Word: pro-gay
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...elections, I went to a meeting of the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, and Transgendered Supporters Association (BGLTSA). The meeting started out innocently. Some announcements were made; a few business items were discussed. And then came the feature presentation: seven or eight council presidential candidates bending over backwards to show how "pro-gay" they were...
After the ROTC hit the fan, the candidates' speeches devolved into a discussion of their viewpoints on ROTC and gay people. All of the candidates, of course, argued that whatever their position on ROTC, they were still sensitive to gay and lesbian issues, that they were pro-gay rights, etc. The way many of the candidates were speaking, it was as if our homosexuality meant that we inevitably favored a gay students' center, gay rights, and kicking ROTC graduation exercises off campus...
...Arizona: Arizona Representative Jim Kolbe announced that he is homosexual, adding that he was forced into the admission by a gay magazine which was about to publish a story reporting his sexual orientation as retribution for his support of a federal bill rejecting same-sex marriages. Jeff Yarbrough, editor in chief of The Advocate, a national gay magazine, said it was hypocritical of Kolbe to live a "semi-open homosexual life" in Washington and then vote against a "pro-gay referendum." Kolbe said he was initially angry about being pressured to disclose the information, but told the Associated Press that...
...editorial entitled "Covering Homophobia" (Feb. 23, 1994), Timothy P. You calls for greater "Objectivity" in the coverage to gay related civil rights issues and he attacks what he perceives as unacceptable pro-gay "bias" on the part of the national media...
What does it mean to be p.c.? To qualify, one must be pro-feminist, pro-gay rights, pro-minority studies, mistrustful of tradition, scornful of Dead White European Males and deeply skeptical toward the very idea of a "masterpiece," because it implies that one idea, culture or human being can actually be better than another. One must believe in a consumerist approach to education: whatever the student wants is what the curriculum ought to be. Academics must recognize that ignorance of student wishes in favor of one's own scholarly interests is wickedly elitist...