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| Guest | Sep 13 2013, 02:46 AM Post #316 |
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Ugh...there's idiots in every state. Just the percentage that varies
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| Die Zicke | Sep 13 2013, 02:51 AM Post #317 |
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The urban areas aren't bad, Orange. The rural areas are. There are worse states for sure. |
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| orangedaffodils | Sep 13 2013, 02:57 AM Post #318 |
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Houston kinda sucks...San Antonio has little pockets of acceptance (near Seguin mostly) Not sure just exactly how bad rural west texas is since i've never lived there, but my friend from Lubbock told me that Lubbock - the most urban area in the west - is the 2nd most conservative city in the country. East texas (think Beaumont and Orange) is pretty terrible. Probably the worst in the state... ![]() At least we aren't Mississippi tho |
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| Die Zicke | Sep 13 2013, 03:06 AM Post #319 |
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Seguin? Accepting? HAH. Have family there.... San Antonio has the highest percentage of gay families in the US, actually, despite the bigots that have been in the news lately. Dallas is pretty gay friendly. The gayborhood is a pretty fun place. |
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| orangedaffodils | Sep 13 2013, 03:28 AM Post #320 |
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Several of my high school teachers are from Seguin, and they're all really old sort of hippydippy; I went there a few times for some environmental summits and events on agricultural adaptation to climate change and a couple of events about water conservation When I was a little bit younger, I thought I might like to retire there; it seems really chill, but I imagine it's just from all the marijuana lolNever met any gay families in San Antonio when I lived there I've actually never been to the Dallas-FW area, but i've flown past it a couple of times. |
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| Die Zicke | Sep 13 2013, 04:01 AM Post #321 |
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You and I have had vastly different experiences of Seguin, then. Haha. |
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| HolyYoong | Sep 13 2013, 11:02 AM Post #322 |
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Can't wait to graduate, leave house, leave country and be free lol |
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| Windmill | Sep 13 2013, 12:34 PM Post #323 |
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Where would you like to live? |
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| HolyYoong | Sep 13 2013, 12:40 PM Post #324 |
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Any country that legalize gay marriage Maybe i'm immature to have this thought I want to marry a girl
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| Windmill | Sep 13 2013, 12:42 PM Post #325 |
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Nah, it's a good thought. Must be difficult to live in a country where you aren't granted the same rights as heterosexual couples. |
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| HolyYoong | Sep 13 2013, 01:27 PM Post #326 |
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lol ikr. They used to held gay pride in 2010 but it got banned But in 2011 there was a first lesbian marriage in our country. I'm really glad many people gave blessings and congratulate them although it's not legal by the law. If you live in a urban area here people are more tolerant and kinda accepting to it tho.
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| Guest | Sep 14 2013, 01:25 AM Post #327 |
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| curianon | Sep 14 2013, 10:21 AM Post #328 |
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| Guest | Sep 14 2013, 02:42 PM Post #329 |
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I've just noticed the soaring number of butches in my town. I saw butch clerks at most shop I visited. Their hair was short and they talked to me with masculine term. the clerks change quite often but new ones are mostly butches too. is god balancing the increasing number of femme men with homme women? btw, legalized gay marriage=/=homofriendly society |
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| Windmill | Sep 14 2013, 03:46 PM Post #330 |
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So true. I live in the Netherlands which is the country that legalized gay marriage first and we still have very ignorant people living in our country. We get taught about homosexuality in middle and high school, and kids are still being ignorant and use gay terms as profanities. There isn't a single country where it's fully accepted, that will take many more years of progress. |
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| Abc | Sep 14 2013, 06:21 PM Post #331 |
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You get taught about homosexuality at high school? :o pretty cool! What do they teach you? |
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| of corse nena | Sep 14 2013, 06:29 PM Post #332 |
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A spanish girl here ![]() well...in Spain...the gay marriage is legal, we have the gay pride day , and another lgtb parties. For the marriage and kids ...I want to have kids (on my own) and adopt anothers, I would love to have at least 4 kids.For the marriage...I dont know if I want to get married...my parents's marriage sucks..sucks a lot...and im tired of that. well..Im not the kind of girl that wants to tell everyone that is bi , but ..actually almost all my real friends know it , two days ago I told to another friend that I was bi..and she was like :You are so brave, I appreciate that and I still love you the same way than before .It must be difficult to tell people that I feel so brave with my friends...but the other day my dad almost caught me , and I felt scared...I was terrified, afraid of what would he think. ![]() sometimes I just think that im a kid that still needs to grow up ![]() |
