Gay High School
 

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I guess my only problem with this is that it has a back of the bus kinda mentality. Separation just isn't a good thing in my book.

I completely agree with Sixate on this... separation is not the right way to go...

NYC being the diverse melting pot that it is... we've gotten so far to be diverse and understanding...*sigh*

If people would just accept it as being a part of someone ELSE's life and not somone else trying to make their lifestyle a part of my lifestyle then stuff like this won't happen. Let's allows gay, lesbian, and bisexuals to openly be what they are, regardless of age or where. It isn't going to MAKE us, our children, or our neighbors something they don't want to be. The worst thing that could happen is somone learns a little compassion.

I couldn't have said that any better.

Bravo Sir. Well said. Very well said

They're going to need an all gay business trait/college to go into (anything from cirque de soleil, interior redecorator, host of "blues clues") or else the point of Highschool will be lost, you can't seperate yourself from everyone and expect to ready yourself for the real world kiddos.

:rolleyes:

Way to reinforce negative stereotypes! Maybe they can install cushioned glory holes in the restrooms too.

I was having a conversaion about this with a friend of mine the other day, she said that she used to know a friend of her family who didnt like gay people becuase of a gay friend that he knew who got aids and died, and becuase he thought the whole gay community there was bad. I think thats retarted, just becuase your gay doesnt mean that you run rampid and screw everyone, its a stupid sterotype. So i think that this school is stupid as well, why does there sexual preference mean they need a different school?

This doesnt surprise me in the least, NYC is a hotspot for the "New" things.

Separation, segregation, apartheid same shit different name.. nuthin good has ever come from it.

One word...


"Fame"

okay: This is fucking rediculous.

remember the civil rights movement...? i know this isn' the same, but I've always said for people to grow and evolve they must quit doing this shit.

now we have black only places. this gay school. what next?

it pissess me off. this is like saying 'i want equal rights but kiss my ass'.

assholes

Freedom of association??

Nothing wrong with seperation if its done correctly imo. Comparing it to apartheid and segregation is looking at it a bit out of context.

Celebrate diversity, just don't point out anyones differences.

well its not likes its a forced seperation... and i assume gays will still be able to go to the regular public schools... i dont think its a good idea... seperating people by their differences only increases the misunderstandings associated with those differences...

This is the most idiotic thing that I have heard in a long time!

"What next? Maybe we should have schools for chubby kids who get picked on. Maybe all kids who wear glasses should have special schools. It's ridiculous,"

agreed!

Yeah.. seperation isn't good.. creates problems :(

oh great, so every minority group gets to have their own high school?? i completely disagree w/ it.

Doesnt really matter =P its there right.

Isn't it?

from csfilms:
"What next? Maybe we should have schools for chubby kids who get picked on. Maybe all kids who wear glasses should have special schools. It's ridiculous,"

This is a terrible idea. I agree with csfilms' point above. Anytime you single out a specific group for what ever reason, its bound to backfire.

Does anyone remember recently when a highschool had a prom for whites only? (I don't remember where it was.) Each group will start requesting special privilieges or they threaten to sue.

I hope this doesn't go through. Imagine underage kids saying that its cool that they want to go here and in the future they regret that they did it. What happens then? Don't parents have a choice in the matter. The parents cannot do anything when their kids become of legal age (18). But before 18 they should and could.

I would have thought that this would have happened in San Francisco before in New York.

Glad

There's a high school in Dallas that's basically the same thing, I think it's actually been here longer than the NYC one. Surprised the hell out of me when I heard about it... gay high school in the South? Weirder stuff's happened, I guess.

Will be interesting how they 'qualify" eligable students - and/or police entry.

I see the publicity that this is getting easily becoming a way for religious extremists to target a group that they hate.

Separate but equal has been determined to be not equal.

We actually have a few around here. We call them drama schools though.

bet they'll have a kick-ass football team.

Will the faculty be all-gay and lesbian too? Will an acceptable excuse to miss class be "I just COULDN'T find a thing to wear!"?

And as far as this being an attempt to shield gay students from harassment, now they're conveniently all in one place for those that would do them harm.

And just how many transgendered high school students are there anyway?

-Mikey

um... sure

you know... has it ever occured to anyone that homosexuality may just be a completely natural form of birth control? :)

(just a thought that popped into my head.. i have no real opinion on a strictly homosexual school.)

