Re: queer sympathy
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Wed, 03 Mar 1999 11:37:16 -0700 (MST)
sorry to offend and even though you attack me, I hope you hear my apology
as sincere, will
On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Scottie Bowman wrote:
> '...I would civily hope that you treat gay-bi-lesbian
> issues with respect...'
>
> About ten years ago, I was invited to act as consultant
> shrink to the local support group by a number of
> homosexual patients whom I'd helped, over the years,
> to reach an acceptance of their sexuality. I was very
> happy to accept that invitation & they've continued
> to refer many people to me - people who find themselves
> in the same place from which, as they believe, I helped
> liberate them.
>
> On the basis of this experience, I can assure you, Will,
> that it's precisely this kind of prissy, self-righteous scolding
> that makes them groan & that contributes as much as anything
> to the perpetuation of the ghetto. In demanding velvet gloves
> & tippytoes it locks them firmly into the stereotypes
> which joking - the campier the better - will demolish &
> laugh out of court.
>
> By insisting on their exemption from mockery you seem
> to regard them as vulnerable as the very ugly or the very
> handicapped. In their boots, I fancy I could well do
> without the condescension.
>
> Scottie B.
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