Community Voices: Letters, comments and reactions

RE: RADIOACTIVE VISION: ‘GAY
IS THE NEW BORING’

Jan. 1 / Original article here.

‘Absolutely Brilliant’

I have discussed with friends the days when gay often meant innovative, risky, edgy, experimental, shocking, surprising, unexpected, pioneering, trend-setting, disturbing.

Now a great many gays and lesbians seem to be following: whatever the straights are doing, we’ll do it, too. Straights ride skateboards and don’t bathe; gays will ride skateboards, not bathe AND get a Rottweiler.

A very old axiom observes: “Oppression breeds unity.” Anyone who hates gays and lesbians and wants to see our ranks lose power and cohesion only needs to stop opposing us. Most will assimilate into oblivion… as they’ve already begun to do, reserving their naughtiness for Grindr and Snapcrap.

— Frank, Denver 

‘Shallow, vile, hurtful piece’

As a gay man, I am completely disgusted by the article you published from Nuclia Waste about Gay being the new boring.

I cannot comprehend how Out Front would allow such a shallow, vile, hurtful piece of trash article on their websites and publications.

Being gay is not some cool fad that is all about sex, parties, wasting money, and “shocking” people as Nuclia so eloquently put it. Why on Earth would you endorse this article that reinforces negative stereotypes among the gay community? And then you expect people to see us as normal?!

You should be ashamed for letting that disgusting article be seen by anyone who has any self-respect! This is why I no longer support gay causes — including marriage — because when people like Nuclia show this mindset, it makes us ALL look bad. I will vote Republican from now on to make a point that gay trash like this article will not be tolerated.

Out Front is the last place I would go to find support in the gay community. I’m un-liking your Facebook page and encouraging everyone else I know to not support your business AT ALL.

Use your heads first next time you post garbage like that or you’ll keep isolating people like me. Hope you’re all proud of yourselves!

Or is that too boring?

— Naftali Kramish, Los Angeles

RE: IS ‘OUTING’ STILL UN-ETHICAL WHEN IT’S REGARDING POLITICIANS WHO STAND FOR ANTI-LGBT POLICIES?

Jan. 5 / Original blurb here.

It’s unethical, but…

Outing is unethical across the board to me. That’s not to say I can’t find someone else’s lack of ethics deeply satisfying.

— Elizabeth Daniels, Brandon, FL

Stay true to facts

Reporting a truth is never unethical when it comes to journalism. Reporting a lie is unethical. The question is — is it the truth?

— Adam Crowley, Denver

First do no harm

Someone being gay or straight or bi or whatever isn’t the issue. If a person is lying and, by lying, is hurting others, it is ethical to expose those lies to help prevent that person from hurting more people. It would be unethical to not bring the truth to light.

— Tim Bond, Denver

All’s fair in love and war

Normally I would say two wrongs don’t make a right. However if you are going to act pious and attempt to exercise control over my life. It’s you who forces me to defend myself with whatever ammunition I have. So you get involved in my life, I will get involved in yours.

— Sundie Gasca, Aurora