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.

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[baerana.livejournal.com]

"Every business has the right to refuse service. They have the right to refuse service to whoever they don't want there. That's their prerogative."

that's not so much true. they have to actually be causing a disturbance, etc. Otherwise, you know, there wouldn't be an issue w/ keeping brown people out of your store.

but yeah, kids do give me a lot of hope. my step-son is great that way. 3 of his 4 parents are bi, two of his closest aunts are lesbians. Someone tried to tell him same-sex relationships was a sin, and he was like "no way, 'cause my mom and my step-mom and my aunts are the best people I know! you're crazy, god wouldn't do that." and that was it for him.