SFist: Mark Leno on Day Without a Gay

The Angry Young Man

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:54:24 -0800

"alternaqueer"? Please. I suppose I would agree with you if we homosexuals were solely defined by the act of two dudes love, but we're not. There's a culture, or a variety of cultures associated with being a homo. Mainstream society may have defined what's "gay" but it's becoming increasingly less applicable to more and more people. Gay no longer directly translates as an umbrella term for homosexual, the two words have diverged in both meaning and context. This is a good thing.

Brock Keeling

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:18:05 -0800

whenever i hear alteraqueers use the term "post gay," it makes me want to carve out my eyeballs with a spoon. it doesn't exists. we (homosexuals, etc.) don't get to define ourselves -- at least not entirely.

The Angry Young Man

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:14:37 -0800

"while there is the uncola, the is no ungay. much like the unicorn, it's an impossible fantasy." Rubbish. It's called "post gay" and your typical homosexual is entirely hostile towards the whole concept.

Brock Keeling

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:48:17 -0800

while there is the uncola, the is no ungay. much like the unicorn, it's an impossible fantasy.

manys

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:46:03 -0800

Is there a concept in the gay community for something like "Ungay?" Like, a kind of enlightenment where gayness has ceased to be an issue one way or the other?

The Angry Young Man

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:55:27 -0800

The choice of whether to participate in Day Without a Gay is a deeply personal one. Pfffft.

manys

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:22:26 -0800

Someone was just honking outside my apartment, so perhaps the end is indeed nigh.

GlenParker

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:05:52 -0800

Well so far I still have electricity but I can hear the city grinding to a stop outside. Can't be more than five minutes.....