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Straight man Timothy Kurek was a homophobe from a strong religious upbringing who loathed gay people. Then one of his friends came out as a lesbian and was ostracised. So he decided to learn some empathy for GBLT people…
By fake “coming out” as gay to his family and spending time in the local gay district
around the bars, the clubs, the book stores so he could be around “these people”
learn whether there was any justification behind his homophobia. This immersed
him in the “gay experience.”
What?
WHAT?
WHAT?!
When, thankfully, the anchor challenges his ridiculous claim (I believe the anchor is both gay and not impressed) he backtracks and claims he doesn’t know what it’s like to be gay – but how the “label” of gay impacted him. Seriously. Do I even have to say how clueless this is? How a straight person deciding to use the label gay is appropriative and disgusting – and how there is no way he gets even a SHRED of our experience just because he hangs around in our spaces.
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By fake “coming out” as gay to his family and spending time in the local gay district
around the bars, the clubs, the book stores so he could be around “these people”
learn whether there was any justification behind his homophobia. This immersed
him in the “gay experience.”
What?
WHAT?
WHAT?!
When, thankfully, the anchor challenges his ridiculous claim (I believe the anchor is both gay and not impressed) he backtracks and claims he doesn’t know what it’s like to be gay – but how the “label” of gay impacted him. Seriously. Do I even have to say how clueless this is? How a straight person deciding to use the label gay is appropriative and disgusting – and how there is no way he gets even a SHRED of our experience just because he hangs around in our spaces.
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