullying among young people.
"If children are teased because they wear glasses or because their parents were separated, it was reasonable to expect that children may be teased because of the sexual orientation of their parents.
"This will mean that children may have bad moments, like any others, not that they will be psychologically scarred or suffer from mental health problem. The important issue is that parents must be tuned into the needs of their children," she said.
Meanwhile, well known British-based human rights and gay rights campaigner, Peter Tatchell, said the Irish Government’s proposed civil partnership legislation was a big mistake and an insult to same-sex couples.
"It is a rejection of marriage equality. Separate laws for gay people are not equal laws," said Mr Tatchell.
The campaigner urged the Irish Government not to go down the same road as Britain with its flawed system of civil partnerships.
This story appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Friday, May 08, 2009
Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/snkfcwmhmh/rss2/#ixzz17iYqujgG
Now why can't the government read this kinda stuff, the proven research, instead of listening to the people lining their pockets.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Day 20 – Maureen or Joanne? (Or your favorite LGBTQ show or queer-positive show)
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