Gay politician Martin Meyer’s appeal for recognition of his status to be “truly who he is,” raises the question: why? (The Mercury, June 10).
Why is it necessary to flaunt that status in the full knowledge that it is not a normal condition? Identity politics promotes division, discrimination, disdain, and social wariness. Far better to practice discretion. Publicly proclaiming one’s vice or aberration, wittingly or unwittingly, promotes an attitude or a view of a person that otherwise might not exist.
Striving to express open solidarity with each other as gays, which is the intention of Pride Month, should be a private pursuit. Not something that egregiously seeks to be enshrined as normality.
Martin Meyer is a competent and astute public representative. What does his private life have to do with that? What does his gay status add to his eligibility to serve on the Executive of the province?
The disdain and intolerance that gays encounter are the consequence of how they challenge social convention.
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Oh get a grip honestly… Would you all these same questions if a black South African pros of their blackness? Of a woman being feminist? Of a physically challenged person showing their capabilities? Of an immigrant proud of overcoming xenophobia? No you wouldn’t (I’d hope)
Racial blackness, female femininity, male virility – all normal.
Homosexuality is not normal.
Discretion should be exercised instead of flouting social convention.
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