Who is this faceless 'gay community' that we are told supports 'diversity' when the gay scene is so shallow?

Question

Stonewall was an EVENT not a SCENE.

Stonewall happened in 1969 after Judy Garland died. Gay men were mourning over Judy, not marching for gay rights. stonewall happened nearly 40 years ago.

Stonewall has nothing to do with the gay scene 2007.

Indy T - In Australia - I am Australian - There is no "Stonewall" movement or Stonewall Democrats.

We have our own local history that has little to do with the USA.

Answer 1

Actually Stonewall is a Political Organization for Gays and Lesbians.
http://www.stonewalldemocrats.org/

The "gay scene" is nothing more or less than exactly what you bring into it.


Yes, you do have your own History, but when you make grandiose, generalized, sweeping statements and address them to the world at large, you will find out your answers are not the ones you hope to receive.
The "gay scene" is only one aspect of the Gay Community. Don't think for a second that Bars and Clubs are the end-all be-all of the Gay Community at all. Yes, bars and clubs can be shallow but there are other things out there if you bother to look. Here, there are community outreach programs, local LGBT libraries, youth counseling and activity groups, Cancer Awareness groups specifically geared to the LGBT community, not to mention the various HIV resources and volunteer groups which have both separate as well as joint ventures that deal with both LGBT concerns as well as those of the heterosexual communities.

If you are concerned with your "local history" only, you need to make that clear in your original question instead of trying to downplay the very correct and legitimate answers.

Answer 2

Stonewall was much more than picketing and mourning over Judy Dayum Garland. It actually was a revolt against unfair police checks and harassment. Usually Drag Queens and the like would get swindled out of money form the dirty cops, raped and/or molested by the the cops, and the cops would raid their clubs and hang outs and gave them a hard time. Until one day (And I have to say it cuz not to many people know or accept this) mostly the Black and Latino Drag Queens Took one to many punches and started rioting and fighting the police back. This is how the Stonewall movement came about. It wasn't us marching or fasting or mourning over Liza (who i dont even like nor do any of my gay friends) it was about standing up to unjust treatment from anyone including government officials. It has very much to do with 2007, shoo we cant even get married.

Answer 3

If it were true that the sum total of homosexuality consisted of gay cruisers and bar pickups then I'd agree with you that the scene is too shallow. But then consider that there are organisations like GMFA and Stonewall who actively involve themselves in assuring safety and respect for gays. There are estabished "gay ghettos" (most notably in large cities, granted) where the neighbourhood is ostensibly a gay one and filled with a population which is sufficiently diverse as to be self-sustaining/self-organised.

You are right though, the term "gay community" is grossly over-used as a reflection of the global gay populus.

Answer 4

Granted every level of society or community has a level of shallowness. Yes publicly they may announce and support diversity; but hold some degree of shallowness and prejudice at the same time. The true question is; do they want to develop a strategy to learn and grown from their own shortcomings, or continue to live in denial?

Answer 5

I'm a supporter of diversity in my workplace because that is healthier for me. I want to be able to post my g/f's pic and talk openly with her during the day without fear of losing my job over it.

However, I don't care to live in a diverse community and I don't. I am lifestyle D/s and I don't care to have friends who are vanilla. They have nothing in common with me, they don't understand our dynamics and they don't speak the same language we do. There isn't any reason for me to be friends with them, they have little to offer that I don't get among my own peers. I have vanilla co-workers and family, and frankly that's plenty.

Answer 6

The gay community is in reference to large populations of GLBT people living in certain areas and/or having services, businesses, political action groups, legal counsel, health care and counsel, religious groups and churches, clubs, coffee shops, bars, and various "safe places" that are for people who fit into the GLBT description and by people who fit into the GLBT description.Having diversity simply means that we are all welcome without fear of having our lives threatened or being denied services or being treated poorly simply because we are different.That is what diversity is all about.All people of all sexualities and ethnicities and beliefs and disabilities and ages and political views, mixed together peacefully.That is diversity.But your bound to have inequities even in a community that has so much diversity in those who live in it and are served by it.That's just, unfortunately, life.

Answer 7

We want our Utopia now.

SINCLAIR LEWIS, Main Street

Answer 8

Well, if you're asking who it is, you seemed to have answered your own question Ash.