I adopted the term "queer" during the Queer Nation days. It was wonderfully empowering to march down the street with a large crowd of other outsiders, dancing and chanting, "We're here, we're queer, we're fabulous, get used to it."
I don't like the term queer =/ Well, I've never been called queer before, but I'm pretty sure I'd feel offended.
I think the whole point of the movement toward self identifying as queer was that it took back a negative, offensive term and redefined it as a positive thing.
Amen. Women are beautiful, men are ugly. Who DOESN'T appreciate the beauty of the female form?
I would not say ugly. I guess being an artist, I tend to look at all sorts of people and find different attractive qualities about them. Some aspects of certain examples of the male physique (such as narrow hips, or defined shoulder/pectoral musculature) I find really aesthetically pleasing. However, I fully admit to having looked at random pretty girls and felt a hint of attraction. I don't think that anyone is 100% gay or straight, but that many people have preferences, and lean one way or the other. I've never full on fallen in love with a girl, so I consider myself pretty much straight, but if I found the right girl I would not count it out.
I don't like the term queer =/ Well, I've never been called queer before, but I'm pretty sure I'd feel offended.
I think the whole point of the movement toward self identifying as queer was that it took back a negative, offensive term and redefined it as a positive thing.
This.
Plus: If I remember right, the word came into this usage in the late 80's/early 90's, when a lot of us were losing a lot of friends to HIV-related causes, and incredibly angry at the lack of response from many parts of society (especially our government). When you're visiting hospitals and attending memorial services on a regular basis, it changes you (and if you're in your early 20's, maybe the effect is different than if you're older). There was a corresponding surge of especially in-your-face, angry, confrontational activism, through groups like ACT-UP and the Lesbian Avengers. I loved the Lesbian Avengers - many of them learned to breathe/eat fire, and would do so at their demonstrations.
Lesbian Avengers... Id read that underware pervert book.
How bout Ex men, a superhero team of post-op transgenders?
Comics where the entire team is queer are just as bad as the ones where homosexuals don't exist. For an example of queer superheroes done right, see Young Avengers.
Lesbian Avengers... Id read that underware pervert book.
How bout Ex men, a superhero team of post-op transgenders?
Comics where the entire team is queer are just as bad as the ones where homosexuals don't exist. For an example of queer superheroes done right, see Young Avengers.
I want Hulking to be my boyfriend.
There are superhero comics with only gay characters, but they're porn.
One thing that I've wondered about why people are so offended by Homosexuality in the United States, is it because we are so prudish over nudity in general? Today I was watching football with some buddies, we brought up the subject of comedy movies, and the subject of "Bruno" was brought up once. I was the only one who thought it was funny, but everyone else didn't like it, specifically because of the homosexuality in it. One person, specifically went off on a tangent. "Homo is evil, Homo is a sickness, Homo is wrong as hell, Homo is Nasty, Homo should be shot in the face!"
Now, I don't think it's 100% based on the opinion of the movie, but it feels like how people will specifically hate things for having gay undertones. I wanted to bring up the subject of the movie "I Love You, Phillip Morris" being fantastic, but people didn't want to see it at all, knowing there was gay love. It's still funny as shit and one of Jim Carrey's best movies. And it actually has one of the sweetest, real romances I've seen in a film, many more than those with heterosexual relationships. Hell, a couple who I've never met before joined the football game, and the guy was DELIBERATELY trying to piss off his girlfriend by making mean comments at her every step of the way, just for passion's sake.
I'm fully heterosexual, but homosexuality is hardly offensive by any stretch of the imagination. But then again, these were the opinions of Small Town Virginia.
One thing that I've wondered about why people are so offended by Homosexuality in the United States, is it because we are so prudish over nudity in general? Today I was watching football with some buddies, we brought up the subject of comedy movies, and the subject of "Bruno" was brought up once. I was the only one who thought it was funny, but everyone else didn't like it, specifically because of the homosexuality in it. One person, specifically went off on a tangent. "Homo is evil, Homo is a sickness, Homo is wrong as hell, Homo is Nasty, Homo should be shot in the face!"
One thing that I've wondered about why people are so offended by Homosexuality in the United States, is it because we are so prudish over nudity in general? Today I was watching football with some buddies, we brought up the subject of comedy movies, and the subject of "Bruno" was brought up once. I was the only one who thought it was funny, but everyone else didn't like it, specifically because of the homosexuality in it. One person, specifically went off on a tangent. "Homo is evil, Homo is a sickness, Homo is wrong as hell, Homo is Nasty, Homo should be shot in the face!"
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Tap dat hoe.
Plus: If I remember right, the word came into this usage in the late 80's/early 90's, when a lot of us were losing a lot of friends to HIV-related causes, and incredibly angry at the lack of response from many parts of society (especially our government). When you're visiting hospitals and attending memorial services on a regular basis, it changes you (and if you're in your early 20's, maybe the effect is different than if you're older). There was a corresponding surge of especially in-your-face, angry, confrontational activism, through groups like ACT-UP and the Lesbian Avengers. I loved the Lesbian Avengers - many of them learned to breathe/eat fire, and would do so at their demonstrations.
There are superhero comics with only gay characters, but they're porn.
Now, I don't think it's 100% based on the opinion of the movie, but it feels like how people will specifically hate things for having gay undertones. I wanted to bring up the subject of the movie "I Love You, Phillip Morris" being fantastic, but people didn't want to see it at all, knowing there was gay love. It's still funny as shit and one of Jim Carrey's best movies. And it actually has one of the sweetest, real romances I've seen in a film, many more than those with heterosexual relationships. Hell, a couple who I've never met before joined the football game, and the guy was DELIBERATELY trying to piss off his girlfriend by making mean comments at her every step of the way, just for passion's sake.
I'm fully heterosexual, but homosexuality is hardly offensive by any stretch of the imagination. But then again, these were the opinions of Small Town Virginia.