Blessed Love
While I've nothing against homosexuality I do agree that in certain instances the gay card trumps out other issues such as poverty and racism and sexism. Being gay is validated and its a metrosexual identity that's very fashionable. Often its marketed as a young, rich Western white identity - to the exclusion of other races and classes. As though being gay was en vogue for the rich or the trendy thing for young urbanites and because it has the credibility it has in this world, it opens doors whereas some people will always be marginalised because they're from poor immigrant communities, a racial minority or they're female....
There's also another side to this story too that makes it even more complex - a Black/Asian/Latina youth starts experiencing things he/she knows are just taboo in their culture. Just how do they address that? I've read of some youth committing suicide because they're too afraid to 'come out the closet' or some just supress all feeling and lead a heterosexual life then 'come out' many years later. It's not that easy to just say fire burn when its a real person and real issues you're seeing.
Jah Is.
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