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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 01:35 PM Original message |
Every single homophobe I've known has changed |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. Great post |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. Beautiful. That is the only beautiful and up message that I've read today. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. i agree. things are better. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. I worked for a gay couple for many years... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. What a great post... what a great sentiment. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. That's really nice to hear. :) |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. I also wish things would change faster. We need to see peoples of all |
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varun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
8. I remember when |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Come to Long Beach, CA!! |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
42. I agree. LBers really do get along. Good town. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. That's why the closet is so evil. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 08:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
38. OTOH, the closet exists because of the persistant evil |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. Once they find out we're not the demons they believe us to be |
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pingzing58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. All our leaders over 50 yrs of age grew up in a homophobic world. |
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JenniferJuniper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
13. I live in Massachusetts |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Great story! |
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swimboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. This is a long tall cold drink in a frosted glass! |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. Excellent post |
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Klukie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
16. Your example is exactly why... |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Make that out of the country..... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
17. There are some great stories on this in the Larua Flanders book-- |
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Sapphocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. K&R |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. My husband came around when his dear friend and roommate came out. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
21. My gay brother, after 20 years of marriage, got divorced |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
22. I just found out that one of my good female friends has a girlfriend. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. I remember a time not long ago |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
25. K&R w/ a present that i made... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
26. I have an uncle who is a total right wing nut except for this one issue |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
27. This is one of the best arguments when people oppose 'hate crime' laws |
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csorman (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
28. Fantastic post! |
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LastDemocratInSC (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
29. Prejudice rarely survives experience |
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Drum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
30. Helluva post! |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
31. yup! |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
32. Before he met my Mother, my step-father broke up with a woman |
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toughboy (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 04:03 AM Response to Original message |
33. Unless there is money and power involved in trashing men who have sex |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 04:17 AM Response to Original message |
34. COOL |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 04:18 AM Response to Original message |
35. Of course, the flipside is that the more homophobia is encountered, |
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Ian_rd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
36. Society is indeed changing. And like the great majority of issues in history, we're on the right |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
37. Every time I encounter a homophobe, I ask him or her... |
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Emerald (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 10:20 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. The first person |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
39. I think it is so important to engage kids as they are growing up on this! |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
40. The first people( in my former neighborhood) to put up |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
41. But we should also respect people who are DIFFERENT |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
44. YES!!! I agree, and this is one of the hopes for the future. K & R |
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VWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
45. I was a homophobe until sometime around |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
46. How right you are. |
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