I can't imagine the mentality of people who felt justified persecuting homosexuals for simply being. I can't fathom what it would have been like to have to hide constantly. We've come a long way but we still have a long way to go. I fear that most of us won't live to see equality. What do you think?
2007-07-27 04:48:06 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6918332.stm
2007-07-27 04:48:28 · update #1
So they thought that punishing gay men by putting them in prison cells together would solve the perceived problem?
2007-07-27 05:28:36 · answer #1 · answered by Ben Aqui 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Growing up in a small town in the Midwest in the mid 80's things were no different than the discrimination felt by Gay men from the early 1900's. The tolerance and acceptance in small towns is getting better but it may be several decades before a real change will be seen. Good question. : )
There were Gay people but noone would dare come out of the closet it was unheard of. My aunt was a lesbian, her and her partner found a remote area by a lake and lived there their entire lives. They weren't out and never talked about the discrimination they had to deal with. Very Sad.
2007-07-27 12:13:29 · answer #2 · answered by TRACER ™ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To see true equality? Nope, I doubt that I'll ever see it. I also doubt that my great niece's children will see it too.
People fear what they don't/can't understand so I can see why it was the way that it was back then. We certainly have come a long way but there is quite a way to go before we see full equality.
I can only hope that time makes me eat my words.
2007-07-27 11:54:54 · answer #3 · answered by Mooks 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Male homosexuality wasn't decriminalized in Ireland until 1982. In some parts of the world, you will still be killed for being gay. The world isn' perfect I guess.
2007-07-27 11:57:20 · answer #4 · answered by dudeboy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion, the even sadder point of this is 40 years since decriminalization, and already the country has embraced (legally at least) homosexual marriage.
Forty years ago in our country, blacks were fighting for equal rights, and they still aren't embraced, gays have rights in select locations, and it goes on and on...
2007-07-27 12:26:59 · answer #5 · answered by ☮ wickey wow wow ♀♀ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's still plenty o' places where it's still against the law...as is many hetro activities. That's government in action...since we, evidently can't be trusted to make are own choices.
2007-07-27 20:03:53 · answer #6 · answered by Rev Debi Brady 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Glad it happened eventually, anyway.
And I'm 33, so I don't want to believe that I'll never see equality in my lifetime!
2007-07-27 13:21:14 · answer #7 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What about Canada?
You can marry there...
Your right, not only we as in the U.S., but the world still has very far to go, considering it is punishable by death in Iran.
2007-07-27 11:59:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
And only 27 yrs in France...
2007-07-27 11:52:30 · answer #9 · answered by Bolinho 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
And only 15 years since anal sex has been legal for straights!
2007-07-27 11:51:46 · answer #10 · answered by Pedantic Scorpion 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