Rick, what your posts amount to is this: “I’m marching with the Pubbies, but I’m not EXACTLY in lockstep with them, so you can’t possibly say the Pubbies are marching east when I in fact am marching east-northeast.”
Yeah, if a LOT of Repubs believed as you believe, or made any kind of fuss about it, it wouldn’t be reasonable to make broad generalizations, but in point of fact, the vast majority of Pubbies march in such a tight lockstep that it’s unreasonable NOT to describe them in broad terms.
The Pubbies went after Clinton over his sexual indiscretion, the grand jury was just cover for it. That describes the historical fact perfectly clearly, your personal beliefs notwithstanding.
Learn that positive advancement on issues of interest to the gay community (i.e., civil rights protection, AIDS prevention) affect and benefit you too.
Speak out against anti-gay politicians and ballot initiatives.
Vote against anti-gay politicians and ballot initiatives.
Vote for pro-gay politicians and ballot initiatives.
Don’t use phrases like “one of my best friends is a lesbian.”
Others please feel free to add your own suggestions.
I’ll go sit in the back of the bus now. I`d rather sit in the back of the bus too. It offers a better view of the activities, if you know what I mean. Otto, Don’t use phrases like “one of my best friends is a lesbian.”
What? She uses the term “queer”, but that could be either gender. Should I have said female homosexual?
She didn`t think lesbian was the wrong term…
"A homosexual person; a gay man or a lesbian.*
Usage Note: Many people now avoid using homosexual because of the emphasis this term places on sexuality. Indeed, the words gay and lesbian, which stress cultural and social matters over sex, are frequently better choices. Homosexual is most objectionable when used as a noun; here gay man and gay woman or lesbian and their plural forms are called for. It is generally unobjectionable when used adjectivally, as in a homosexual relationship, although gay, lesbian, or same-sex are also available for adjectival use. "*
and;
"*gayness n. ***
Usage Note: The word gay is now standard in its use to refer to homosexuals, in large part because it is the term that most gay people prefer in referring to themselves. Gay is distinguished from homosexual primarily by the emphasis it places on the cultural and social aspects of homosexuality as opposed to sexual practice. Many writers reserve gay for males, but the word is also used to refer to both sexes; when the intended meaning is not clear in the context, the phrase gay and lesbian may be used. Like the other names of social groups derived from adjectives (for example, Black), gay may be regarded as offensive when used as a noun to refer to particular individuals, as in There were two gays on the panel; here phrasing such as gay members should be used instead. But there is no objection to the use of the noun in the plural to refer collectively either to gay men or to gay men and lesbians, so long as it is clear whether men alone or both men and women are being discussed."
According to that, Lesbian is preferred.
Now, if that wasnt clear enough, lets hear from the NON-straight people as to what they prefer to be adressed as…
“One of my best friends is gay” or “some of my best friends are lesbians” are phrases that people who are bigoted against gay people use to claim they are not bigots. Their thinking goes that if they have one or two queer friends then they can’t be anti-gay. The phrase sets on edge the teeth of many/most of the LGBT people I know.
Please note that I am not saying you are anti-gay or a bigot because you used the phrase. I offered it as a suggestion of a way to avoid the appearance of being anti-gay.
For myself, to answer your question, I’ll answer to pretty much anything depending on context. My friends can call me a faggot but if one isn’t my friend I won’t stand for it.