Sk8er Community rife with homphobia... I'm fucking changing that...

topic posted Sun, October 8, 2006 - 8:40 AM by  Mutie
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Sk8ers constantly use terms like "gay" and "fag" as put downs. I'm fucking sick of it. All the male-dominated spaces I've been in (martial arts, the locker room... surprisingly, not the science lab), being gay is the ultimate put down. I'm used to operating in these spaces. I'm used to changing people's concepts of being queer. The only weapon I got is sneaking up on them, becoming friends, and then coming out. It works and it works well. Some of my strongest queer supporters are my str8 buds from those places. But, it's slow. It only works person-by-person, and only with those with whom I become friends. Anyone come up with any faster/better methods of getting hets to put down their homophobia?
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Mutie
San Francisco
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  • i support your couragousness. power 1111 change.
    liam
    losangelesis4peoplehusleep
    • Unsu...
       
      Yeah I do. Hog tie then labotomize the futhermuckers.
      • Sodomize, then lobotomize, that's my philosophy ;)
        • Of course, if the sodomy works, the lobotomy might not be necessary. Either way, you get laid. But with someone like Jesse Helms, skip the sodomy and just shoot the bastard.
          • But seriously, Mutie, the way your doing it, slow and sure, is by far the most effective way. Most str8 guys act stupid around each other, especially in the places you mentioned, and especially when trying to prove they're not gay. Many of them, however, become real people when you get them alone and they can let down their guard and get to know you. They're just waiting to be cool and accepting without the pressure from other str8 men. They may have known other gay guys before or you may be the first, but if they're secure in their heterosexuality, they can relax and have no fears that they'll be tempted into homosex or that you'll try to force it on them. The ones with the most fear are the ones with homosexual tendencies themselves, whether conscious or unconscious. This has been proven in clinical studies.

            There was a study done a few years ago where researchers recruited a bunch of str8-identified, college-aged men. These virile young fellows were first given a standard personality test to see whether or not they were homophobic. Then they were hooked up to a machine that measured the movement and circumference of the penis. Mmm, a roomful of college boys all having their penile responses measured together is a great image, though in reality, they tested them individually :( Anyway, they were shown str8 porn, lesbian porn and gay male porn. The non-homophobic men were aroused by the str8 and lesbian porn, but the gay porn left their willies cold. The homophobic men, however, while having similar responses to the str8 and lesbian porn, also had a measurable erectile response to the gay male porn. Not as much as to the girl porn, but some definite swelling of their youthful members occurred. So, while these homophobic men were primarily heterosexual, they were also fighting their own homosexual tendencies. Now gay men can point to this study as empirical proof of what we've known intuitively all along.

            Hmm, I'm sensing a great script idea for a gay porn video, as well as increased movement and circumference of my own Mr. Happy down below. Talk to ya later, folks!

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