Irish Drag Queen's Powerful Takedown of Homophobia (Trust me, a video you don't want to miss).

[William769]

“For the last three weeks, I have been lectured to by heterosexual people about what homophobia is and about who is allowed to identify it. Straight people have lined up... to tell me what homophobia is and to tell me what I am allowed to be oppressed by,” Bliss told the audience at the Abbey. “People who have never experienced homophobia in their lives... have told me that unless I am being thrown into prison or herded onto a cattle truck then it is not homophobia. And that feels oppressive.”

Though Bliss’s speech clocks in at nearly 11 minutes, it’s worth watching in full as she outlines the oppression of heterosexual privilege.

http://www.advocate.com/society/activism/2014/02/04/watch-irish-drag-queens-powerful-takedown-homophobia

[xfundy]

1. Well done!

[BrotherIvan]

3. +1

Most excellent. Speaking the plain truth is so utterly powerful.

[Behind the Aegis]

2. It was so good I reposted it in GD.

Down with heterophobia! I mean...HOMOPHOBIA.

[Aerows]

4. Awesome and poignant

"Straight people lining up to tell me what homophobia is". Like we don't know. Excellent observation.

[ancianita]

5. The oppression is less homophobia -- homo fear -- and more homomisia -- homo hate.

I think we need to stop mischaracterizing the hate with the phobia suffix and start using the other word to better describe the oppression of which he speaks.

Homomisia. It would better describe what's behind hate crimes, because they're not fear crimes.

It's not a new idea. http://www.commpro.biz/news/homophobia-homomisia-and-the-associated-press-why-lingo-counts/

[Iwillnevergiveup]

6. "I check myself"

How powerful, how moving. The audience was rapt I think - otherwise there would have been more clapping and cheering.

K&R