what being gay looks like

[rm]

via 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.

Comments

[dkellergrl.livejournal.com]

I had heard about the incident in Salt Lake City from the AfterElton site, a couple of weeks ago, but the El Paso situation is new. It's just sad that these things are still happening in this day and age, but we also acknowledge that we live in the real world and it's still the 21st Century. As a black female, living in this real world, I sometimes still get followed, whenever I go into certain high-end stores, here in NYC and elsewhere. It doesn't limit and/or define me as a person, but it's a reality that unfortunately, may never go away in my lifetime.

We still have to continue to live our lives, in the way that will hopefully make us content and happy.

I feel funny, saying "thank you" for posting these real world situations, issues and problems of our real world on your lj, but it's nice to see perspective being shown after all the craziness that has been going on in *our TW fandom*.

[rm.livejournal.com]

The fandom thing has been really hard -- for what is going on in the community, for the ways (good and bad) it can be tied in to real world issues, and for the ways in which perspective has been lacking. It's... despite the fact that I'm off to a con this weekend, I'm looking forward to the break from it!

[dkellergrl.livejournal.com]

Enjoy your time at the con.