tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384978972968180391.post7787528577953707380..comments2024-01-31T03:15:09.581+10:00Comments on 2CWDU: We're A Community Of Hate...Damienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14413086752729344695noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384978972968180391.post-29178906523533916952015-01-06T16:19:24.531+10:002015-01-06T16:19:24.531+10:00I think not needing to hide who we are, winning ci...I think not needing to hide who we are, winning civil rights has caused a sea change. We are a community in flux and while the horror years of the rampage of AIDS did draw different LGBT folks together, it more or less papered over out massive differences. <br /><br />And now that we are slowly winning the right to exist openly in many countries, that causes our community to wither and shrink. The Jewish people have said that the USA is both the best thing and the worst thing that has ever happened. Why the worst? Because without being socially unacceptable, without having many civil rights, it causes a very tight knit community to band together into us against them.<br /><br />So, now we need to see how we can manage to hold together anything even close to a community without the outside pressures of being a social outcast. Or do we? Maybe its time to being to fully integrate ourselves into society as a whole. Biki Honkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06731335682679434307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384978972968180391.post-12732912848224367432015-01-06T15:54:11.904+10:002015-01-06T15:54:11.904+10:00During the early 1990s every gay man seemed to kno...During the early 1990s every gay man seemed to know someone who was HIV+ or had AIDS. I watched as friends wasted away, rallied over and over, and eventually died. Those of us who experienced that at the time knew that to be gay meant to face death. It was unavoidable. Our grief and fear and anger at authorities who did not care brought us together. Some of us found a holy sense of connection, a faith in being LGBT. I agree with you. We have gone back to the bitchiness, cruelty and self-loathing in "The Boys in the Band". When we attack each other we really attack our inner selves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384978972968180391.post-48862243179797294372015-01-06T14:01:41.831+10:002015-01-06T14:01:41.831+10:00Musique, that's the spot on term "Cliques...Musique, that's the spot on term "Cliques"Damienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14413086752729344695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384978972968180391.post-51909522564503068352015-01-05T12:25:35.803+10:002015-01-05T12:25:35.803+10:00WOW It is a sad but true observation. It's le...WOW It is a sad but true observation. It's less of a community and an assortment of cliques.Musique's Poetryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12309420119322502258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384978972968180391.post-28583098135153865692015-01-05T11:00:07.751+10:002015-01-05T11:00:07.751+10:00I can't help but think that there is a pecking...I can't help but think that there is a pecking order like all creatures on this earth. Humans just happen to be the ones who possess emotional sensitivity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384978972968180391.post-42190915722733260572015-01-05T08:00:36.275+10:002015-01-05T08:00:36.275+10:00Good observations, and I tend to agree unfortunate...Good observations, and I tend to agree unfortunately... I think as we integrate more into society we become less of a community, so maybe is easier to turn on each other then?<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883394577835241921noreply@blogger.com