dinitto@video.dec.com (09/19/86)
Hypocritical gay socialite - to himself in the bathroom mirror:
"Isn't it wonderful to be a member of an exclusive club? Isn't it awful
when someone tries to take our exclusiveness away from us? Why should
we let just *anyone* in here? Being a member of our club won't be
special any more. We'll be just as ordinary as everyone else!
...but we want equality...
"We want to be treated as equals on their turf, but they better not encroach
on *our* territory! I don't want hetro guys watching me while I dance.
And those women! They might try to pick up my lover! One of those straights
might say something derogatory, and I'll be crushed. It may take 20 years
of therapy just to get over it.
"Separate but equal. Thats it! The Supreme Court once said it was ok...
then they said it was *not* ok...but now it looks like they might decide
that it's ok again...so isn't it ok?"
me:
separatism is *not* ok! it may make you feel comfortable but you aren't gaining
anything for the gay political cause by hiding from the straight society.
you are, instead, perpetuating the myth about the 'decadent' gay lifestyle.
how can anyone, with all honesty, demand equality and support reverse
discrimination against straights? people are not going to buy into this.
they are going to look us in the face and say "hypocrite!" - and they
will be right.
we are not going to gain any credability in this society by saying that
we are 'as deserving of equal rights as anyone else', all the while setting
ourselves up as some sort of elitist group.
i welcome straight people in gay settings. i think it will do a great deal
of good, for all or us, to have straight people observe gays socially
interacting. lets dispell those steriotypical myths. thats the way to
break down barriers!
- bob dinitto