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Originally Posted by wolfgirl69
Well being gay isn't just a label its a community. Also we're kinda fighting for acceptance and our rights right now. But I do see where your coming from. Some people make it their everything and let it define. I've been one of them before. I admit I do attend gay pride events (Or did I guess) and where a rainbow bandana wrapped around my thigh on my jeans (To send a signal since gaydar isn't real and guesses are something to rely on) and two of my favorite musical groups are "Tegan and Sara" and "t.A.T.u." lol (I like their music and it helps me have common ground with other lesbian young people). But like I said we're also a community and even a family. We've come to rely on each other for support. Again I see where your coming from. i once went to school with what some would call a "flaming" gay guy.... he talked "that way" (Idk what to call it lol) to the extreme and was obsessed. I used to be that way-minus the accent so... But yea.
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That isn't exactly what I mean. I think fighting for gay rights is one of the most important causes right now because I think denying people the right to love is probably one of the worse things you can do.
I just don't think anyone should let any one thing define you. I hope for the day that you do not have to have that sort of community; that the community you create will be purely based in love/like/interest and not on the fact that you are all being discriminated against.
I am not saying that sort of community is invalid but as minority and a woman who has been discriminated against I wish I didn't have to self-segregate myself in order to protect myself. Honestly, I just don't see anything positive about the fact that we are forced into a community because other people dislike us. We should being creating communities on more important things other than our skin color, gender or sexuality.
Sorry about that rant!