Conceit, Paranoia, Greed or a Combination?

During my morning drive, I heard a story on NPR which I find absolutely hilarious…yet odd enough, sad. Looks as though our favorite straight lesbian party girl Lindsay Lohan is suing eTrade for $100 million, and not for a transaction gone wrong either, but because of the following commercial.

Yup, that’s right. I would appear that Lohan seems to think they’re referring to her and perhaps poking fun of the fact she’s had her issues with alcohol.

Much like the report said however, I too never associated Lohan with the commercial, but probably will now.

Conceit, paranoia, greed or a combination of all three?

Acromyn or Synonym: Choose Your Poison

There’s a very interesting post on Gay Rights – Change.org that discusses the various ways of referring to people who aren’t straight, whether they be bisexual, gay, lesbian or transgender, or whether you’re speaking about all four as one common community.

According to the post, and the comments that follow, some prefer LGBT whereas some prefer GLBT.  Some prefer to refer to everyone who is “homosexual” as a gay man or gay woman, and some are under the impression the word “homosexual” itself is too clinical.

As the article points out:

We’ve (the homosexual community) stuck with our little four-letter call sign, GLBT, as an inclusive midpoint to those who found “homosexual” too clinical and “gay” too broad. And leave it to us crazy feminists to turn the whole thing ‘round by insisting that we rename GLBT to LGBT as a signal that women are not always second to those gay boys.

However, the post also presents that perhaps there needs to be an “I” and “Q” added to include those who are intersex and questioning.  The post also points out how some feel “L” should come before the “G”, as the arrangement of letters in the acronym presents a certain hierarchy of who is more and less important, whereas the first letter represents the “most important” sub group.

The article comes to a very interesting conclusion, which states the LGBT community, should give up being LGBT, GLBT, gay, lesbian, bi or transgender and simply refer to ourselves as queer, a show of a more unified community.

According to the post:

I can only think of one word that befits our glorious people: Queer. As many gays have already done, I say that we reclaim and appropriate this word as an open-door to any who have ever felt — as the word’s literal definition states — odd, or out of sorts in a heterosexual, “normal” world.

I believe I understand the author’s intent. I believe they are rationalizing the thought that rather than creating a separation amongst a “community”, if we’re all referred to as “queer” then there is no hierarchy, and no one feels left out.

I sincerely don’t want to take away from the author’s point, but I digress. I am a man. Yes, I am a gay man. No, I am not ashamed of my sexuality, nor do I hide it (obviously). However, my sexual orientation does not define who I am as a man, no more than my ethnicities (I am a combination of three) . As much as I celebrate diversity, and perhaps my own, ethnicity and sexuality are only a part of me…simply facets of what make up my whole. I don’t think of or introduce others as my “straight” friends.  I don’t refer to others as my “Black” friend, and I don’t refer to some as my “straight, Asian” friends.  Therefore, I don’t want to be categorized or labeled by my sexuality. When we categorize, we set ourselves vulnerable to stereotypes and discrimination.

I simply want to be called human.  Perhaps it’s Utopian in thought, but I want to be treated equally and with the same respect that all other the humans deserve and who I have been fortunate enough to share this earth with for a very brief moment in time. One world, one people, one race…the human race.  What are your thoughts?

Rihanna’s Girl Crush on Megan Fox

Rihanna’s ready to break into Hollywood and her dream role is bound to inspire plenty of fantasies.

The “Russian Roulette” singer told the Daily Star that she’d like to play a lesbian assassin.

“I’d love to be an assassin,” RiRi said. “Either that or a lesbian. Maybe both! Hey, a gay assassin, there’s nothing hotter than that.”

And her dream partner? Megan Fox.

“She’s yummy. She’s hot,” Rihanna, 21, said of the 23-year-old “Transformers” hottie.

Read more: www.nydailynews.com

Lesbian “Goes Rogue” Charged in Kidnapping

According to a post on China Daily:

A lesbian who abducted her ex-lover’s boyfriend after the woman left her for the man was detained in Beihai of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on Tuesday.

After Li, 27, kidnapped A Peng, 24, she asked her ex-lover Xiao Li to pay her ransom money valued at 800,000 yuan ($117,165).

Li was detained after police launched an investigation into the case.

Xiao was Li’s lesbian girlfriend but she left Li and began to date A Peng early this year.

Russian Lesbian Activists Get Married in Canada

Two Moscow lesbian activists who were turned down for a marriage license in Russia got married in Toronto Oct. 23. Irina Fedotova-Fet and Irina Shipitko honeymooned in Niagara Falls, then returned home with their lawyer, gay activist Nikolai Alekseev, to demand that Russia recognize the Canadian marriage.

According to Alekseev, Russian law requires recognition of all foreign marriages except in cases of bigamy or incest. Homosexual unions are not among those prohibited, he said. “It’s sort of a loophole in the law,” Alekseev said.

Should Russia refuse to recognize the marriage, Alekseev and the couple will file a case with the European Court of Human Rights, he said.

“Even though it is not my marriage, this is a day I will hardly forget,” Alekseev said in Toronto. “Many in Russia, including in the LGBT community, think that same-sex marriage is impossible but the fight for marriage equality in Russia today is an investment in a democratic and free future of the country. We know that we will get it one day and this is the reason why we have to start now. I salute the courage of Irina and Irina who are showing today that there are no barriers to love. They give a great message of hope”.

More at: San Francisco Bay Times!

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