So true! I hadn’t really thought about that, but you’re right.
Then the BF pointed out to me that many people may *identify* themselves with these terms, and that they didn’t see them as marginalization as much as part of their self-identity. It’s a complicated issue (but on the whole I agree with Matt Bomer. Maybe because he’s Matt Bomer!) 🙂
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But I don’t look nearly as good saying it!!
Move out of 1992? Sadly, my father was saying this in the 1950’s.
Your father was a man ahead of his time! 🙂
Not just job titles, either – “gay” marriage is an inherently marginalizing term. 🙁
So true! I hadn’t really thought about that, but you’re right.
Then the BF pointed out to me that many people may *identify* themselves with these terms, and that they didn’t see them as marginalization as much as part of their self-identity. It’s a complicated issue (but on the whole I agree with Matt Bomer. Maybe because he’s Matt Bomer!) 🙂
The hell with the terminology — if I could file a joint Federal tax return, they could call it FooBar and I wouldn’t mind.
Yeah. I hear you. 🙁
Unfortunately, given the current climate in the US right now, civil rights for all is going to go rocketing back to the 1950’s.
I keep wanting to tell the GOP that Back to the Future called and they want their DeLorean back…