What makes you so special? Do hetro's get to hold a Threesome Pride Parade? Who cares, and why would you want anyone to know, what goes on in your bed?
2006-10-09 14:00:19 · 24 answers · asked by Thats Mrs Grinch 2U 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
I agree wuth you. If gay people don't like the attention that they get (good or bad then why do they put them selfs out there for people to to see! go back in the closet weirdos!!!!!!!!!
2006-10-10 06:43:24 · answer #1 · answered by gigi 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
1. How did you come to this broad assumption? There are heterosexual exclusive parades that LGBTs are excluded from.
2. St. Patrick's Day Parade, Macy's, The Rose Bowl Parade on New Year's Day, Fourth of July (ironically it's about freedom and rights — who's?). Etc.
3. You and I are the ones with special rights, not LGBT. They pay taxes just like us, but don't get equal rights that heterosexuals do. That's unfair and oppressive.
4. You should be ashamed of yourself. You really need to grow up and see the world. You have much naïety about a group of people you hate, but really know nothing about. Where you got the 'threesome' from is absurd.
5. As far as PDAs go, maybe a law should be passed forbidding heterosexuals from kissing, holding hands, leaning against eachother in public, or fornicating in the park or on the beach — maybe it belongs in the bedroom. Maybe it should be outlawed from movies and TV. Maybe it's telling our children to go out, get pregnant before marriage and overpopulate at society's expense.
6. Sorry, but I wanted to give you some examples to help you realize how wayward your question and comment is. Get some life experience with all kinds of people, and get rid of your hate. It will take you down and age you into a bitter old pill. You don't want that.
Good Luck and Warm Wishes.
2006-10-09 21:52:39 · answer #2 · answered by mitch 6 · 7⤊ 2⤋
obviously you don't know anyone gay or lesbian, or you wouldn't ask such an insulting question. we DON'T think we are special! all we want is to NOT be so disrespected by people like yourself, who obviously think you're better than anyone "different."
like any other minority group, we have to put up with a lot of harassment, abuse, disrespect and people constantly trying to legally discriminate against us.
you want to hold a Threesome Pride parade? go ahead...I don't care. why do YOU want anyone to know what goes on in your bed?
I don't talk about/broadcast who I am or what I do behind close doors...but I don't lie and pretend to be straight, either.
2006-10-09 21:21:01 · answer #3 · answered by redcatt63 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
We hold pride parades in commemoration of the Stonewall riots in New York city, where the police unmercifully beat gay men and drag queens, simply because they were gay. It was at that time and place that Gay America stood up and said we are not going to take this anymore, and we started to fight back.
If you want to celebrate your depravity, go ahead. We simply are celebrating our entrance into the Bill of Rights.
2006-10-09 22:09:58 · answer #4 · answered by michael941260 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't know exactly what you are trying to ask, but I'm going to give this one a try anyway.
I am a lesbian, gay and proud. I do not wish to announce what goes on in my bedroom but I would like the same opportunities that straight people have. When you see pride events it's to raise awareness that there are many more gay people than most think their are. We are normal, law abiding, tax paying, God fearing citizens.
If you want to hold a threesome pride parade it's a free country, btw.
2006-10-09 21:07:16 · answer #5 · answered by imnlove22 2 · 6⤊ 3⤋
Sweetheart, when they come into YOUR bar and harass you for having a "threesome", when you get beaten up for it, when you get Fired from your Job or denied an apartment because you have "threesomes", you stand right up, fight back and they'll throw a parade for you too.
The Parade hasn't got anything to do with what goes on in our bedrooms, it is a show of STANDING UP to small minded little twits who want to harass, threaten, laugh, poke fun, and otherwise stick their noses into lives where they do not belong. The Pride Parades are a DIRECT result of the harassment that people like you have heaped onto homosexuals over the years, don't like it? You have only yourselves to thank.
2006-10-09 22:09:39 · answer #6 · answered by IndyT- For Da Ben Dan 6 · 4⤊ 3⤋
I think I'm special because I'm a full, unique, and proud member of the human condition.
And if no one cared what I did in bed, they wouldn't constantly be trying to legislate against me.
I'll stop my activism once gay people are allowed all the freedoms, respect, rights, and responsibilities that straight people have.
2006-10-10 11:16:00 · answer #7 · answered by dani_kin 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The GLBT Pride parade began as the Christopher Street Parade in the 70s to remember the Stonewall Riots of 1969. It wasn't long before other gay communities decided to also have a parade to remember this event (even though Stonewall technically wasn't the begining of the gay rights movement). Prior to Stonewall, gay communities held marches on July 4 in the USA. July 4 being Independence Day for the USA gay people decided to use that date to voice the fact they were being treated unequally (July 4 being the day the Declaration of Independence was signed and it includes the line "We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal....."). After Stonewall the marches stopped and a parade (similar to a march at first) began. Today GLBT Pride is either celebrated with a parade, a picnic, or both in some cases (depending on the community). It is generally more of a way for the community to come together as a whole (thus this is why the parades are held in the parts of cities where the community is located).
