Do you think that's true? That homophobes find it easy to accept gay people that look and act "normal" (and by normal I mean they engage in the same amount of PDA with their partner as is considered appropriate for straight couples), or is it the daddy bear in rainbow leather chaps that they need to wrap their heads around (first--obviously the goal is for people to accept all the flavours).
I don't think homophobes find it easy to accept gay people of any sort, and in fact try very hard to prevent us from mainstreaming (marrying, adopting, having our existence acknowledged in media) because their screeching and scapegoating doesn't get nearly as much traction when the people they're pointing out as threats to society look like middle-aged suburbanites taking their kids to the park rather than cowled executioners in a dungeon.
I am sad about I'll Have Another AND Car Talk.
But it's kind of nice that they're going to have I'll Have Another (and Lavaman) lead the post parade.
Dullahan is the new favorite with Union Rags as second favorite.
They will still be making new episodes of Car Talk, it sounds like, with old tape and some new bits.
Jilli - when you get your sled/hearse you will then need to get a nice pair of Friesians to pull it.
I don't think that it's a done deal that society accepts Billy has two Daddies, one of whom comes to PTA meetings and the other one who makes cookies for the bake sale. And when they both chaperone the prom, they steal some time for a slow dance.
Oh, I totally agree with that. But I think that PTA-meeting Daddies will get acceptance more quickly than bump-and-grind Daddies. I guess.
Most of those homophobes probably don't accept that in straight people either.
Exactly.
Although Matt has an excellent point, that the very non-threatening image conveyed by PTA-Daddies has thrown the hard-core homophobes into a tizzy, because they know as well as we do that being unthreatening is a first step to acceptance (for some folks).
Adventures from working at home: A commercial on Animal Planet for "Colon Flow". For humans, not animals.
Sorta like Colon Blow on SNL?
Yeah, I think definitely more people are OK with Bob and Tom down the street who wear sweater vests and seem very nice and keep their lawn mowed, and way fewer people are comfortable with that middle-aged guy in the apartment down the hall who walks outside in chaps and a vest to go to the bar at night. But there are definitely people who don't like Bob and Tom, either.
That said, I definitely think there's opposing forces within the gay community--some want Bob and Tom and that nice Lisa and Jan who have the cute baby to be the face of the gay community, even during Pride, because it's easier for America to empathize with. And others who are like "No, fuck the homophobes, the drag queens and dykes on bikes are not only part of our community, they're the part that STARTED this whole fucking Pride thing, and if you disavow them, you're just as bad as the homophobes". Which I have to sympathize with.
Sorta like Colon Blow on SNL?
That's exactly what I thought of.
