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Way to miss the point! Jacqui Smith claims Iran is safe for "discreet" gays.
When I turned eighteen and got to cast my first real vote, I promised myself I would never, ever vote Tory. Bullshit like this is going to make me change my mind. Anything, anything to get these bastards out of power. I know the new bastards won't be an improvement. But this...
Let's be clear: Jacqui Smith is essentially saying that lesbian and gay people have no right to live as people. We have no right to have a relationship. We have no right to love, or to have gay friends, or to associate in any way with other gay people. We have no right to be "out".
We must live as if we were straight. We must marry, which means we must submit to sex against our desires. We must pretend, every day of our lives, so we won't be killed.
This, in her mind is the definition of "safe".
Well, fuck you.
When I turned eighteen and got to cast my first real vote, I promised myself I would never, ever vote Tory. Bullshit like this is going to make me change my mind. Anything, anything to get these bastards out of power. I know the new bastards won't be an improvement. But this...
Let's be clear: Jacqui Smith is essentially saying that lesbian and gay people have no right to live as people. We have no right to have a relationship. We have no right to love, or to have gay friends, or to associate in any way with other gay people. We have no right to be "out".
We must live as if we were straight. We must marry, which means we must submit to sex against our desires. We must pretend, every day of our lives, so we won't be killed.
This, in her mind is the definition of "safe".
Well, fuck you.
