Sexual Orientation?

**Rahwana** · 10-13-2010, 13:15

Well, is there any LGBT who were active members here? No joke please, since I want to gain several useful first hand informations for writing an essay about why LGBT rights is an integral parts of human rights (for a student's seminar next month, not exactly an academic event, but was under Student Movements for human rights discussion). Currently, we have no laws regarding marriage equality and LGBT rights, Homosexual persons may do their actifities, but social stigma of them is extremely high, even without legal punishments. And actually, there was a movement to criminalize LGBT persons here.

I'd like to have some good source to read and think about:
1) LGBT movements in principles, and the evidence of what so called "gay gene" (don't worry if it point out to genetical biology discussion, that would be much better since I comes from science background)
2) "Gay Marriage", and the corresponding values to normal "Family Value Marriage"
3) Why "normal, heterosexual" people should refrain from insulting LGBT people? because recently, the word "gay, fag, etc" often used in very degratory ways as a generic sarcasm.

**Fragony** · 10-13-2010, 14:00

Used to be against it but changed my mind, saw a provocation where there wasn't any. I think most of the resistance comes down to the feeling of meddling, 'you can' or 'you should'.

**naut** · 10-13-2010, 14:50

Maybe if we flood the poll with phony votes we could make a LGBT flag?

**Philippus Flavius Homovallumus** · 10-13-2010, 15:10

Um, private poll for sensetive issue?

In any case, being "anti-gay marriage" doesn't make one anti-gay... there aren't enough poll options.

**Strike For The South** · 10-13-2010, 16:19

Wheres the "I'll throw in in anything with a hole" option?

Discriminatory IMO

**al Roumi** · 10-13-2010, 17:02

even a douche bag?

**Louis VI the Fat** · 10-13-2010, 17:25

I'm very open minded, and my sexual orientation is very broad. I'll do anything, whether straight girls or lesbians.

**Beskar** · 10-15-2010, 02:30

Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla

Um, private poll for sensitive issues?

Why so? If you hold a particular opinion, you should be able to express it boldly, also, you should be able to fully justify and account for that said opinion.

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 10-15-2010, 02:37

Originally Posted by Beskar

Why so? If you hold a particular opinion, you should be able to express it boldly, also, you should be able to fully justify and account for that said opinion.

The sensitive issue part being the lgdb part...