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[lotesse]

http://www.sexuality.org/l/davids/cn154.html

David Steinberg, who is consistently wonderful, excellent, honest, and interesting, writes about his experiences as a student of human sexuality in San Franciso last year, with pictures. And makes me cry. Reading this column made me remember what it was like last Feb. 12. It's easy to forget. Politically we're not doing very well. Bush was re-elected, and in November the Democrats certainly lost more than they gained. It's easy to look at all the hate been thrown around and forget the wonderous nature of that time.

Damn it, we've tasted equality. So many who had waited so long were made so simply, purely happy last year, and then bumped down to second class again. But it did happen, and it wass amazing.

Comments

[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

I can't even imagine what it must be like to wait to be married for so long, and then to just be told that your marriage is null and void. And I can't imagine what sort of person would think of inflicting that on someone else.

[lotesse]

That's the basic problem, isn't it? I wish that I understood! I feel like we could fix things if we could only understand how it works, why people hate and oppress. We could communicate then. I mean, it's pretty obvious that half of America thinks differently from me, sees the world in a drastically different way. And communication just breaks down, because I don't understand how you can follow so blindly, be so led by fear, hate so easily and so much. I just. don't. get. it. And I feel like that's what I really need to do--get it. I need to be able to imagine.

On a lighter note, your icon makes me extremely happy.

[elderberrywine.livejournal.com]

It's a long, long road, but I've got to say that I have seen progress in my lifetime. It just still totally boggles me why anyone should feel threatened by this.

*is a proud blue state resident - and I always vote*

[lotesse]

I'm a blue-stater too, but that didn't stop my state from instituting anti-gay measures this past November, much to my sorrow. I know that it all comes down to fear, but I have a really hard time figuring out how it is that we're scary. I mean, little old ladies with veils and knitting? Families with children? This is the great and terrible menace?