Comments on: Queer Rising continues its self-absorbed media-hungry approach to activism

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:56:01 +0000

Priya Lynn.

I wholeheartedly agree.

By: Priya Lynn

Priya Lynn — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:00:26 +0000

No, Robert, its not sarcasm, I mean that sincerely. It offends me greatly when people demean any part of our community or say that some part of our community doesn’t belong.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:36:48 +0000

Priya Lynn,

I’m hoping that’s not sarcasm, it’s hard to tell on a blog, but I love my drag friends, my favorite bar my entire life was Marlena’s Bar in Hayes Valley San Franciso, where the owner, some bartenders, and a majority of clientele were drag performers. They did more for the community than most people combined. I hold them in high esteem, and don’t tolerate their denigration, by those who would forget their importance, not only to our daily fights, but to our history as a whole.

By: Priya Lynn

Priya Lynn — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:38:36 +0000

Robert said “And for shame on those pesky drag queens. You now, the ones who stood up and fought at Stonewall. You denigrate them now, but in a real fight they are the best of the best.”.

Robert, thanks for being inclusive and non-judgemental.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:31:09 +0000

And for shame on those pesky drag queens. You now, the ones who stood up and fought at Stonewall. You denigrate them now, but in a real fight they are the best of the best.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:29:05 +0000

Also, linking to your own stories is not the same as backing up your assertions. One would think a “journalist” would know that. That’s how the FRC deals with issues. They write a story and then link to it as support for their argument. 2 of the 3 links you note in your article are your own distorted views. And I noticed in the first link (Jim Burroways story about the anti HRC flag) that every comment was supportie of the action and that the originator of the rainbow flag was the creator of the unequal flag. I’m pretty sure most people have grown weary of HRC, except the very rich who get to go to those cokctail parties at the White House.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:22:29 +0000

Mr Kincaid,

I supported your views in the “language” debate you posted, to the point I almost got deleted, but now I wonder about your integrity. You bemoan your language in regards to anti-gay activists, but have no qualms about denigrating those on the gay activist side that you disagree with on a personal basis. Rude and downright disgraceful. I suppose I should have read your writings prior to so adamantly defending your viewpoint, as it is clear you only wrote that piece to appease your inner guilt, and not to move forward with more compassionate and adult language. How sad that you denigrate those on your side with anti-gay language and disparaging remarks about members of the community who do their best to be active, even if it doesn’t agree with your sensibilites.

So, it’s ok to denigrate your own and one must be more conscience of the way one addresse thier adversaries.

Who’s side are you on?

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:06:03 +0000

Tom,

I’m 47. I’ve been active in the fight for a long time.

By: Priya Lynn

Priya Lynn — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:48:13 +0000

Pintuk said “I despise Queer Rising, Act Up, and any other group which exists primarily to promote the notion that gay people are weird, abnormal, and therefore deserving of a ghettoized, degraded life.”.

To say they exist primarily for that reason is simply delusional. Making up lies about people you hate is what the anti-gays do, it demeans the entire LGBT community when some of our members do the same thing.

I’m actually going to agree with Shofixti on this one, must be a sign of the end times.

By: Jarred

Jarred — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:12:59 +0000

Tom Lowery: I’ve also heard some activists who were alive at the time comment that many people originally thought that Martin Luther King Jr. was way too “extreme” and “radical” until Malcolm X came on the scene. They like to remind people that such concepts really are relative and that pushing the envelope has its merits.