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Baraka_Guru · 03-12-2010, 10:55 PM

My god, this is worse than I thought. I've heard of people being kicked out or barred from proms because of same-sex dates. (Sad, but this isn't new.)

But this? This is ridiculous. I like the message it sends to kids: "Our year was ruined by the dykes who just couldn't stay out of our prom."

I know a lot of them won't think that, but that's not a stretch. And it kinda pisses me off that didn't just cancel the event because they decided to discriminate against a same-sex couple. They actually cited "distractions from the educational process."

What. the. fuck. What the hell does that even mean? Homosexuality amongst students (or should I say the misguided youths?) is confusing the kids?

I guess to me this is incredible because I live and work in Toronto, and I know several vocal people in the LGBT community, and a few who publish works quite in tune with the issues.

How do I handle anti-gay sentiments? I don't usually have to. They don't tend to come up here, because there is a strong gay community here and gay culture is more accepted here generally speaking. I'm not saying it doesn't exist; it just doesn't happen in the circles I frequent.

I occasionally get it when I go back home to the smaller town I grew up in, but, even then, it's just a bunch of moronic humour and assumptions, and in the worst-case scenario homophobic defensiveness. In these cases, I normally respond matter-of-factly. Sometimes I've gone as far as stating things like, hey, you can't catch gay.

Seriously.

I don't know how I could ever live in certain parts of the U.S. and around the world.

03-12-2010, 10:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	My god, this is worse than I thought. I've heard of people being kicked out or barred from proms because of same-sex dates. (Sad, but this isn't new.) But this? This is ridiculous. I like the message it sends to kids: "Our year was ruined by the dykes who just couldn't stay out of our prom." I know a lot of them won't think that, but that's not a stretch. And it kinda pisses me off that didn't just cancel the event because they decided to discriminate against a same-sex couple. They actually cited "distractions from the educational process." What. the. fuck. What the hell does that even mean? Homosexuality amongst students (or should I say the misguided youths?) is confusing the kids? I guess to me this is incredible because I live and work in Toronto, and I know several vocal people in the LGBT community, and a few who publish works quite in tune with the issues. How do I handle anti-gay sentiments? I don't usually have to. They don't tend to come up here, because there is a strong gay community here and gay culture is more accepted here generally speaking. I'm not saying it doesn't exist; it just doesn't happen in the circles I frequent. I occasionally get it when I go back home to the smaller town I grew up in, but, even then, it's just a bunch of moronic humour and assumptions, and in the worst-case scenario homophobic defensiveness. In these cases, I normally respond matter-of-factly. Sometimes I've gone as far as stating things like, hey, you can't catch gay. Seriously. I don't know how I could ever live in certain parts of the U.S. and around the world. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 03-12-2010 at 10:57 PM..