Future of LGBT

[Nicholas]

I do hope the author of this is right; the LGBT movement will wane and die:

http://thefederalist.com/2016/05/31/the-lgbt-movement-will-self-destruct/

 

[Riverwolf]

Why would you hope for such a thing?

 

[Nicholas]

Why would you hope for such a thing?

Have you read the article? Reasons are given therein.

 

[Riverwolf]

Have you read the article? Reasons are given therein.

Just looking at the source website, and some of the other articles, I need a bloody good reason why the article linked in the OP accurately describes the movement. Far as I can tell, this doesn't appear to be a terribly trustworthy source.

 

[StarryNightshade]

As a gay male, I do believe that the movement (and the overall "community") has it's fair share of issues, but it seems unlikely that it will die off anytime soon.

 

[Riverwolf]

As a gay male, I do believe that the movement (and the overall "community") has it's fair share of issues, but it seems unlikely that it will die off anytime soon.

All movements and communities have issues.

It is my hope that when the movement does die, it's because non-heterosexuality, non-monogamy, and gender non-binary will have become so normalized that a movement is no longer necessary.

 

[StarryNightshade]

All movements and communities have issues.

It is my hope that when the movement does die, it's because non-heterosexuality, non-monogamy, and gender non-binary will have become so normalized that a movement is no longer necessary.

But normalization is self-hatred and internalized homphobia!



I agree. Overall, I'm a part of the "normalizationist" aspect of LGBT and, to me, not being seen as the "other" in society is what Pride is (or should be) about.

 

[Father Heathen]

I do hope the author of this is right; the LGBT movement will wane and die:

http://thefederalist.com/2016/05/31/the-lgbt-movement-will-self-destruct/

The movement will wane once everyone has rights, equality, freedom, and justice.

 

[Father Heathen]

Have you read the article? Reasons are given therein.

Too bad the source is lowbrow, politically biased tabloid trash.

 

[fantome profane]

I do hope the author of this is right; the LGBT movement will wane and die:

http://thefederalist.com/2016/05/31/the-lgbt-movement-will-self-destruct/

I find the article rather vague. So I am going to ask you, what specifically do you hope will "wane and die"? Do you hope that equal rights will "wane and die"? Do you hope that tolerance will "wane and die"? Do you hope that respect for individual choice will "wane and die"? What specifically are we talking about? Explain it to me like I am a child.

 

[Quetzal]

I do hope the author of this is right; the LGBT movement will wane and die:

http://thefederalist.com/2016/05/31/the-lgbt-movement-will-self-destruct/

The Federalist is right up there with Breitbart and Rush Limbaugh in regards to integrity. That is, there is none.

 

[The Emperor of Mankind]

The Federalist is right up there with Breitbart and Rush Limbaugh in regards to integrity. That is, there is none.

It sounds like America's answer to the Daily Mail.

 

[Nietzsche]

It sounds like America's answer to the Daily Mail.

Kind of, only with even less integrity.

 

[vaguelyhumanoid]

1964: "the Negro movement will whither and die."

It's the wishful thinking of someone who's terrified of examining their prejudices. Have fun in the dustbin of history.

 

[Brian Schuh]

I took a publicly known male homosexual prostitute to Taco Bell because he said he was hungry. He turned down a burrito and took the money instead. I was barred from that Taco Bell by a manager who told me that if I want to buy dick I got to do it somewhere else. The prostitute did not get kicked out. I tried to contact the LGBT about this as something they should know about. Does anyone know how I can find the LGBT in Cincinnati? I mean, what is wrong with society when I can't give a dollar to an indigent homosexual prostitute without being accused?

 

[Brian Schuh]

I took a publicly known male homosexual prostitute to Taco Bell because he said he was hungry. He turned down a burrito and took the money instead. I was barred from that Taco Bell by a manager who told me that if I want to buy dick I got to do it somewhere else. The prostitute did not get kicked out. I tried to contact the LGBT about this as something they should know about. Does anyone know how I can find the LGBT in Cincinnati? I mean, what is wrong with society when I can't give a dollar to an indigent homosexual prostitute without being accused?

Let me add that I have fed heterosexual female prostitutes at that Taco Bell and never had a problem. Only had a problem trying to feed a homosexual one.

 

[LuisDantas]

All movements and communities have issues.

It is my hope that when the movement does die, it's because non-heterosexuality, non-monogamy, and gender non-binary will have become so normalized that a movement is no longer necessary.

You speak for me as well.

 

[LuisDantas]

Let me add that I have fed heterosexual female prostitutes at that Taco Bell and never had a problem. Only had a problem trying to feed a homosexual one.

Beats me. It sounds a lot like an odd situation, quite possibly a misunderstood one or at least an outlier.

 

[Aštra’el]

It is my hopes that in time, the ridiculous term "LGBT" will become used less and less, and bisexuals like me- who with discretion enjoy the intimate company of male as well as female yet create no political drama about it- will no longer be associated with particularly dramatic homosexuals and their problems and particularly dramatic transgenders and their problems. In fact, I would rather not allow my sexuality, my race(s), my religion, etc imply any affiliation between myself and random people I have never met, whom I have nothing to do with, whom I often couldn't care less about.

 

[Acim]

It is my hopes that in time, the ridiculous term "LGBT" will become used less and less, and bisexuals like me- who with discretion enjoy the intimate company of male as well as female yet create no political drama about it- will no longer be associated with particularly dramatic homosexuals and their problems and particularly dramatic transgenders and their problems. In fact, I would rather not allow my sexuality, my race(s), my religion, etc imply any affiliation between myself and random people I have never met, whom I have nothing to do with, whom I often couldn't care less about.

I think I agree with all of this. Routinely seems like the B in LGBT gets little respect, and nearly zero benefit from 'the movement.'

If anything, I can see it (the movement) splintering, as I'm thinking L and G have similar concerns, but not really the same. B, I already spoke about and T is one facing uphill battle right now, but not sure I see as something other than T is truly fighting for. I think non-LGBT persons can fight on T front as much as any LGB person can.