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Carrie's Two Cents on Politics and Queerness, Part 1: The Bill Richardson Fiasco

Sep 02, 2007 00:33

At some point soon, I’m going to write something long and thought-out about why I believe the current gay rights movement is in trouble, or at least headed in the wrong direction. But this came to my attention today, and I feel the need to talk about it.

So as many of you probably know, in early August, the Human Rights Campaign and Logo hosted a ( Read more... )

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candres September 2 2007, 16:10:02 UTC

Ah, very interesting! In my own rather limited studies, I have found that while there are many hundreds of thousands of people born gay who just have the genetic code to become attracted to members of their own sex, there is also a lot of weight in believing that victims of early childhood sexual abuse can end up expressing their abuse through homosexuality later in life - not that it's a choice, mind you, becuase to them it is the same as to a genetically gay person, but that it was wired into their biology at an early age.

bdrisch September 3 2007, 16:01:02 UTC

Very interesting. I'm not sure if I entirely agree with it (I think genetics plays a much bigger deal in it than other factors) but nonetheless interesting. Personally, I don't have a good reason as to why someone would CHOOSE to be gay, but I can see why once you sort of come to terms with it you'd take it and run with it. I mean, I want to "be gay" because for as long as I can recall, since at least the kindergarten, I just saw no reason why a girl would interest me in any way more than a friend. But that's just me.

Come play with us this week?

thecpexperiment September 3 2007, 16:35:54 UTC

I agree that genetics play a huge role, at least with most people. I guess I'm just starting to think that the whole deal with sexuality is way more complicated than we're led to believe, and I just think the either/or binary of biology vs. choice is way too simplistic.

BTW are you still taking Queer Identity this semester? I'm really curious to hear what you think about it and Jason Roush's theories.

UMM yes, I wanna see you guys!!!!! When is convenient? I'm fairly flexible this week, so let me know.

vulber September 4 2007, 02:59:06 UTC

for one, as someone who's helped to spin many candidate's mistakes, i think that richardson really believes waht he said and thinks that it is a choice, but he realized that this was one of those many times in politics when it's better to say what people want you to say than to speak your own beliefs, which is why he clarified it. it's simple damage control ( ... )