Hi everyone, it's Dave.
Okay, now for the reason for this post. Originally the group was lacking the "I" in the title so I was talking with the founder because he is a high school friend and I suggested that he should add the I to title to include everyone in the fight for equal rights. He did it and everything was good until this post came up:
"Intersex?! What a load of BS! Questioning?! Figure it out or say Bisexual. That "Q" does not exist. This is ridiculous! Transexual isn't even related to the GLB issue! God i'm so sick of people tacking that onto our movement and our group! Yes they need representation and deserve rights and respect, but they are completely unrelated!!!!!!
[In response to another post, the same person wrote]
Well all five intersex people on the planet can fall into T if they want a group title, especially considering that most of them don't want people to know. When that happens, it's a genetic mutation. There are only two sexes. You don't get a third option. You are what you are. Nature makes two genders. If a person has both, they are still one gender, just a genetic mutation. They are of course still people and deserve equal protection, respect, and dignity, but sexuality of all three types occur naturally in nature (same sex oriented, opposite sex oriented, and both sex oriented)."
Now I'm very new to GLBTIQA issues (I grew up in a very sheltered environment and my mom is a complete right wing by the bible catholic) but this really pissed me off. How ignorant can a person be to say that transexuals and homosexuals are exclusive in the fight for equal rights and then to say that intersex is a super rare genetic mutation when really it happens to approximately 1 in 2,000 people (152,029 intersexed people in the US)?
After being flustered and pissed about this and starting to write a response comment to him, I started thinking about our cabaret. Situations like this are why we are doing this cabaret. I could post a really well written response to the author and maybe it will change his mind, maybe it won't; maybe it will get him thinking or maybe he'll just blow it off. I can't tell you what effect my comment will have on him; however, I took a stand. I took a stand for something I believe in and this is why we have our cabaret. We are taking a stand for what we believe in. We're not just standing by and saying this or that is unfair or unjust; We are making a clear stance and saying that the unfair thing is wrong and it needs to change. Whether we get people to change their minds, start thinking, or get them to do nothing at all but come see our show; what we do is still a noble effort because we are putting our viewpoints out into the public sphere and attempting to create a dialogue about what is going on in the world and if it is right or wrong. In this way we are continuing Democracy.
I hope everyone is as stoked for the cabarets as I am. =)
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