Whatever the moral issues of separation, which I dont agree with, either, this is wrong because it is publicly funded in part. The government should never condone this. Private funding could fund a private school, but public is just wrong and unconstitutional.

this is great, because now i can demand to go to an all straight kids school, im sick of gay kids gaying up things (sarcasm). this is obviously a terrible idea, but what if i was really serious about my previous comment? what if someone really did request a school where only heterosexuals could attend. i mean, it would only be fair, seeing as how there exists a school that only homosexuals could attend. this is the definition of segregation, folks, and i cant believe some people view this as a good idea (not TF'ers, the people who established the school, and the biggest idiot in the world, Mike Bloomberg)

Well this is total BULLSHIT!!

Fight for years to get accepted and treated as an equal in society and then turn and give it the finger.

Sue the Government,Military,places of employment, boyscouts,and the school systems then go out and open your little special school to SEPERATE yourself from society.

The parents that send their kids to this school are in my opinion are DIPSHITS!!

Personally I am a little tired of hearing about these special interest groups dictating the future of our society as a whole forcing their wants and causes down our throats while spending and wasting our tax dollars for bullshit like this school.

I really don't think a kid in New York city that is gay is going to get harrassed in school, now if he was in Alabama that would be a different story. And who cares if he's harrased..........IT'S SCHOOL.............we all got harrassed at sometime or another in school no matter what color,religon,height,weight,looks,sexual preference,size of penis,hair,gender,clothes,financial situation,bus we rode on, and how smart we were..........IT'S FUCKING SCHOOL.....thats part of growing up and it either makes you stronger as a perosn before you go out in society or you turn into a major fucking whimp that stays living with mommy and daddy the rest of your life because you're to afraid and too stupid to deal with life on lifes terms.

If I had a kid in New York city I would try to enroll my child in that school and if they refused because he was not gay.......I WOULD SUE THE SHIT OUT OF THEM for discrimination!

Oh, I hope the city remembers to send a notice to the Firefighters and Police officers explaining where their pay raise went to.

You should do that, Keyser!

Separate but equal was already ruled unconstitutional, and I'm sure this place is better than equal. Only 100 kids, jeez.

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that place is gonna get bombed

You know what would suck? The kid that ACTUALLY gets picked on at Gay High School! What a looser....

Coming up next:

Tired of being picked for wearing 1" thick glasses? Don't want a daily wedgy?

Introducing "SCH00L 4 G33ks!" This Geek-only school doesn't allow jocks, females or anyone else to bother you during your chess-competitions or daily brain teasers!

I find it interesting that NYC's conservative mayor supports the idea...then again he'd probably support separate schools for blacks, latinos and other minorities...

Worst Idea ever..... Why is this being funded by the publics money wtf..... Look i dont care if ur gay but u dont need a gay school.? Or if u want one spend ur own damn money not mine!!!

Maybe I'm missing something, but isn't this just a different form of segragation? And if they had sch00l 4 g33ks the world would have alot more braniacs than it does now...but that's for another topic!

didn't we end segregation in the 1960's? while there is nobody forcing the kids to go to the gay school, non-homosexual children aren't allowed. nevertheless, there are schools for all people across the U.S. Catholic schools, Jewish schools, black schools, Christian schools, and now gay schools! I just wonder what's next. Oh, btw, funny comment seretogis, cushioned glory holes, lol, that's grand.

hey if they wanna goto that school they can but i'm sure they are still gonna have problems like every other school.

"Lets point and laugh at the straight kid!"
.... you get the point.

Imagine if white students decided they wanted to go to a whites-only, public-funded school....

This is absolute hypocracy for the degenerates on the left and should not have ever been done.

I can't believe I agree with the drug-free jesus freak.

okay, i don't mind gay people or even a gay person marrying another gay person, but a gay highschool? That is ridiculous, how did the city council pass this experiment to separate kids that are gay from kids that aren't. And yes at 14-17 your still a kid.

Here's what some people wrote in after reading this article. Some I agree with and some I don't.

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Probably because he/she isn't gay enough...

What about bi-sexual highschoolers? Can they attend the gay highschool?

If the school has both gays and lesbians, it might be a fun place to be bisexual...

If bi's are not allowed, how do you enforce it? "...I'm sorry, Jim, we're going to have to expell you. We found pictures of you with... a girl!!!"

actually i dont really see how they could get this passed.. Civil rights are for races.. this is a life style.. they are gonna spend 3mil in a school for a lifestyle.. a public school? give me a fukin break..

They should have taken that money and given it to kids that need help getting through college.. not a bunch of whine asses that cry out due to injustice.. You dont see the nerds that get beat up cry out for a school.. nor do you see the stupid asking for a eaiser school.

They should do what most people do.. keep their lifestyles to themselves..

the question I must ask is this..

Even if they are straight.. wtf would they care about being "sexual active" or what not.. you should only be in school to learn to make a life for yourself.. and plan for the future.. after that is down should you then try for a relationship.

