Hetero Shame Week (a modest proposal)
Ezekiel J. Krahlin
It is obvious to me that homophobia in America is
overwhelming us. That if it were just a problem with
the religious right, it would never have gone this
far. In fact, I conclude that we have far less hetero
friends in political office (or in our homes,
neighborhoods, workplaces and clubs), than most of us
care to admit.
San Francisco is a melange of minorities...and we all
have our differences and arguments. Yet all minorities
but one, can (for the most part) safely visit and
enjoy neighborhoods of any other minority. It is only
us gays who are so terrorized by the other minorities.
And the city does little about it.
Gay San Franciscans: now's a good time to test
whether or not your hetero associates are really
gay-friendly. Don't be assuaged by their claims, "What
a shame!" Let's see 'em put their money where their
mouth is. If I were hetero, and cared about my gay
friends, I'd be walking with my head lowered in shame
now...and would put away my public displays of het
affection, for the sake of their freedom and respect
that America still denies us gays. Like Christianity,
heterosexuality has blackened its own reputation so
badly, that I think any gay-caring hetero should avoid
that term like a plague, and come up with some new
word to replace "heterosexual".
I think we should have our own interviewers, walking
up to straight couples in gay neighborhoods, and ask
them why they feel it's okay to display their
affections in public gay areas, when gays can't do the
same in their straight neighborhoods and hangouts. We
should ask them why they smooch in our bars and clubs,
yet don't let us do the same in theirs. I'd ask them:
would they invite their gay friends to hetero clubs,
and encourage them to feel free to smooch...that
they'll protect them if any homophobic outbreak
occurs?
I believe that free speech in this country is being
abused, and used as a weapon of hatred against gays.
Most other western democracies have outlawed
homophobic attacks--both verbal and physical. Yet they
defend free speech, don't they?
I think that American free speech is a distortion of
what it's supposed to be...in that it wrongly defends
even the most violent of hate speech. All liberties
must have their restrictions, else they soon lose
relevance. The restriction on free speech should
include the three following rules:
1) No promoting the injury, death, or torture of
another person. (As in: "These faggots should be
stoned to death.")
2) No invocation of one's religious beliefs to
promote the injury, death, or torture of another
person. (As in: "God says these faggots should be
stoned to death.")
3) No promoting prejudice against a people or person,
that is known to provoke violence or other persecution
against them or her/him. (As in: "These people are
faggots.")
Meanwhile (until we earn our freedom as equal-class
citizens) I think we should declare a "Hetero Shame
Week", immediately following "Gay Pride Week"; here in
San Francisco and in all other U.S. cities with a
significant lesbian/gay presence. That is...if we
don't all get rounded up first, and tortured in
laboratory experiments, or made into wallets and
lamps.
HETERO SHAME WEEK: whereby all public display of
hetero affection be outlawed for that week. Anyone
breaking that law would go to jail for 10 days, and be
fined $500 (which shall be donated to one or another
les/gay rights organizations). Any hetero who can't
afford the steep fine, or time away from work...ought
to heed well the advice to keep his or her public
affections under strict control, for the duration. See
how YOU (heteros) like it!
Q: How many heteros does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: Don't know yet; they're still trying to breed enough
brains to meet the challenge.
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Leere Grab
>(Recently published in S.F. Bay Times Nov. 11, letter to the editor):
>
>It is obvious to me that homophobia in America is
>overwhelming us. That if it were just a problem with
>the religious right, it would never have gone this
>far. In fact, I conclude that we have far less hetero
>friends in political office (or in our homes,
>neighborhoods, workplaces and clubs), than most of us
>care to admit.
You're right. The situation is hopeless. We should all kill ourselves.
You first.
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Two worlds and in between
Hot metal and methedrine
I hear Empire Down"
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James Doemer
You got published! Great! Did anyone offer a rebuttal?
Ezekiel J. Krahlin <ezekiel...@my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:382c9752...@news.ifreedom.com...
> (Recently published in S.F. Bay Times Nov. 11, letter to the editor):
>
> It is obvious to me that homophobia in America is
> overwhelming us. That if it were just a problem with
> the religious right, it would never have gone this
> far. In fact, I conclude that we have far less hetero
> friends in political office (or in our homes,
> neighborhoods, workplaces and clubs), than most of us
> care to admit.
>
J. Northwood
<big...@provide.net> wrote:
>You got published! Great! Did anyone offer a rebuttal?
IIRC, it's published once every two weeks.
There won't be any responses for two weeks, and I don't think they
have a web site up yet.
We used to have a subscription to it for an employee group I was in,
but money got a _wee_ bit tight, so we've just got the Portland papers
here (and we occasionally pick up a one-off).
eric lee williams
J. Northwood <jona...@northwood.uce_is_icky.org> wrote in message
news:OsctOP4KFE+aFP...@4ax.com...
