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Posted by Gedankenaustausch in GLBT
Mon Mar 09th 2009, 02:12 PM
The team is there for you, and supports you in every way, and then BAM!! They kick you out. I think that gay people get too caught up in the labels that have been applied to us. I recently saw Chuck D (of Public Enemy fame) give a lecture at the University of Alabama where he stated that labels are something applied to you by people who are not like you so they can fit you into a little group with a title to make them feel more comfortable. Furthermore, he went on that government uses labels like this to draw lines in society to further divide communities for political gain of the people in the government. My personal view on sexuality is that it is a fluid, constantly changing thing. When you stick yourself to a certain group, you have to live by their laws. This includes turning your back on someone who leaves the group. It's very animalistic if you think about it. I feel that a lot of males who identify as gay, do it because it is easier than saying bisexual. Furthermore, many guys who don't want to be identified as gay because of the perceived stigma associated with it, identify as bisexual. In the words of T.I. "Just live your life." We get too caught up in labeling ourself as belonging to a specific community. When we do this we then engage in behavior such as turning our back on a good friend just because she/he decided to try something different, perhaps something that other people in the group have wanted to do, but haven't had the guts to, because they are committed to a certain group, even if this means lying to yourself. When we do this it really runs contrary to what the GLBT community is all about, which is being a community. We call it a community because it is a community of support for those whom society has turned their back on, because we know what it feels like to be different. And then, low and behold, we do the same thing that we shame society for. It is quite the double standard. Sorry you had to go through it.
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