“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
…….