Good idea! I hereby proclaim "Hetero shame week" starting Dec 01, Matts
birthday !
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ezek...@my-deja.com
chri...@earthlink.net (Leere Grab) wrote:
> In article <382c9752...@news.ifreedom.com>,
ezekiel...@my-deja.com (Ezekiel J. Krahlin) wrote:
> >overwhelming us.
>
> all kill ourselves.
Oh, no, I never said things were hopeless. Were that the case, I'd never
propose aggressive maneuvers to supercede our hetero masters, and win
for once and all, this horrible war that society has constantly waged
upon us for many centuries. But if the majority of gays continue to
appease our homophobic masters, and seek to assimilate with these
NeoNazis...then the situation will indeed turn hopeless.
Certain individuals are hopeless (such as yourself), but ideals never
are.
Furthermore, groups of people *have been pushed out of a nation--or even
decimated--because their situation grew hopeless, through no fault of
theirs. Gay people, however, have an opportunity in this day and age, to
rise up in outrage, and aggressively push back the Beast of Homophobia.
Some gays are doing this already...the problem is NOT ENOUGH are. I am
hoping, thourhg my words--on the Internet and off--to inspire more gays
to rebel. We don't deserve one single more *drop of this homophobic
bullshit...but it will *not end if the majority of us remain silent.
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Ezekiel J. Krahlin
<big...@provide.net> wrote:
>You got published! Great! Did anyone offer a rebuttal?
Thanks, James. I am glad you are not like so many others here: too
thin skinned to take any direct criticism, no matter how helpful. More
to your credit for being such a good listener.
It's always nice to see one's articles in print, as it seems to have
more impact, albeit to fewer people. The S.F. Bay Times only comes out
twice a month, so I am still wanting on any possible replies or
rebuttals. I will definitely keep you tuned it...I'll post any and all
response in ths group (alt.politics.homosexuality).
My plan is to promote Hetero Shame Week right on into June of
2000...in hopes that it will take hold, and we'll have our first
unofficial HSW here in "gay mecca".
By the way, I forgot about that letter, and just stumbled onto it
while perusing that paper. It was a fun surpise.
Q: How many heteros does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: Don't know yet; they're still trying to breed enough
brains to meet the challenge.
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James Doemer
> On Fri, 12 Nov 1999 20:37:14 -0500, "James Doemer"
> <big...@provide.net> wrote:
>
> >You got published! Great! Did anyone offer a rebuttal?
>
> Thanks, James. I am glad you are not like so many others here: too
> thin skinned to take any direct criticism, no matter how helpful. More
> to your credit for being such a good listener.
>
> It's always nice to see one's articles in print, as it seems to have
> more impact, albeit to fewer people. The S.F. Bay Times only comes out
> twice a month, so I am still wanting on any possible replies or
> rebuttals. I will definitely keep you tuned it...I'll post any and all
> response in ths group (alt.politics.homosexuality).
Look forward to seeing them.. I suspect that a few of them will be rather
heated. :c)
>
> My plan is to promote Hetero Shame Week right on into June of
> 2000...in hopes that it will take hold, and we'll have our first
> unofficial HSW here in "gay mecca".
Well, good luck. Sounds like you're pretty well organized.
Ezekiel J. Krahlin
<big...@provide.net> wrote:
>Look forward to seeing them.. I suspect that a few of them will be rather
>heated. :c)
No doubt. That's half the fun, though.
>Well, good luck. Sounds like you're pretty well organized.
There's a method to my madness. (And it ain't the rhythm method.)
gaychauvinist
for the hetero's. I am very much supportive of your ideas and views. I
to have washed my hands of the "heteropressive" culture we are barely
surviving in. As a "gay centric",I feel it is time for us to give the
hetero culture excactly what the deserve which is complete disdain and
loathing! In my life I prefer to be, and live as, a "gay seperatist"
having as little contact as possible with the hetero's or they're
society of barbarians. They are for the most part beneath contempt and
a constant stumbling block in our pursuit of a fair and just world.
Gaychauvinist....Check out...
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Ezekiel J. Krahlin
<gaychauvin...@webtv.net.invalid> wrote:
>Just came across this discussion group and the proposals you suggest
>for the hetero's. I am very much supportive of your ideas and views. I
>to have washed my hands of the "heteropressive" culture we are barely
>surviving in.
Good for you! Wish I could shake your hand, give you a hug, treat you
to coffee, whatever. But you are on the other side of the continent
from me. I *know I'm not original with most of my ideas...as they are
merely a logical extension of gay rights as they sprung out of the
free speech movement. I am also aware that there *are other, sensibly
radical gays out there...and so I speak out, to encourage others to do
so, and hopefully to finally create a united, aggressive force whereby
we may finally beat down the beast of homophobia.
