i agree with u smile! iam proud of who am i?
--- On Tue, 3/22/11, Deep <gaymanprou...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
From: Deep <gaymanprou...@yahoo.co.in>
Subject: g_b I am proud to be gay
To: gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 6:39 AM
Hey Sanjay!
It is great that you have decided to start posting on this forum. Don't worry
about upsetting people Sanjay. You can never please everyone all the time. :-)
Here is what Wikipedia has to say about Gay Pride:
LGBT pride or gay pride is the concept that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender (LGBT) people should be proud of their sexual orientation and
gender identity.The movement has three main premises: that people should be
proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity, that diversity is a
gift, and that sexual orientation and gender identity are inherent and cannot
be intentionally altered. The use of the abbreviated gay pride and pride have
since become mainstream and shorthand expressions inclusive of all individuals
in various LGBT communities.The word pride is used in this case as an antonym
for shame, which has been used to control and oppress LGBT persons throughout
history. Pride in this sense is an affirmation of one's self and the community
as a whole. The modern "pride" movement began after the "Stonewall riots" in
1969. Instead of backing down to unconstitutional raids by New York Police, gay
people in local bars fought back. While it
was a violent situation it also gave the underground community the first sense
of communal pride in a very well publicized incident. From the yearly parade
that commemorated the anniversary of the Stonewall riots began a national
grassroots movement. Today many countries around the world celebrate LGBT
pride. The pride movement has furthered the cause of gay rights by lobbying
politicians, registering voters and increasing visibility to educate on issues
important to LGBT communities. LGBT pride advocates work for equal "rights and
benefits" for LGBT people.
In your opinion gay love (romantic love between members of the same gender) is
weaker than heterosexual love. I shall answer that love can be as strong as the
lovers want it to be.
Society in general does not approve of same sex love. Nor does it approve of
masturbation. Yet we all do it. The feelings that you and I have deep inside us
do not change whether we are in Scandinavia or in Afghanistan. We have a choice
to accept our emotions, desires and feelings and work with them or feel
dejected and cheated by nature and make our own lives miserable.
If you feel that having multiple sex partners debases you in your own eyes,
don't have them. Look instead for a monogamous partner and stick to him.
Different people have different needs and it takes all kinds to make the world.
Heterosexuals celebrate their sexual orientation all the time! Don't believe
me? Look around you. Do you see a woman wearing a Mangal Sutra? Do you see a
man keeping a picture of his wife and kids on his workstation? Do you see a
marriage procession inching down a busy road with the groom in full regalia?
Heterosexuals don't need to advertise themselves! Society is created around
their needs and desires. We homosexuals need to show our own needs and desires
in a repressive society. And till such time we don't get equal rights we shall,
perforce, call our celebrations as "Pride".
My homosexuality is nothing that I have "won". Yet I have to struggle to make
society accept it so that I may live the way I want. Hence I must proclaim my
orientation which, to me, is natural but to others is an abomination.
Do keep posting in. I believe that the contents of your post did not fit the
chain's subject hence I changed it.
Regards,
Deephttp://gaynotes.blogspot.com
--- In gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com, hgjk hgkhj <sanjayramani_2003@...> wrote:
>
> This is my first mail and do not want to offend anyone. These are just my
> personal opinions
>
> Everytime i hear/read this statement "I am proud to be gay", i feel awkward.
> Even if i was hetro it wud be awkward for me to say "I am proud to be a
> hetro".
> I would be proud of things i earned and definately this state of mind so
> called
> "homo" is definately not i earned, it is just there by one reason or the
> other.
> So first of all "I proud to be a gay" is completely overstatement.
>
> But i think i agree with mike with the reason of having multiple partners.
> Society does not confirm the state of being gay and thats y most of the
> people like to have "discreet" liasons which makes us wild, unbounded,
> restless,
> limitless, pervert animals, which perfectly reason with as society does not
> confirm this sexuality, we will not confirm the rules made by it. There is
> no
> such things like commitment in our relationship as there is no society to look
> after it.
>
> Over this i would like to say commitment thing is never going to happen as
> the
> bond between man to man is joined by very weak force though it is equally weak
> as the bond between man and woman but the later one is supported by other n
> number of factors one of those is kids. Kids become their common interest when
> other interest are lost or satiated. Now this is tricky part as now the faith
> on
> marriage is loosing its magic, people are gradually coming out of those rules
> which were there from the ages. So that means if the commitments by the
> natural
> sexuality is wanning how one can even think of plutonic love or just
> say love
> commitments.
>
> Anyways..once again "I proud to be a gay" is completely overstatement.
