Jun 17, 2013

Prejudices - what I wish PM Gillard had replied



“Oh that’s absurd …… are you wanting to have an open discussion about gay rights or are you raising this to attempt to belittle me, to say that I am not in a real relationship? That the relationship is somehow flawed, as judged by the criteria of your own prejudices?
What does your attack say about the prejudices that all male hairdressers endure? The prejudices you are revealing about bisexual people is especially offensive and sad.
So what exactly are you attempting with this line of questioning?”

How I wish someone would speak up against the consistent insults, prejudices and jokes about bisexual folks. In the discussions of our PM’s situation of being ridiculed by journalists and some politicians, it’s been fine for some, to make even more jokes about gay hairdressers. I am so over it.

And I am annoyed at Australian activists. If only all those liberal middle class marriage equality advocates would focus on the real issues of homophobia instead of all that (for me anyway) unimportant nonsense about marriage equality.

How about they put their efforts towards defending male hairdressers right to be hetro, gay, queer, bi or however else they roll, just like every other human being should have. Annoyed after another slick joke is made on ABC about the PM’s partner’s looks and if they are ‘macho’ or not.

##  http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4753660.html      a great opinion piece by The Drum
 
### Separate but I was reminded of the often arrogance and sanctimonious attitude of expatriates towards national colleagues, donor recipients and ‘them’, when I worked in Cambodia and Timor also made me sad and disappointed in regards to gay rights. Now ‘we’ Australians are going to export a homophobic attitude to all male hairdressers? My observations were that it was completely normal and usual to have male hairdressers in the Asian countries I visited. What I dread is that Australia’s narrow minded prejudices get exported …….