gay rights
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He is a cool guy. The only problem is that he’s homophobic. See the parallels?
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“Black person, would you be friends with a white racist?”
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It is easy for society to dissect and understand a same – sex relationship when one of them is dominant and the other, submissive. And barring a clear divide (that being a heterosexual relationship), they have to seek other apertures from which to “box” these two male individuals. And while sex is deemed to be…
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I often think to myself, “ gay people want acceptance from the straight community way too much. Who gives a shit if they never accept us? I sure as hell don’t.” And while this is good for my self-confidence, it might not be so good for lived reality. Unfortunately, people’s lives are often in danger because of homophobic and queerantagonist words…
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The role of the media in democratizing information is second to none. But I do think being too reliant on media as our only source of information and knowledge is dangerous. Dangerous, because television, radio and print media can only go so far in educating and creating awareness for specific issues. So many issues, so…
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Why is homosexuality still a hot topic in 2015? Is the conservative nature of our country to blame? Is it the discriminatory overtones that still exist in black culture? Are religious affiliations the main dilemma? We were bred for development- not just on an individual level, but on a societal level. And it absolutely worries…
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“What if sometimes there is no choice about what to love? What if the temple comes to Mohammed? What if you just love? Without deciding? You just do; you see her and in that instant are lost to sober account- keeping and cannot choose but to love?”-David Foster Wallace These are questions that one wishes…
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I absolutely detest having to mask the way I feel. It’s just not in my nature. But, in the African culture which I am fully entrenched in, there are certain things that must not be done, said, or even thought. The patriarch of the family must act masculine, without a single speck of weakness or…
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