Comments on: Study illustrates need for LGBT anti-discrimination laws

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:37:19 +0000

Whatever happened to Celebrate Diversity?

A, these terms are our adjectives. They describe who we are. We should not forget who we are because others discriminate against us. We are human, but we are not the same. We go through different experiences in life because we come in different colors and genders and shades of gay.

Rachel, I am not part of these statistics either because my state has no protections for sexual orientation.

By: RJLigier

RJLigier — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:24:31 +0000

You kidding me, right? After a fifty year free ride since the revision of the ALIMPC and numerous EEOC rulings, the LGBT community still claims discrimination. I guess after having the community bitchslapped in 1998 for the sexual assault of a social conservative on the job and the resulting protections for social conservatives in the public and private sector from unlawful dismissal by LGBT personnel and management (43 years later) that the community must once engage in passive-aggressive behavior instead of addressing legitimate reasons for dismissal. Unbelieveable.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:20:23 +0000

I transitioned on the workplace and was quickly shuffled off to a clerical position. I was told using the porto-potty in the park was “no discernable hardship”, I was frequently told to “shut up”. It was amazing how stupid I became “over-night”. They tried to make my life miserable and I eventually had to seek treatment to avoid suicide. I wouldn’t quit so they eliminated my position.

Since PA has no protections for gender identity and took my severance and went away quietly to start over somewhere else. So…I’m not part of those statistics and my experience was all too common. Is this story really a surprise to ANYONE?

By: James Withers

James Withers — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:38:37 +0000

RadicalRealist,

Could you watch your language please? Thanks.

Sincerely,

James

By: A

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:10:03 +0000

we are getting all mucked up with all of these terms.. Terms to separate us all ! We are ALL The same regardless of color and we are all the same regardless of our sexual orientation.. ! period! Same same ! stop with this word and minority and does that include this or that.. its all Bullshit! HUMANS! period !

By: TheRadicalRealist

TheRadicalRealist — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:50:44 +0000

[Screw] you, “Gay Black Person”! It is the black community and other racial minorities who don’t give a damn about the rights of LGBT people and constantly antagonize LGBT people. It IS NOT the other way around. So stop your [freaking] whining about “white privilege” and get a [darn] life.

And for the record, I am half black and half asian, and I do not think the LGBT community is racist. It is you idiotic Black Panther Party members who are racist against white people. So shut the [freak] up and stop whining already.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:39:57 +0000

Uhhh…gays are a minority. A black gay person would be a member of two minority groups, and thus experience two types of discrimination. A white gay person is a member of one minority group. Gay women experience discrimination based on sex and sexual orientation.

When we say gay, we mean all gays. No one is part of only one demographic or group.

By: Chris Elquizabal

Chris Elquizabal — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:22:23 +0000

What is with the notion that the GLBT community comes only in “white” skin. Have people forgotten that there are gay people who are NOT white? I’m a Latino Gay Male, and all of my gay friends are “minorities” on two or three fronts, they non-white women of and gay or non-white men and gay. We come in every ehtnicity, race, creed, gender and economic status. Lets stop making GLBT issues one dimensional

By: Chris Elquizabal

Chris Elquizabal — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:57:37 +0000

What is with the notion that the GLBT community comes only in “white” skin. Have people forgotten that their are gay people who are NOT white? I’m a Latino Gay Male, and all of my gay friends are “minorities” on two or three fronts, women of color and lesbians or men of color and lesbians. We come in every ehtnicity, race, creed, gender and economic status. Lets stop making GLBT issues one dimensional.

By: Gay Black Person

Gay Black Person — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:29:05 +0000

i wonder what it is like for those who are both a minority and gay. Wait i forgot Minorities aren’t gay right..