http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/thinking-critically.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 23:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/thinking-critically.html#comment-1085019 GrrrlRomeo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1085019 In practice, gay quite often means queer (just because we can't say queer outside the community). Plenty of women and people who are technically bisexual identify as gay. Gay doesn't necessarily mean homosexual male. In the west, we didn't start sub-categorizing gender and sexual orientation to death until the 70s due to identity politics. In practice, gay quite often means queer (just because we can’t say queer outside the community). Plenty of women and people who are technically bisexual identify as gay. Gay doesn’t necessarily mean homosexual male. In the west, we didn’t start sub-categorizing gender and sexual orientation to death until the 70s due to identity politics.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/thinking-critically.html#comment-1085022 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1085022 Likewise, some same-sex practitioners are really, really not gay in any possible sense of the word. Likewise, some same-sex practitioners are really, really not gay in any possible sense of the word.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/thinking-critically.html#comment-1084052 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1084052 drop the "gay" ...just "gavemen." it's cleaner. drop the “gay” …just “gavemen.” it’s cleaner.

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