This is an interesting article for anyone interested in or wondering why some members of the LGBTQ voted for Trump.
After the incident at CMC where the speaker was blocked from speaking and after our class discussion on the matter, I became more interested in hearing and learning about the "other side"- that is why people would vote for Trump and more specifically why members of the LGBT community would support and vote for Trump.
After the incident at CMC where the speaker was blocked from speaking and after our class discussion on the matter, I became more interested in hearing and learning about the "other side"- that is why people would vote for Trump and more specifically why members of the LGBT community would support and vote for Trump.
The one thing that caught my attention and what I thought was really sad about this article was all the hatred members of the gay community received for supporting him. How do you feel about this?
Please comment below if there is any part of the article you agree with or think is a valid argument?
Wow--similar circular logic to the Senate document, but purported by gay people, themselves! Since there's a stigma, and since Orlando happened, we need more guns to further combat that stigma--or would that just reinforce it? Or legitimize violence against the LGBTQ community?
ReplyDeleteI'm struck by this line by Joseph Murray: "So long as LGBT folks are treated fairly, which they are, we do not need Obama's orders. Americans deserve equal treatment, not special treatment." It reeks of the anti-gay sentiment of the 1970s and 80s. It also relies on the false assumption that "LGTB folks" face no discrimination. I'd be curious to see how his logic might hold up under some questioning.
ReplyDeleteAs far as being shunned by their friends for supporting Trump, I'd have to side with the friends on this one. By choosing Pence as Vice President, Trump as firmly stated that he does not give one lick about the safety of gay men and women in this country. To quote the Huffington Post, "nearly 200 people contracted HIV while Pence twiddled his thumbs over harm reduction and de-emphasized public health spending." There is no space, at least in my life, for people who can support a candidate who did something like that in 2015.