There is no other excuse for this..

you try telling me that love at frist sight bullcrap.. ill laugh in your face and tell you there is no such thing..

Ill will however tell you I do believe in Lust at first sight.

All I see is yet another group of bleeding heart liberials crying out milking the gov't outta money needed for other things. Just to make several people happy.

Damn gotta love the american dream.

I agree 100%...Go all out and make an individual school for every person with a particular mindset, or don't do it at all.

In my eyes they are all the same bull*. gay people is todays black people, some hate them and others fear them simply because they don't understand them. In' my not so humble opinion that is the most ignorant position anyone can take.

To separate gay students from hetrosexual students is simply a clear statement from the goverment that gay people is not equal to hetrosexual people.

That is bound to create problems both for the goverment and for the students of the school. Nothing good comes from ignorance and intollerance.

is it just me or does anyone else think there's gonna be a problem choosing the home coming queen?

what about playing grabass in the hallways? theatrical productions should be interesting. when tom brokaw interviewed art buchwald for his book the greatest generation he asked him did you ever experience anti semitism in the marines?buchwald replied 'at first i thought so but then i realised that people werent picking on me ecause i was a jew , they were picking on me because i was an asshole. the point is the more flambouyant andexhibititionist a person is ,they reap what they sow.

Thing is, people are making statements about gay kids being divided from straight kids and so forth. Bear in mind that this is a school that only has room for 140 people. Also bear in mind that this isn't a new thing. The Harvey Milk School has been around since 1984, it's just that this is the first time it gets public funding.

I think it's a bad idea for several reasons, but if someone really feels they can't go to a reular school because they are tormented for their sexuality, it could be a valid choice. That's my 2 cents anyway

So, how does it work?

the school? It used to be funded entirely by the Hetrick-Martin Instritute (HMI). Now it also receives some funding from the New York Board of Education.

That's all I know

The losers will get into the gayest cat fight ever!

How about schools where only the smart kids are allowed in? Oh we have that already. Then how about schools where only the rich kids are allowed? We have that too.

we also have schools where gay kids specifically aren't allowed. Namely military schools.

I have no problem w/ PRIVATE schools doing whatever the hell they want. BUt a gay PUBLIC school? No way!

yuck. That school is sooo GAY lol

Forget the idea of free will for a moment. Because being gay has nothing to do with free will. NATURALLY, man is <b>NOT</b> attracted to the <b>SAME</b> sex ever! This has been proven by animals. Have you ever seen a gay cat? Have you ever seen a gay dog? Maybe in cases where they can't differentiate between the two. But this is an idea the <i>white man</i> has placed in the minds of people. It is not right to be gay. It is not right to be lesbian. Though I strongly believe in this, this does not mean I hate these people or automatically deem them not human. Because each person has a different attitiude, personality, thoughts, feelings etc. to make them who they are in their own way regardless of sexual preference. In plain terms, being gay is unnatural.

There are still others though who will pursue this and say: What if I don't prefer women, I hate them. They're mean & nasty....yadah yadah. Believe it there are men who feel this way <b>AND</b> aren't even gay. I say to you take up a life of <b>CELBACY</b>. As far as making a high school for gays?! That's crazy! Children are not at the sound age to make that distinction that they are gay and willing to be that way for the rest of their lives. I can see 17 or 18 year old's deciding this but not freshmen or sophmores. They haven't even lived long enough to lose their virginity. This also bad as in terms of being exposed to this concept at too early an age. What the fuck is next? A gay middle school? A gay <b>ELEMENTARY</b> school? A gay <b>PRESCHOOL</b>?!?!

In all honesty, I would like to meet a gay man who was not feminish. Why is that? To be a gay man you must possess feminish qualities? That is absurd. Then are supposed to have "queer" voices, act <i>womenly</i>, giddy, and once again use that obsence accent whenever they talk?? "Ohhhh, be nice!" More and more this sounds like a woman in a man's body! Though, it is because of this information of being self-aware, "male" and "female", that they adopt this mentality. Animals do not know they are "male" nor do they know they are "female" they just know they are alive.

i agree with Halo here. it's wrong to take public funds to fund a private school (it <b>is</b> private...this is segregation all over again)

I agree with politician Long, too: do they want to make schools for other groups of students that, stereotypically, get picked on??

I would have to agree with this. If homosexuality were natural, aka. genetic, the gene that controls it would never get passed on, thusly making it go out of the population.

On the topic of the school, this to me is just proof that the government us focusing too much on accomidation, and not letting enough assimilation take place.

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I agree that seperation will not really be of benifit to anyone in the long run.

Ya, I don't think separation is a good idea... Sure they get picked on, it should happen, but hopefully it'll slowly get better. Seperating them just doesn't sound like it will fix the problem though.