The politics and events you have been, should be, and will be talking about…
I give credit for my colorful commentary to Josh Cloud, because he wrote a wonderful little diddy for Time magazine titled Why Some People Are Gay: Notes (and Clues) from the Animal Kingdom. If you ever wanted to know anything about homosexuals in nature, this article is filled with delightful facts about many species, other than humans of course. The piece was written in time for the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots of 69, and it was aimed towards trying to explain the mystery that is homosexuality. Lets explore a little bit shall we..?
- “most animals that engage in same-gender sex acts do so only when an opposite-sex partner is unavailable.”
Hmm… I’m certain that the facts are there for this statement in the animal kingdom, great, but this doesn’t happen to be my experience. Would this animal be “bisexual” then?
- “What all these theories have in common is that same-sex sexual activity is either an accident or a quirky genetic method of helping males impregnate females. ”
Quirky? Does this apply to lesbians too? I’m lost… there were theories behind homo-erotic play in the locker rooms for boys, another theory stating that straight male species will mount another male in order to get the girl, males hooking up with other males is just a case of mistaken identity, same sex acts are just practice for the real “straight” thing for later in life, and finally that sometimes males will rape another male in order to increase the chances of impregnating the next female in the train… what?
I’m pulled in different directions during this article because it’s spouting off all these different facts about the animal kingdom, while trying to toss humans into the same general theories that they have about dung beetles and fruit flies (no pun intended). This is a study into the evolutionary history of homosexuality in the male species across the board, but it’s surprising that there weren’t many detailed facts about any human homosexuals that they asked to participate in this study. I suppose that gay humans are just as complex as a toads…
I don’t want to say that I was offended by this article, but if I’m being honest, yeah… I was offended by this. The plight of the LGBT community still hasn’t come to a head in society, and then we have this report placed on CNN comparing our life cycles to bugs and other animals in order to explain why we’re different from our hetero counterparts? Then to add salt to the wound, the article mentions the Stonewall anniversary a few times without any type of recognition for the real struggle for equality that the LGBT community has gone through since 1969.
Somebody should write an article for Time and title it Why straight people shouldn’t care that we’re gay… I think that will do them some good to realize that homosexuality has been around for quite some time, who does it hurt? This argument has been made on each side repeatedly, and no one’s going to win because gays refuse to be straight and straights refuse to allows gays to be their equals (even though the gays have much better taste). Here’s a little tid-bit, you can’t catch it.
It’s Gay pride month, so celebrate and take in the historic fight that our brothers and sisters took up almost 40 years ago so that this country can slowly (ever so slowly) beging to grant us our God-given rights to equality.
God bless America.
Barbara
June 20th, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Great articles! I really enjoyed reading these. I look forward to the next.
Ronnie
June 20th, 2009 at 7:07 PM
I can agree with celebrating the progress that society has made over time in accepting homosexuality. However, I do not agree with someone attempting to exploit one specific sexual practice and explain how is has or hasn’t shaped society. Humans have evolved and taken on different sexual activities along the way. Many of which may or may not have of been recorded throughout history. Someone who would like to really get down into the depths of where sexual tendicies have come from and their morality, should take a look at the history of HUMAN sexuality and how it has evolved.
Skyler
June 22nd, 2009 at 12:03 AM
Very well written. I believe that everyone has the freedom of choice when it comes to anything, including sexuality. When you mentioned the article about homosexuality in the animal kingdom, it reminded me of an article I read on MSNBC earlier this month. There is a pair of homosexual male penguins raising a chick in a German zoo. Apparently, the parents rejected the egg, and it was placed in the nest of these two male penguins. The egg was in their care for approximately thirty days until it hatched, and they continue to care for it to this day. This particular pair of penguins is one of three homosexual pairs in this actual zoo. I think the best line in the article happens to be, though, from a spokesperson from the zoo. They said, “sex and coupling in our world don’t always have something to do with reproduction.” Maybe taking clues from the animal kingdom wouldn’t be such a bad thing. They can certainly show that you don’t have to be a male and a female together in order to be happy. To check out the article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31123391/
Jenny
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June 25th, 2009 at 5:07 PM
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becky
July 28th, 2009 at 5:07 PM
being different actually scares a lot of people and the society hasnt really accepted homosexuals fully but it indeed has gotten better throughout time… its a very well written and and can be an eye opener for many.