Comments on: Thought of the Day: Brad Gooch http://www.queerty.com/thought-of-the-day-brad-gooch-20090210/ Free of an agenda. Except that gay one. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:52:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TANK http://www.queerty.com/thought-of-the-day-brad-gooch-20090210/#comment-119979 TANK Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:31:28 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=40292#comment-119979 Crikey, I read the whole thing... How opaque and self conscious it was. I regret commenting at all. Crikey, I read the whole thing… How opaque and self conscious it was. I regret commenting at all.

]]> By: TANK http://www.queerty.com/thought-of-the-day-brad-gooch-20090210/#comment-119976 TANK Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:11:58 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=40292#comment-119976 Gooch? LMAO! Anyways, Johns and Rauschenberg were terribly homophobic and closeted...not much at all to do with their distaste of labels, but the closet. Screen door? Well, later on...after they were established. They were unforgivably awful to Andy for no other reason than he was effeminate and associating with him cast aspersions on their own "heterosexuality". Post gay, huh? Well, maybe that's the trend...but...we lose too often for that to be a reality. Gooch? LMAO!

Anyways, Johns and Rauschenberg were terribly homophobic and closeted…not much at all to do with their distaste of labels, but the closet. Screen door? Well, later on…after they were established. They were unforgivably awful to Andy for no other reason than he was effeminate and associating with him cast aspersions on their own “heterosexuality”.

Post gay, huh? Well, maybe that’s the trend…but…we lose too often for that to be a reality.

]]> By: alex http://www.queerty.com/thought-of-the-day-brad-gooch-20090210/#comment-119882 alex Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:17:13 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=40292#comment-119882 I'd like to know what queerness is? Are all gay men univerally the same? Should we all conform to what a few "queer pundits" vision of us is? Wouldn't that be the same as the social tyranny that is imposed on straight suburbia? I have been out for half of my life to parents, co-workers(in a straight male dominated field), aquaintances etc... and I have realized that there are things that I have more in common with some straight guys and other things that I have more in common with some gay men. Is it perhaps possible that the commonality lies more with the individual than the with sexual orientation in certain circumstances? Is it such a bad thing to look towards a future when young gay men aren't forced to focus so much energy on their sexual orientation which is such a minor part of who we are as individuals? There is still a lot of discrimation and bias and we need to keep fighting for justice and equality under the law but I don't think that keeping a narrow view of who we are is a necessary evil in that fight. The more people that are comfortable in their own skin and are unappologetic for who they are as people the less things like sexual orientation will matter. I’d like to know what queerness is? Are all gay men univerally the same? Should we all conform to what a few “queer pundits” vision of us is? Wouldn’t that be the same as the social tyranny that is imposed on straight suburbia? I have been out for half of my life to parents, co-workers(in a straight male dominated field), aquaintances etc… and I have realized that there are things that I have more in common with some straight guys and other things that I have more in common with some gay men. Is it perhaps possible that the commonality lies more with the individual than the with sexual orientation in certain circumstances? Is it such a bad thing to look towards a future when young gay men aren’t forced to focus so much energy on their sexual orientation which is such a minor part of who we are as individuals? There is still a lot of discrimation and bias and we need to keep fighting for justice and equality under the law but I don’t think that keeping a narrow view of who we are is a necessary evil in that fight. The more people that are comfortable in their own skin and are unappologetic for who they are as people the less things like sexual orientation will matter.

]]> By: The Gay Numbers http://www.queerty.com/thought-of-the-day-brad-gooch-20090210/#comment-119760 The Gay Numbers Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:34:47 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=40292#comment-119760 I really love Flannery O'Connor's short stories (I got the collected works). I'll checkout the book. I really love Flannery O’Connor’s short stories (I got the collected works). I’ll checkout the book.

]]> By: blake http://www.queerty.com/thought-of-the-day-brad-gooch-20090210/#comment-119716 blake Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:46:54 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=40292#comment-119716 "Post-gay" is the stupidest term. What the hell does it mean? I first recall reading the term in "Out" magazine several years ago. It seemed ridiculous then and it still does. How anyone could think that homophobia or racism aren't still major factors in our society shows the desire for utopian fantasy and the power of cynicism are alive and well. “Post-gay” is the stupidest term. What the hell does it mean? I first recall reading the term in “Out” magazine several years ago. It seemed ridiculous then and it still does.

How anyone could think that homophobia or racism aren’t still major factors in our society shows the desire for utopian fantasy and the power of cynicism are alive and well.

]]> By: Darth Paul http://www.queerty.com/thought-of-the-day-brad-gooch-20090210/#comment-119707 Darth Paul Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:32:14 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=40292#comment-119707 He's right. We're running into what the black community did in the 80s when the "colorblind" mentality started to become the stated, popular public attitude towards race. This mentality leads the non-minority figure to think that discrimination no longer exists (or, at least, is totally minor) and that the defining differences of the minority are no longer relevant or meaningful, which are completely false assumptions that breed major contempt. [This is also why I say imitating straights is so shallow and pointless: we're NOT the same. If we continue to pretend we are, we're dooming queerness to a marketing niche and nothing more.] He’s right. We’re running into what the black community did in the 80s when the “colorblind” mentality started to become the stated, popular public attitude towards race. This mentality leads the non-minority figure to think that discrimination no longer exists (or, at least, is totally minor) and that the defining differences of the minority are no longer relevant or meaningful, which are completely false assumptions that breed major contempt.

[This is also why I say imitating straights is so shallow and pointless: we're NOT the same. If we continue to pretend we are, we're dooming queerness to a marketing niche and nothing more.]

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