Comments on: Remedial Lessons in Respectful Language

By: Adventures in local news reporting « I am the Lizard Queen!

Adventures in local news reporting « I am the Lizard Queen! — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:41:41 +0000

[...] Capital-Journal: I’m not a big fan. I think it’s biased and poorly written/edited. (Check out an example that made it to the blogosphere a couple of months ago here.) As much as I’d like to support local print news, then, I tend just to ignore the CJ. [...]

By: Dee

Dee — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:56:58 +0000

Of course, it is natural progression that when one discusses gender identity and sexual orientation, you move onto discussing bestiality. I’m surprised that it didn’t continue onto incest and pedophilia.

Bigoted fools. They know not what they are talking about, and yet preach it like gospel. It’s pathetically sad and hints at under-education, and the deliberate misinterpretation of facts.

By: Lemur

Lemur — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:26:34 +0000

Wow. Please tell me the newspaper article made some mention of the fact that gay=/= screwing sheep?
I mean really, if people are allowed to keep saying that like it’s the truth and nobody says out loud that it’s bullshit, it’s just going to make things harder, even though it’s ridiculous.

By: Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » links for 2009-02-18

Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » links for 2009-02-18 — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:31:20 +0000

[...] Remedial Lessons in Respectful Language : The Curvature "This is really very simple. Sexual orientation and gender identity are two different things. Sexual orientation refers to who you are sexually attracted to. Gender identity refers to how you identify and/or present on the spectrum of man-woman (if at all). We all have a sexual orientation, and we all have a gender identity. But we don’t all need protection against discrimination on the basis of either; those who need protections on the basis of one don’t necessarily need protections on the basis of both; and for those who do need protections on the basis of both, one is just not good enough." (tags: genderidentity lgbt transgender gender sexualorientation law language annoying privilege ignorance) [...]

By: Mireille

Mireille — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:54:19 +0000

And homosexuality is changeable behavior but religion, my god, nobody ever changes their religious beliefs. And then expect everyone to respect their new beliefs as though they believed it their whole life and that since they believe it now everyone else should. Yes, religious belief is totally not changeable like sexual attraction is. Gah, this pisses me off.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:58:07 +0000

Also, the idea that anti-discrimination laws are a zero-sum game is patently ludicrous. An employer who is prepared to make homophobic or transphobic decisions is pretty likely to be making other discriminatory (or unfair) decisions as well. I am a discrimination lawyer in the UK, where we have legislation prohibiting discrimination on all of those grounds. It’s not ‘unworkable’; it’s a way of ensuring that employers are forced to make fair, non-discriminatory decisions. The protection of one group does not have to come at the expense of another.

By: SunlessNick

SunlessNick — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:39:49 +0000

I am conpletely disgusted with the connection between gays and lesbians and bestiality.

That raised my red flags as well.

By: Renee

Renee — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:20:47 +0000

I agree with all of the points that you made in your post but I wanted to say that I am conpletely disgusted with the connection between gays and lesbians and bestiality. How the hell do they make a leap like that. It seems that in 2009 we are still determined to equate homosexuality as somehow inherently perverted. It seems to me that they are will aware that no such link exists and that they only make this leap to be inflammatory.