When You're Straight…
You get your name in the paper for getting married.
You get looks of admiration when you hold your partner's hand.
You get a tax break for being married.
You get to keep your kids no matter how bad a parent you are.
You get to stay in the military if you engage in non-consensual sex.
You get AIDS, and you're an "innocent victim."
You have a life.
You stand up for your rights and it makes you a "participatory citizen."
BUT…
When You're Lesbian or Gay…
You get your name in the paper for committing sodomy.
You get spat upon and jeered at when you hold your partner's hand.
You can't get married.
You get your kids taken away from you no matter how good a parent you are.
You get kicked out of the military if you engage in consensual sex.
You get AIDS, and you obviously "deserve it."
You have a "lifestyle." not a Life
You stand up for your rights and it makes you a "militant homosexual."
It's the hyprocrisy, stupid!
STOP THE HATRED.
I have to ask if the holding hands thing really happens. Here in South Africa I walk around holding hands with my boyfriend all the time and so far the only reaction we've had was making a group of high school boys blush.
The "life vs. life style" and "participatory citizen vs. militant homosexual" parts are pretty on the spot though. :/
Well said !