Word: homophobia
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...might just be my opinion, but I would offer Giudicelli some advice: homophobia, chauvinism, and anti-Semitism are not appropriate anywhere...
...toward the gay community - love the sinner, hate the sin - is very disingenuous because what it's like in practice is that they are both repulsed and amused by gay people. To me it's less important that they come up with a more palatable way of expressing their homophobia than that they get over their homophobia. Their prejudice needs confrontation...
...back and forth came after more than 1,500 students and supporters rallied Wednesday at Virginia Commonwealth University to protest Cuccinelli's letter. Waving rainbow flags, chanting "Down With Hate" and wielding signs that read "Jesus Had 2 Dads, Too" and "Homophobia Is A Sin," the animated band assembled near the student union, before 200 later broke away and marched down a main road within blocks of the Virginia State Capitol...
...change operation before they can change their gender in the eyes of the law. And to get the green light for surgery, they must still undergo extensive medical and psychiatric evaluations. "It's a symbolic victory," says Louis-Georges Tin, president of the Paris-based IDAHO committee, which fights homophobia and what it calls "transphobia," or discrimination against transsexuals. "Transsexuals are no longer mentally ill," he says. "They're normal citizens. But we haven't yet reached the point where they're allowed to make their own decisions instead of depending on doctors and psychiatrists." (See "The Year in Health...
...important counter-argument many have made against the repeal of DADT is that it will create unbridled unrest in the military. And while some of these arguments are not as influenced by homophobia as the certain ideological camps often make them out to be, they are still beside the point. After all, the repeal of DADT will not force every homosexual soldier to reveal his or her sexual orientation to fellow comrades; individuals can choose to “come out” on their own time, iand on their own terms. It is as misguided to worry about every...