what being gay looks like
Jul. 29th, 2009 07:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rmvia ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
reannon:
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12811907
A gay couple faces police action for kissing in public in Salt Lake City.
http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_12790543
A gay couple is kicked out of a restaurant in El Paso, also for kissing.
I keep trying to formulate a sentence to go here, but I don't really have the time. But this is what being gay looks like when it's not on your television, when it's not in New York City or San Francisco or what is truly not that much more than a handful of cities, when you're not in a neighborhood where it's safe to be queer, when you're totally average and when you're living in America.
reannon:http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12811907
A gay couple faces police action for kissing in public in Salt Lake City.
http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_12790543
A gay couple is kicked out of a restaurant in El Paso, also for kissing.
I keep trying to formulate a sentence to go here, but I don't really have the time. But this is what being gay looks like when it's not on your television, when it's not in New York City or San Francisco or what is truly not that much more than a handful of cities, when you're not in a neighborhood where it's safe to be queer, when you're totally average and when you're living in America.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2009-07-29 11:24 pm (UTC)Yet it's nothing new. It disturbs me that sometimes I think I'm becoming slightly inured to injustice, because I'm too busy leading my day to day life to spare emotional space for things I can't change with my fury. I suppose the best we can do is do what we *can* do. Worrying about what we're not doing just detracts from the ultimate goal.