| Dec. 4th, 2009 @ 03:09 pm A Queer Do |
|---|
OK, can people stop dropping Adam Lambert from TV interviews because he performed some by now extremely ordinary dance moves and kissed someone who happened to be the same sex (or sex presentation) as him on a late night televised event in which the same dance moves and female same-sex kissing has been occurring for years?
Can we now start being outraged that Eminem was making rape jokes or that Chris Brown beat up his girlfriend? Or are they not sufficiently challenging to the status quo? Is it really true that violence against women is just fine, but confident and genuine gay sexuality is going to make the universe implode?
I'm not a fan, because I have never actually heard Adam Lambert sing (aside from the minute or so on the AMA footage, which he said was poor because he was so nervous). But I am disgusted by hypocrisy and injustice, and I do like the brief clips I've seen of Lambert's response to the whole thing, which strikes me as sane, calm, and really putting the hysterical and frankly homophobic reactions of certain tv execs to shame.
In other news, I should know better than to read the posts of biphobic and transphobic people identifying as gay men and lesbians on queer/trans webzine comments threads. Being reasonable is not what they're about. Whenever they do hijack the threads from the sane and lovely people, though, I feel the impulse to find out why they're so determined to say appalling things about others and refuse to take responsibility for their behaviour, and see if there's a way to explain why replicating the messed up abuse they've experienced and internalised from straight culture might not be a healthy option for them in ways they can actually respond positively to. Usually, I manage to just skip over it to the informed, intelligent and respectful posts, which often encourage me to think about things I hadn't considered before (or just give me a good giggle). Sometimes, though, I find myself actually trying to engage people who are effectively spewing their self-loathing all over teh intartubez, and it's so depressing to see that level of dysfunction. Thank goodness most people have brains they use.
Dear Father Christmas, for 2010, I would like peace, equality, truth, simplicity, sustainable living, and justice for all. |
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
methastra's Friends Page
