"Ready To Move On": my latest msg. to Liberation Radio (May 13)
Chief Thracian
Thanks for considering me to do a radio show. But I don't see any more
point in bandying about. Either you're going to meet me, and
interview, or you're not. And if you really want me on the show, you'd
have already arranged a first meeting by now.
So I'll make this easy for you: If I don't get to meet someone from
SFLR within one week from today (May 20), I'll just drop the whole
matter, and find a different venue to have a voice.
I've very good at what I do (activism, speaking, story telling,
humor), and am most eager to get my voice out to the public, in order
to really make a change for the better, for all sexual minorities. In
fact, I EXCEL in my calling!
Assuming SFLR does not host me (or someone like me; that is, very
aggressive queer activist), I'll logically conclude you're just one
more "progressive" counterculture group that has sold out, when it
comes to equal time for queers. A music show? Well, that's great, but
in times of anti-queer peril, queer music shows are no more than a
crumb tossed in our direction. I'd rather STARVE. (And when has
anti-queer danger NOT been endemic to Amerikan Kulture? IOW, when have
we NOT required solid support and respect by other minority liberals
and radicals...and how many of them have really been true allies? And
has this really changed in any signifant measure by now? I'm afraid
not, as SFLR seems to be the latest "weakest link".)
It's most pathetic that one piece of hate mail would make people there
so anxiety-ridden. How do you know it wasn't someone testing your
mettle for me (as in "I Spy"...maybe it was "moi", checking you out)?
Initially, John Hell gave me a rave response about how much he looks
forward to meeting me. Well, has that even been arranged, after
several weeks' bandying? No!
But you should know, if you don't already, that our correspondence is
posted to queer and activist newsgroups and mailing lists, as it
proceeds (and is also updated on my website). Of course, I've
eliminated all personal names and e-mails, and just kept SFLR and its
generic addies. So our queer community can *witness* the outcome,
whereby judgment can be passed by those better trained to handle such
matters.
I'm not called Jehovah's Queer Witness for nothing!
Thanks for considering me to do a radio show. But I don't see any more
point in bandying about. Either you're going to meet me, and
interview, or you're not. And if you really want me on the show, you'd
have already arranged a first meeting by now.
So I'll make this easy for you: If I don't get to meet someone from
SFLR within one week from today (May 20), I'll just drop the whole
matter, and find a different venue to have a voice.
I've very good at what I do (activism, speaking, story telling,
humor), and am most eager to get my voice out to the public, in order
to really make a change for the better, for all sexual minorities. In
fact, I EXCEL in my calling!
Assuming SFLR does not host me (or someone like me; that is, very
aggressive queer activist), I'll logically conclude you're just one
more "progressive" counterculture group that has sold out, when it
comes to equal time for queers. A music show? Well, that's great, but
in times of anti-queer peril, queer music shows are no more than a
crumb tossed in our direction. I'd rather STARVE. (And when has
anti-queer danger NOT been endemic to Amerikan Kulture? IOW, when have
we NOT required solid support and respect by other minority liberals
and radicals...and how many of them have really been true allies? And
has this really changed in any signifant measure by now? I'm afraid
not, as SFLR seems to be the latest "weakest link".)
It's most pathetic that one piece of hate mail would make people there
so anxiety-ridden. How do you know it wasn't someone testing your
mettle for me (as in "I Spy"...maybe it was "moi", checking you out)?
Initially, an SFLR coordinator gave me a rave response about how much
he looks forward to meeting me. Well, has that even been arranged,
after several weeks' bandying? No!
But you should know, if you don't already, that our correspondence is
posted to queer and activist newsgroups and mailing lists, as it
proceeds (and is also updated on my website). Of course, I've
eliminated all personal names and e-mails, and just kept SFLR and its
generic addies. So our queer community can *witness* the outcome,
whereby judgment can be passed by those better trained to handle such
matters.
I'm not called Jehovah's Queer Witness for nothing!
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Lavender-Velvet Revolution
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