Sunday, April 20, 2008
Reading of the article by Levithan
My favorite quote from this article was, "Here's the thing: being gay is not an issue, it is an identity. It is not something that you can agree or disagree with. It is a fact, and must be defended and represented as a fact" (Levithan 251). So, what does this quote mean to me and what is my reaction to it? I love this quote because it is stating, i believe, that this is not something that people who are part of the LGBTQ community ask for judgement or approval. This is who they are and it should not be an issue to others. Everybody shoudl be accepting of their choices and still accept and love them for who they are, not what their choices are. Being gay is how they identify as a person in this society. They love people of the same sex, and that should not be something that should be judged and not accepted. It is who somebody is and it shoudl be ok and accepted. I also like how he continued to say it is a fact. It is something that just is in this soceity. It is not something that you have the choice to agree or disagree with. It is just something that is and has to be accepted. I loved that quote because it is stating a true fact about the LBGTQ community. It needs to be part of life and be accepted by everybody. It is not somebody's choice to agree with being gay or not. If somebody chooses to be gay, then that is their choice and nothing should change.
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After reading Nicci's response to the Levithan article, I have to agree with her in that that quote is a very powerful part of the article. According to the Webster's dictionary, identity means "the condition of being oneself or itself, and not another". This means that everyone is their own person in their own way and that is their identity. Being gay is that person's identity, whether it's different from someone else. That doesn't make them a bad person and that doesn't mean being gay is an issue.
I also liked how Nicci says that people in the GLBT community don't ask for judgment or approval because this is who they are and it shouldn't be an issue to anyone else. This is who they are and their own beliefs. Like Nicci said, just because gay people love people of the same sex doesn't mean they should be judged or unaccepted in society. As a person they are not bad for what they believe in and they shouldn't be thought of that way in our society. Everyone, no matter what they like/dislike, believe in/ don't believe in should be accepted in our society.
So many times I think that what is not the "norm" is considered an "issue". Just because it is not our norm doesn't mean that it is an issue, when talking about being gay I agree with Levithan that it is an identity. Just as being straight is an identity. I like in Nicci's response when she talks about "it is about who someone is", when you like someone it is for who they are not what they are. If we want people to accept us and respect us we should offer the same to everyone else. Whether you agree or disagree with the choices a person makes doesn't mean you should mark them by their choices. For instance if someone makes a bad decision, that doesn't mean they are a bad person. Keeping an open mind is the best way to learn and to grow as a person.
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