Can heteros have parades? Of course, they could organize a parade for the mere reason they are heterosexual, but to do so because homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered people hold a parade is probably the wrong reason (and misunderstands what the Pride parade actually is). The Pride parade is a parade marking a historical event (the name got changed to GLBT Pride later in the 1970s as the Christopher Street Parade and parades and picnics in remembrance of Stonewall began to occur throughout the nation...and world). Thus we're not just holding a parade because we're gay.
"What makes you so special?"
Nothing, I'm equal to you and would like to be treated equally.
"Who cares?"
Exactly. I say this all the time to people who suddenly get all worked up over gay equality issues whenever in passing conversation I mention my beloved, who just happens to be the same gender as I am. Suddenly the conversation changes, people start making a big deal about the person that I love is the same gender as I am and then start either telling me how they think that is wrong or they begin telling me how they just don't think I should be treated equally, etc. Of course this always surprises me because I've found that MOST people have no problem with the mere fact that I'm gay and are generally supportive of me and my beloved being treated equally (which then causes me to ponder why it is that the government is able to pass legal restrictions...many that didn't even exist before the 1960-1970s on gay people and some simply rewording laws that the courts ruled were unconstitutional back in the 1950s-1960s-1970s-1980s-1990s today).
"Why would you want anyone to know?"
It's one part of who I am. I don't go around with a big t-shirt on that says "I AM GAY" on it, but when people are discussing their own lives I don't feel as if I should have to hide my life simply because other people don't agree with it or be forced to be silent for fear of losing my job or face government troubles. It's my life and who I love is who I love. If a person can sit around and talk about their husband or boyfriend or wife or girlfriend and their children and their parents and so on, then why can't I? So my beloved is the same gender as I am, why should that matter? He's part of my life, too, why should I have to disinclude a part of my life? Why should I have to lie or pretend to be someone I am not? I'm not advertising that I'm gay, but if we're having a conversation and you are talking about your beloved then I see no reason why I cannot talk about my beloved.
"Why would you want anyone to know what goes on in your bed?"
Amazingly I don't want people to know what goes on in my bed and I don't really like that so many people assume that they know what my beloved and I do in our bed just because my beloved is the same gender as I am (people don't do that with heterosexual people I've noticed). And why is it that because my beloved is the same gender as I am that people immediately go to that point? The moment I mention my beloved by saying something like "My beloved went to that store the other day, too, and he had trouble with the same salesperson you say you've had trouble with, too." Or some other casual conversation. The moment they hear "he" they are fixed on the fact that I'm gay. Suddenly the conversation changes from whatever we were talking about to them either assuming they know what we do in bed or asking questions about my intimate relationship with him. Yet when in conversation between heterosexuals the conversation doesn't suddenly change to sex when they bring up their beloveds? I am not even trying to bring up sex in the conversation, I'm just sharing in a conversation with co-workers, etc. I mean if they want to make it a point that they heard that I was gay (like I need them to acknowledge that they know and understood what I just said) then they could just say something like "oh, you're gay" and maybe ask the more appropriate question like "how long have you and your beloved been together" instead of "how do you two have sex together?" Because honestly that's part of treating me equally. I hear the conversations heterosexuals have amongst themselves and have realized how differently the conversation can be between heterosexuals and homosexuals (atleast at first...once the heterosexuals get to know you then the conversations actually do become equal and you find yourself talking about cars, sports, recipes, your beloveds, your family, work, etc).
Great question, though, thanks for asking.
Peace be with you.
2006-10-10 11:58:16 · answer #8 · answered by gabriel_zachary 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everyone should feel special. If you want a parade, have one. It isn't hard to tell what goes on in anyones bed. Relax.
2006-10-09 21:11:34 · answer #9 · answered by truelynlove225 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Why do you think sex/intercourse the minute you hear the word gay, homosexual, lesbian??? Hmmmm?? I don't THINK I'm special; I KNOW I'm special. So is everyone in the world. I just want to have the same rights afforded to me by the constitution as straight people do. I'm proud I'm a lesbian and even prouder that it's Coming Out Week. Gay Pride!!!!!!
2006-10-10 00:45:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
The same way STRAIGHT people think they're better than gays. What makes YOU so special?
People are nosy and liek to control other people's lives. Most gays would rather people not CARE about who they sleep with, but unfortunately, the relgious world does care, and does get into their business.
2006-10-09 21:04:12 · answer #11 · answered by Adrik V 2 · 7⤊ 1⤋