I think that Alex Sanchez means that even if your straight homophobia will hurt you in some way, it could be at work or school or even at home you could experience homophobia and you could take offense to it.if your at work and your boss is “gay bashing” and making fun of people who are gay might make you angry cause you know some one who is gay. i dont think its right for any one to make fun or “gay bash” any one, its wrong and it does hurt everyone. Your boss may be gay and get this harassment and end up killing him self or going on a self destruciton binge and end up making you lose your job or eve hurting you physically.
I think that homophobia is wrong and shouldn’t be around at all, its personal preference and it doesn’t hinder ones choices it probably makes ones choices better because they have experienced more and seen more in the world. SO what i am saying is
treat every one the way you want to be treated and DONT! be homophobic
We could try to make LSS more accepting then most other schools, we could make a GSA, as a individual we could say some thing if we see some one been discriminative.
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February 26, 2009 at 6:55 pm
jneighbors
I agree with you on this topic. All people no matter their sexual orientation should be treated the same and with respect. The G.s.a would be a great thing to add into our school. I feel like every school should have one. Gay slurs have become to common in our hallways. Don’t get me wrong I know that I have said “oh thats gay” many times but after hearing all the views on how it makes people feel. I understand that it is wrong and stopping is the best thing to do.
February 26, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Bill Odermann
Here’s a gay bashing song, even thought the blogger says he isn’t!
http://ivorwright.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/the-irish-gays/
Nice article btw
March 3, 2009 at 1:05 am
afitzgerald73
i agree with you 100% on how homophobia should not be around at all. Its other peoples choices to be gay and people should not but into their life, like if you think about it like this, if you did something that was wrong to someone else, and they stated their opinion on it, you would not feel great about what he/she said. It all cuts back to treat people the way that you want to be treated.
March 4, 2009 at 5:22 am
mcarlyle
Nice example Andrew and yes we should make a GSA at LSS as there is not one at the moment. Maybe this could be part of your Social Justice project. Trying to educate the school on homophobia and making it a no homophobia school. No comments about something being gay, calling someone names etc…
Think about those in public who are not yet comfortable with their own sexuality yet and hear those comments, will they ever feel comfortable? IS that fair?
March 6, 2009 at 3:43 am
Matthew. C Pearson
I think the school could use something like GSA. Almost everywhere in the school or near every locker you will hear someone say “Thats gay” or “He/She is a fag”. I think us students should be informed that we are speaking with these terms in the wrong context and don’t even realize it. It would be the first valid step we can take to preventing homophobic point of views.