2006-07-08 12:48:05 · 33 answers · asked by swot 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Yes very much so... I pay my taxes, we have lgbt in every job you can imagine that help communities (community leaders, nurses, council workers... the list is endless) And we love the same as everyone else but have our own ways of showing it. There is nothing a straight person does that a lgbt cannot do we just have our own preferences for love. Once people understand this then we can all live and work together.
2006-07-10 01:54:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 1⤋
I wonder if there is such a thing as a 'valuable' contribution. Every thing in Existence contributes to the Universe, but how to judge the value of each is a difficult and highly subjective problem.
That being said, I must ask, do you consider GLBTs to be mentally ill? That's the impression that I got from your other questions. I don't think that we are; I believe that there are many different sexualities, just as there are personalities, and it is virtually impossible to judge one as better than the other (although most people would agree that it is wrong to be hurful to others, but even that would be a majority ruling over a minority trait).
2006-07-09 02:12:13 · answer #2 · answered by Alex should be working 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that no matter who you are, or your back ground you can ba a positive and valuable contribution to society. I have seen may gay guys (and some gay women) make a valuable contribution to society every day while they serve our counrty...so the answer is simply yes..they can be if they want to be.
2006-07-08 18:47:47 · answer #3 · answered by Broken Hearted 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bigots should be careful where they pose a challenge. Just this year a former colonel who served in almost every hot spot over the last 23 years came out as a transsexual. There are officers and enlistees in every branch of the military who are GLBT and contributing to our security.
In the civilian fields a high percentage of teachers, professors, engineers. computer technicians, airline pilots, firemen, policemen, lawyers, entertainers, etc. are GLBT.
I know this isn't what you wanted to here, but if you open your mind, you might find your world a happier place.
Tammi Dee
2006-07-08 13:49:34 · answer #4 · answered by tammidee10 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you ask that question as if you are asking Can rats Mice and Rabbits make a valuable contribution.
Lets move with the times here Please. We have lesbian midwifes and gay Nurses. I consider these making a contribution.
We have straight perverts and murderers and even straight thieves.
Which do you consider make the bigger contribution to society? And which is the bigger strain on society?
2006-07-08 13:07:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
why would a persons sexuality be a varible in whether 'they' make a valuable contribution? not only do 'they' make the same contributions as eveyone else ie pay taxes, and all the other things straight people do to contribute to society but also teach society to be more tolerant of individual differences and diversity.
2006-07-09 02:04:44 · answer #6 · answered by softly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I cant make a valuable contribution to society because I fell in love with another woman.. Can your question be any more pathetic? Get your mind out of the gutter! You think more about homosexual sex then homosexuals themselves!
2006-07-09 15:11:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Already have. Auden, Whitman, possibly Shakespeare, I won't get into the great Greeks, Bayard Rustin and Audre Lourde (sp?). To name VERY few. The real question is: will you make any valuable contribution to society, or just try to hold other people back?
2006-07-08 17:38:09 · answer #8 · answered by Atropis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course. Contributing to society has nothing to do with sexual orientation. I am heterosexual myself, but my alias, Alan Turing, was one of the most brilliant mathematicians and computer scientists of the 20th century. His works during World War II helped save around 100,000 lives in the conflict and shortened the war by about a year with the Germans. That was not a trivial accomplishment. And he was a homosexual.
2006-07-08 13:41:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am amazed that you would need to ask such a question in 2006. I work for a nonprofit organzation where we assist people with personal/social issues. We have 4 people who are openly G/L on staff and probably a few others who may be living the life quietly. Do they offer less of a service because of their sexual preference? Hell no! As well, these people have partners who work in all sorts of other professions from medical to trades. Every one of them offer something to society rather than taking from it just by trying to live a normal life free of judgement.
The challenge to all of them is that they have to face a society where people judge them for who they are and assume that they think with their sexual organs and not their brains. Sexual preference is not just about sex.
2006-07-08 13:29:56 · answer #10 · answered by Justme 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if people will look past the Homosexuality and see just what they bring to the table. Everyone has somethiong to offer, but mainstream society prevents them becose they can't get past the surface.
Several past groups targeted due to surface and now reconized as contributers
Jews
Women
Aferican Americans/Blacks
Asians
Teens/College Students
Fourenors/ Immigrents
"Mentaly Challanged"
The List goes on. How many people who are gay have allready given to socity?
2006-07-08 17:01:03 · answer #11 · answered by theaterhanz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