The Homo Politico: Day of Silence- Silence Can Be Deafening

My feelings on the National Day of Silence, which brings attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in schools.

This year's event is held in memory of Lawrence King, a California 8th-grader who was shot and killed Feb. 12 by a classmate because of his sexual orientation and gender expression.

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[hotdaddy36]

i remember this now and today is the 2/12/2010

[capon33]

You lesbians are so queer & funny

[garysdeskcom]

I am aware sites claim gays have above average income. That is not the reality, because it does not include many impoverished gay people. You've looked at a lot of stereotypes. Think of stereotype gay occupations. Pink triangle ghettos include service jobs (waiters, hairdressers) and retail sales. You do not get rich in those jobs. If most gays earned high incomes, it would be because their parents were all affluent and could sent them to college. That makes no sense.

[ace8842]

Nonsense. Do you want the links...there are many gay sites that actually say gays make above average incomes in trying to boost themselves up. It's not all coming from right wing sources.

[garysdeskcom]

There are weaknesses in the point you are making. Same-sex marriages save governments money. Health care costs are lower when there is another adult in the home to help with care-giving. There are reduced numbers of sexual partners and reduced chances of contracting SDIs when people are married. The number of times people have sex drops after marriage. If you don't want gay sex, because you feel it is a health risk, you need to allow gay marriages.

[ace8842]

Traditional marriage was pushed by the governnment because married couples live longer, and kids do better with a mother and a father. This saves the government a ton of money. For every single child home...and we have more kids out of wedlock now than ever, it costs the government a fortune. Endorsing a gay lifestyle which leads to a whole host of problems is not economically wise for the government to do...especially since gays die earlier deaths - more medical costs.

[garysdeskcom]

That has zero to do with gay people being oppressed. Using rates of sexually transmitted diseases as a way to excuse those who discriminate, hate, and gay bash is not really appropriate.

[ace8842]

People are kicked out of their homes for being religious after being an atheist or for switching religions. There are plenty of stats on gay people and STD's...look no further than CDC website. In Western cultures, by far men who have sex with men have much, much higher STD rates...in the US, it is 25 times that of heterosexuals.

[garysdeskcom]

A few facts you need to understand. First, we cannot easily get accurate stats on gay people. Most gay people are not open. They do not say they are gay on surveys. Homeless people are hard to survey, and there are a chunk of homeless gays. Many gay people are married. A lot of gay people are single. When people are kicked out of their homes for religious beliefs, that is oppression too. When I see people in the gay community, their dress, homes, and cars do not show they are rich.

[garysdeskcom]

A couple of points. There are many forms of oppression. Being thrown out of jobs, kicked out of rental property, beaten up, and murdered for who you are is oppression. And oppression is a very gentle word for what that is.