RE: I Am Homophobic

> damien, ben et al, we love you all...but don't you
> feel ready to deal with the 20th century yet?
> ..it's important that you deal with this and move
> on..life is passing you by, and we need you.
>                               another damaged monkey

Lessee ... it's now the 21st century, and I'm still a second class citizen
(at best), with limited rights vis a vis heterosexuals, in literally every
country on this planet.  In several countries I'd be shot or imprisoned for
simply being who I am.

How I'm supposed "move on" from this?  You seem to think it's my problem,
not yours, but I'm at a loss.  Us homos keep trying to get equal rights and
get the police to stop beating us (or pay attention when others do), but
things haven't been changing much.  A few semi-popular TV comedies, movies,
and a moment of national drama during a slow news week (um, what was his
name again, that dude they crucified on a fence in Wyoming?) don't change
the legal system.  They just make the media-masses feel better about
themselves.

Meanwhile, I still have no insurance because my husband's employer refuses
to cover "domestic partners", and America's "staunch ally" Egypt just jailed
23 men on up to five year sentences, simply because they're gay
(http://www.iglhrc.org/news/press/pr_011115.html).

You need me?  Dude, *we* need *you*.

Pardon if I'm just plain stupid, but what is it I'm supposed to be "moving
on" to?

]}amien