Anyway, ignoring the haters for now.
This is cool. Gay pride was yesterday in Houston and there's that much more to celebrate because of that ruling. I mean, the whole time I was there, I was wondering "How many newly weds are there out here?"
And, of course, there were more anti-gay protesters than previous years; that surprised me a little, though, since this year we moved to a much less convenient location for them. I guess it shouldn't have been a surprise, though; You know what they say about backing an animal into a corner, right? The homophobes have started to realized they're being backed into their corner and the result is that they're coming out that much more. I don't mind, though; they're fun to laugh at (I even specifically threw beads at one of them).
It did leave me to wonder something, though, what will the next civil rights fight be? I mean, there are certainly legitimate racial, religious and gender issues in the country, but the laws don't reflect those problems so it's not really much of a "civil" issue. What dos that leave? Trans rights? Those are certainly up there, with a lot of laws that hurt us. Still, I can't help but think I notice trans rights first because I am trans and these are issues that effect me, personally. If I belonged to some other demographic, would I notice issues that effect that group more? Or if I didn't belong to any specific demographic, what group would I notice from more of a third-person perspective?
This is cool. Gay pride was yesterday in Houston and there's that much more to celebrate because of that ruling. I mean, the whole time I was there, I was wondering "How many newly weds are there out here?"
And, of course, there were more anti-gay protesters than previous years; that surprised me a little, though, since this year we moved to a much less convenient location for them. I guess it shouldn't have been a surprise, though; You know what they say about backing an animal into a corner, right? The homophobes have started to realized they're being backed into their corner and the result is that they're coming out that much more. I don't mind, though; they're fun to laugh at (I even specifically threw beads at one of them).
It did leave me to wonder something, though, what will the next civil rights fight be? I mean, there are certainly legitimate racial, religious and gender issues in the country, but the laws don't reflect those problems so it's not really much of a "civil" issue. What dos that leave? Trans rights? Those are certainly up there, with a lot of laws that hurt us. Still, I can't help but think I notice trans rights first because I am trans and these are issues that effect me, personally. If I belonged to some other demographic, would I notice issues that effect that group more? Or if I didn't belong to any specific demographic, what group would I notice from more of a third-person perspective?
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
