tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360167919886596728.post2865068944296924680..comments2024-03-27T03:35:18.721-04:00Comments on Pansy Poetics: On Reflecting about the Recent Young Gay Male SuicidesSteve Fellnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383222975171349962noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360167919886596728.post-5273341386427395262010-10-14T18:30:07.812-04:002010-10-14T18:30:07.812-04:00This is a perfect piece. I think it should go on a...This is a perfect piece. I think it should go on and out and so on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360167919886596728.post-61296162282734046702010-10-12T17:22:17.332-04:002010-10-12T17:22:17.332-04:00My life didn't change when I came out, but tha...My life didn't change when I came out, but that's because I was lucky enough to come out at 14. By college, life definitely got better because there, people seemed to care about the truth. Being gay doesn't make your life happier--you still go through all its trials and tribulations--but being closeted keeps you from much happiness that many heterosexuals just take for granted. Take nothing for granted! Be yourself!! Being "open" should be more than just your sexual orientation. It should encompass a welcome to many experiences that are more likely to come into fruition in the light of truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360167919886596728.post-21673591733538597732010-10-11T10:54:30.093-04:002010-10-11T10:54:30.093-04:00The Bible Study/Blues Brothers juxtaposition. Eno...The Bible Study/Blues Brothers juxtaposition. Enough said.Lindsey Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614966518614541171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360167919886596728.post-34909955732669317532010-10-10T17:30:24.794-04:002010-10-10T17:30:24.794-04:00Steve, this post of yours could go on and on into ...Steve, this post of yours could go on and on into a book-length collection of meditations on the subject. I'd continue exploring it. Personally, my life got better when I came out, but that doesn't mean it got better in the ways I'd predicted: I still didn't get the amazing relationship that television tells me all people under 25 have at least once before they grow up; I still confronted issues of self-loathing and became aware of body politics in ways I never knew existed until I began to identify as gay. The ways in which my life improved were all internal--and this helped me a lot in expressing myself through words, something I had a lot of trouble doing before I came out.<br /><br />On another note, people/colleagues have often assumed I teach all manner of gay/lesbian texts in my classes. The irony is, like you, I'm not especially inclined to do so more or less than the average person. But when others see me they see "gay man" and therefore, often, read everything as gay text or subtext.Tony Leuzzinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360167919886596728.post-31350606789040592832010-10-10T14:23:02.402-04:002010-10-10T14:23:02.402-04:00- every time the mass recognizes an individual - t...- every time the mass recognizes an individual - the mass feels attacked, enters protection stage. and it's not about the intellectual power the mass can gain but the sea of the indescribable (that is not talked about) force that floats underneath (subconscious?!) - that actually fuels the intellectual... that's where the danger lies. ... and where gender is involved, the mass becomes a mouse in front of tiger. --- well. dinner is served ;)Pavlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886603045036482649noreply@blogger.com