GirlChat #604834
Telling the queers that their movement must be neutered and antiseptic before being acceptable just says you aren't ready for them at all. And using flamboyance as an argument against granting rights shows that the rights deniers were just itching for an excuse to justify what they knew they were already going to do.
I don't just mean flamboyance, or in our case, the equivalent stereotype might be men who act like children and "can't" get women. I do mean the more criminal stereotypes that go are applied, such as gay men rape boys. Even a gay man who has consensual sex with 14 year old males wouldn't make for a good public image of homosexuals back when few were out. You also wouldn't want Hitler to come out gay at that time either. But if it were to be found out he were gay today, the only people who would care are those who already hated gay and LGBT members/allies who deny he was gay. Not that the group can police the individuals (especially when everyone in the group is in the closet), but that doesn't mean we shouldn't encourage Hitler to come out as a pedophile to give us a public face. Although there are very few Adolf Hitlers around. |