Howey, what does one's sexual orientation have to do with their contributions to history? Read my previous posts. If you contributed to history, we teach about it. What does it matter that you are gay? Gay people have contributed to history since the beginning of time, valuable contributions. Does their sexuality make their contributions any more or less historic? I don't care that Tennesee Williams was gay, I do however value his literary works. Why does everyone have to have their sexuality as an identifier next to their
name?
You know me Howey. I may be conservative but I support gay rights, gay marriage, gay adoption etc. But to teach "gay history" is idiotic, divisive and counter productive.
only to people who have a fear/hate of homosexuals.. to those who don't, it's no different than teaching who Harriet Tubman was to the black community.. shouldn't young black women have a 'hero' to look up? or should we just find teaching 'black history' as idiotic,divisive and counter productive as well?
unfortunately, gays have been (and still are) are treated abhorrently by certain people in this country. Imagine being a young gay person and thinking the whole world hates you.. you know this because you can read the signs the homophobes put up, you can read the comments sections on 'gay-related' articles.. you know that in the 80's AIDS was largely ignored by the President of the United States because it was just a 'gay-disease'.. there is nothing but 'shame' associated with 'gay' in many many parts of this country.. so why can't we give a section of our culture it's rightful respect? why can't the gays have someone to look at as a 'hero' the same way we whites have Neil Armstrong, or the blacks have MLK?
It doesn't divide us to know more about them, it divide us when we know
less and hide the great ones away in the closest just because a few people can't get over their own sexual problems so they have to 'hate' on everyone elses..
think about it.. the more gays history is learned the more some people will go "well they can't all be bad because so and so was gay and that person was truly amazing!"
nah, hiding it is for small-minded people who are scared of knowledge.. and we should never fear knowledge
