What Is The Best Thing About Being GAY?

March 06-2007:

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What's The Best Thing About Being Gay?


Personally, I think this question should have be framed differently! For the following reasons:

* Is being Gay a feather in one's cap?

* Is being Gay something to shout about?

* And is being Gay, gives you some special recognition, a medal, or social status?

In the world that we all reside and have our being, Gays or Homosexuals are still being Killed, Harassed, Imprisoned, Be-headed, Raped, Hanged, and does not enjoy the very BASICS of Human and Civil rights, that most Heterosexuals take for granted. In Moslem and Islamic ruled countries, Gay or Homosexual men and women dare not openly say they are Gay, Lesbian, or Homosexual, because that could mean instant death for that unfortunate individual. So they 'by and large' say it very quietly among those they feel they can trust.

Do you know that in Palestine, the Police and other Security forces target suspected Gay or Homosexual men, lure them to certain places where they feel that they are meeting someone for a fling or trick safely. Then have them arrested, charged them for acting 'in their eyes' as prostitutes for sex with men.
Then there are some Security and Police elements who assign suspected or targeted individuals to SPY on suspected homosexuals, and report back to the authorities when they find someone or some suspect. These informers are called in local parlance, 'GOATS.'

In Nigeria, Homosexuals had a feeling recently when the national parliament there, ruled in favor of Gay or Homosexual rights. But getting that legislation enforced is another matter. You cannot force or legislate for people to love, accept, or treat you without prejudice. That is a mental attitude which Nigerians, and Jamaicans too, will have to make happen some time in the future.

But currently, homosexuals in those countries have to LAY VERY LOW for personal safety. We here in The USA have certain legal rights that we have fought for over the recent years. Some or most of these well deserved rights are threatened whenever a Republican controlled House and Senate is in office. So even here we are not too certain about our future rights as a community, within the mainstream of things.

So we are still in a very shaky position politically, socially in some states, and even physically at risk, in most states, when it comes to personal safety, Police brutality, employment discrimination, military hiring or recruitment, military discharge if found out, under a DUMB law that says, 'Don't Ask Don't Tell."

Derryck S. Griffith.
Educator-Advocate & Blogger.