Comments on: The importance of thinking outside the LGBT box http://972mag.com/the-importance-of-thinking-outside-the-lgbt-box/55177/ Independent commentary and news from Israel & Palestine Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:35:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: richard http://972mag.com/the-importance-of-thinking-outside-the-lgbt-box/55177/comment-page-1/#comment-76437 richard Sun, 16 Sep 2012 01:36:41 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=55177#comment-76437 Leila, are you really so naive, or simply an Israeli plant trying to make Arabs look stupid. You know what was the one thing that the asshole rabbis of "the zionist entity" and the asshole imams of East Jerusalem were able to agree on, and put aside there enmity over? That Gaga are gross and evil. Leila, are you really so naive, or simply an Israeli plant trying to make Arabs look stupid. You know what was the one thing that the asshole rabbis of “the zionist entity” and the asshole imams of East Jerusalem were able to agree on, and put aside there enmity over? That Gaga are gross and evil.

]]> By: toyotabedzrock http://972mag.com/the-importance-of-thinking-outside-the-lgbt-box/55177/comment-page-1/#comment-76029 toyotabedzrock Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:34:27 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=55177#comment-76029 You do not get to choose weather you are gay or not. And your article is insulting for insinuating that he can. You do not get to choose weather you are gay or not. And your article is insulting for insinuating that he can.

]]> By: Bluegrass Picker of Afula http://972mag.com/the-importance-of-thinking-outside-the-lgbt-box/55177/comment-page-1/#comment-75557 Bluegrass Picker of Afula Tue, 11 Sep 2012 04:45:08 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=55177#comment-75557 >>> I am comfortable to tick the Gay box now because I have very little interest in an active sex life first those damn zionist dogs stole our indigenous Arab cuisine. Then along you come, stealing our Asexualist thunder. You damn Gay dogs. PS: Heaviside.... any relation to Oliver? >>> I am comfortable to tick the Gay box now because I have very little interest in an active sex life

first those damn zionist dogs stole our indigenous Arab cuisine.

Then along you come, stealing our Asexualist thunder. You damn Gay dogs.

PS: Heaviside…. any relation to Oliver?

]]> By: Leila http://972mag.com/the-importance-of-thinking-outside-the-lgbt-box/55177/comment-page-1/#comment-75536 Leila Tue, 11 Sep 2012 01:50:33 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=55177#comment-75536 We are often asked why we gays oppose normalization with the zionist entity when gay life is supposedly better in tel aviv than in Gaza. Today, Hamas may be homophobic but once we demonstrate our prinicipled opposition to the zionist entity and show that we have more in common with Hamas and Hezbollah, they will accept us with tolerance. This will eventually lead to tolerance of gays from Morocco to Indonesia We are often asked why we gays oppose normalization with the zionist entity when gay life is supposedly better in tel aviv than in Gaza. Today, Hamas may be homophobic but once we demonstrate our prinicipled opposition to the zionist entity and show that we have more in common with Hamas and Hezbollah, they will accept us with tolerance. This will eventually lead to tolerance of gays from Morocco to Indonesia

]]> By: Tom http://972mag.com/the-importance-of-thinking-outside-the-lgbt-box/55177/comment-page-1/#comment-75423 Tom Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:51:37 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=55177#comment-75423 Now, that's in steep contrast to those so-called "bisexuals" who can't get rid of societal brainwashing and all the sexist images the media are spreading like never before. I tell them: Don't bother me with your hetero crap - neither 50% nor 20%. I want ZERO % of that. Now, that’s in steep contrast to those so-called “bisexuals” who can’t get rid of societal brainwashing and all the sexist images the media are spreading like never before.

I tell them: Don’t bother me with your hetero crap – neither 50% nor 20%. I want ZERO % of that.

]]> By: Gay emancipation http://972mag.com/the-importance-of-thinking-outside-the-lgbt-box/55177/comment-page-1/#comment-75422 Gay emancipation Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:46:36 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=55177#comment-75422 Oh, for me, it's a choice. Why should free and self-determined individuals not chose their way of life rather than doing what society forces them to do? It's much cooler, sexier, more fun and so on to be gay. Do you have anything against my choice? Oh, for me, it’s a choice.

Why should free and self-determined individuals not chose their way of life rather than doing what society forces them to do?

It’s much cooler, sexier, more fun and so on to be gay.

Do you have anything against my choice?

]]> By: Gay emancipation http://972mag.com/the-importance-of-thinking-outside-the-lgbt-box/55177/comment-page-1/#comment-75420 Gay emancipation Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:39:10 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=55177#comment-75420 What exactly do I as gay man with a minimum of self-esteem have in common with people who behave exactly the way the heteronormative and -sexist society indoctrinates them to? What exactly do I as gay man with a minimum of self-esteem have in common with people who behave exactly the way the heteronormative and -sexist society indoctrinates them to?

]]> By: Geoff Heaviside http://972mag.com/the-importance-of-thinking-outside-the-lgbt-box/55177/comment-page-1/#comment-75210 Geoff Heaviside Sun, 09 Sep 2012 13:27:07 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=55177#comment-75210 Bi Phobia and Trans Phobia is alive and well in many GLBTI Communities. Gays refusing to take part in a solidarity march if the Trans people are allowed etc I spent a long time considering the Bi position when my marriage was stressed. I am comfortable to tick the Gay box now because I have very little interest in an active sex life and I draw most of my emotional satisfaction from men. I think there is a reason we use the term GLBTI because in the minority there are other minorities whose position deserves respect and understading. Bi Phobia and Trans Phobia is alive and well in many GLBTI Communities.
Gays refusing to take part in a solidarity march if the Trans people are allowed etc
I spent a long time considering the Bi position when my marriage was stressed.
I am comfortable to tick the Gay box now because I have very little interest in an active sex life and I draw most of my emotional satisfaction from men. I think there is a reason we use the term GLBTI because in the minority there are other minorities whose position deserves respect and understading.

]]> By: Diane D'Angelo http://972mag.com/the-importance-of-thinking-outside-the-lgbt-box/55177/comment-page-1/#comment-75127 Diane D'Angelo Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:04:19 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=55177#comment-75127 The bullying of bisexuals by lesbians and gay men is the gay version of black people's disdain for natural hair or light-skinned people. It comes from a place of deep insecurity and yes, internalized homophobia, because if you're threatened by the notion of same-sex activities/relations being a matter of choice rather than genetics, you're not comfortable in your own skin. The bullying of bisexuals by lesbians and gay men is the gay version of black people’s disdain for natural hair or light-skinned people. It comes from a place of deep insecurity and yes, internalized homophobia, because if you’re threatened by the notion of same-sex activities/relations being a matter of choice rather than genetics, you’re not comfortable in your own skin.

]]> By: Elana http://972mag.com/the-importance-of-thinking-outside-the-lgbt-box/55177/comment-page-1/#comment-75106 Elana Sat, 08 Sep 2012 20:09:51 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=55177#comment-75106 Thank you for writing this! The comments here are, in large part, pretty gross. But that's why it's all the more important to speak up in articles like this. I hope it doesn't dishearten you. Honest critical reflection on oneself and one's allies is just as important as on one's opposition... keep it up. Thank you for writing this! The comments here are, in large part, pretty gross. But that’s why it’s all the more important to speak up in articles like this. I hope it doesn’t dishearten you. Honest critical reflection on oneself and one’s allies is just as important as on one’s opposition… keep it up.

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