>As a "gay centric",I feel it is time for us to give the
>hetero culture excactly what the deserve which is complete disdain and
>loathing!
Now that all possible educating to be done, has been done...this
continued arrogance of hetero supremacy is unforgiveably disgusting.
The only education of hets that I think will work any more, is to bash
back. ZERO TOLERANCE OF HOMOPHOBIA. For one, forget that whistle, get
pepper spray or some other real and legal weapon of self defense.
(Then maybe your whistle will have some clout.)
>In my life I prefer to be, and live as, a "gay seperatist"
>having as little contact as possible with the hetero's or they're
>society of barbarians.
And I bet you run into more than your share of heterocentric queers
who think you are simply horrible for being so gay affirmative. My
experience has been to be attacked by this pro-hetero gay frontline,
before any homophobic het ever does! In fact, these hetero suck-ups
claim I deservd to be bashed...and they even sometimes try to sabotage
my Internet access, and (locally) try to ruin my life by attempts to
make me homeless, or get homophobes to target me.
>They are for the most part beneath contempt and
>a constant stumbling block in our pursuit of a fair and just world.
Then let's keep in touch, and see if together we can be a greater
force to assist more gays from the closet of heterocentrism, than we
could alone.
>Gaychauvinist....Check out...
>http://community-1.webtv.net/grenvillguy/GAYRIGHTSUPAGAINST/
That's an excellent site with an important message. Thanks for turning
me onto it. I will include this site on my own "Hellenic-Relevant"
links page. New York City, by the way, is my home town. I am saddened
to see how badly gays are regarded by New Yorkers after all these
years...and yes, the police harassment of gays attempting to gather in
honor of Stonewall, is a slap in our collective face...and warning
that we'd better become more aggressive in our politics before it's
too late.
There is another gay activist from Boston, Tom Keske, whose writings
on Usenet you may already be familiar with. If not, I do recommend you
read some of his essays...which you can also find on a web page I
created, to archive his works:
http://members.xoom.com/trkeske/
I have also just found a new, more radical gay paper called "Magnus",
here in San Francisco. It includes titles like:
The Modern Anti-Gay Pogrom
AIDS Science at War with Gay Men
CDC Intelligence Arrives in San Francisco
Their web site is:
Sadly, however, their printed version includes pedophilic art...which
in my mind is totally destructive of gay rights, and has nothing to do
with our civil rights. I will contact them on this, in hopes of
changing this around. Erotic art, fine, pornography, not fine...IMO.
Nova Police
<gaychauvin...@webtv.net.invalid> wrote:
>Just came across this discussion group and the proposals you suggest
>for the hetero's. I am very much supportive of your ideas and views. I
>to have washed my hands of the "heteropressive" culture we are barely
>surviving in. As a "gay centric",I feel it is time for us to give the
>hetero culture excactly what the deserve which is complete disdain and
>loathing! In my life I prefer to be, and live as, a "gay seperatist"
>having as little contact as possible with the hetero's or they're
>society of barbarians.
You spell like an idiot, you write like an idiot, and you express
idiotic ideas. Why don't you go work for Fred Phelps, since you two
seem to be allies?
Bye!
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ezek...@my-deja.com
<gaychauvin...@webtv.net.invalid> wrote:
>Just came across this discussion group and the proposals you suggest
>for the hetero's. I am very much supportive of your ideas and views. I
>to have washed my hands of the "heteropressive" culture we are barely
>surviving in.
Good for you! Wish I could shake your hand, give you a hug, treat you to
coffee, whatever. But you are on the other side of the continent from
me. I *know I'm not original with most of my ideas...as they are merely
a logical extension of gay rights as they sprung out of the free speech
movement. I am also aware that there *are other, sensibly radical gays
out there...and so I speak out, to encourage others to do so, and
hopefully to finally create a united, aggressive force whereby we may
finally beat down the beast of homophobia.
>As a "gay centric",I feel it is time for us to give the
>hetero culture excactly what the deserve which is complete disdain and
>loathing!
Now that all possible educating to be done, has been done...this
continued arrogance of hetero supremacy is unforgiveably disgusting. The
only education of hets that I think will work any more, is to bash back.
ZERO TOLERANCE OF HOMOPHOBIA. For one, forget that whistle, get pepper
spray or some other real and legal weapon of self defense. (Then maybe
your whistle will have some clout.)
>In my life I prefer to be, and live as, a "gay seperatist"
>having as little contact as possible with the hetero's or they're
>society of barbarians.
And I bet you run into more than your share of heterocentric queers who
>Gaychauvinist....Check out...
>http://community-1.webtv.net/grenvillguy/GAYRIGHTSUPAGAINST/
http://members.xoom.com/trkeske/
The Modern Anti-Gay Pogrom
Their web site is:
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