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| Windmill | Sep 14 2013, 06:31 PM Post #333 |
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They teach you what homosexuality is, that it's not a choice and that we should threat everyone with respect. Some stupid kids were making jokes while the teacher was educating us about homosexuality and he got really angry; rightfully so of course. In middle school it was less detailed because the teacher just read what the book said, but homosexuality did get mentioned. Believe I was 11 or so? I actually had this girl in my class who was raised by two mothers so the entire thing wasn't a foreign concept to me. I often played at her house and also stayed for dinner several times. |
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| Abc | Sep 14 2013, 06:41 PM Post #334 |
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That's amazing! ppl should be taught about homosexuality at a very young age. What a better way than doing it at school. |
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| HolyYoong | Sep 14 2013, 06:44 PM Post #335 |
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2 mothers raised children is cute imo. I'd love to have a friend who have 2 mothers lol sounds cool
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| Jeccica | Sep 14 2013, 06:59 PM Post #336 |
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I know an upper classmate from last year who have two moms.
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| Guest | Sep 14 2013, 07:55 PM Post #337 |
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I know the reasoning and why people say 'homosexuality is not a choice' but I dislike the statement so much. I know its like saying tall people don't have a choice etc but for me it implies that there is something wrong. Like, hey look at these poor kids- they didn't choose to be like this so lets be nice to them. Its not their fault they're gay bla bla bla. But why should there be any fault to begin with? Do you guys get what I'm saying? What if I do choose somehow to be homosexual (regardless of whether its possible or not) ? I really don't like it. It feels like a brainwashing discourse, like if you tell black people, being black is not a choice so we shouldn't discriminate. Doesn't that sound strange? So patronizing... |
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| Windmill | Sep 14 2013, 08:04 PM Post #338 |
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I get where you are coming from, but you gotta keep in mind that there are tons of people who still think that homosexuality is a choice. To debunk that mindset we first have to make it known that there is no way in hell that we just woke up one day and thought to ourselves: ''Hey! I think I am gonna become gay! Yes, that seems like the easier option in life! ''.
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| Guest | Sep 14 2013, 08:18 PM Post #339 |
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sa ... but what if people did wake up and decide that? I just wish it wasnt the fact that it isnt a choice that made it alright or acceptable, but that the act itself didnt matter- whether i love girls or guys, like with ethnicity. its soooooo frustrating so hug me to sleep
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| kkab cakes | Sep 14 2013, 11:58 PM Post #340 |
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I went to my first drag show at a gay bar last night. It was so much fun. Those girls are so fierce.This creepy guy kept touching my hair though. ._. My sister and her friend (both straight) were talking to this one guy at the bar. He said "so you're the gay one" and gave me a high five. And then he hugged us all when we left. Everyone was just so great.~
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| Guest | Sep 15 2013, 12:06 AM Post #341 |
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| Guest | Sep 15 2013, 04:54 AM Post #342 |
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Yeah I totally agree. I mean what stops people from considering being born gay a birth defect like being born deaf. And using some kind of medical procedure to fix the problem. |
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| Artichoke | Sep 15 2013, 08:31 PM Post #343 |
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I think it's a weird idea... On the one hand, we can't really have idiots going around saying homosexuality is a choice when there's plenty of evidence (granted, preliminary) to suggest that it's a biological phenomenon, so we should attempt to prove them wrong... But, on the other hand, the fact we have to prove it is somehow saying that there's something inherently negative about being homosexual and that we need to prove that it isn't a choice to vindicate the people who are attracted to the same sex. Blech. Personally, I want to know what it is because of intellectual curiosity, although I agree that the implication of the "not a choice" campaign is that it's still something negative, just not something homosexuals should be blamed for. |
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| babycakes | Sep 16 2013, 03:44 PM Post #344 |
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I think the available literature suggests that same sex attraction is influenced by both environmental and biological factors. Personally, I thought the "not a choice" campaign was more about it not being "unnatural" because it was a biological/naturally occurring phenomenon and not because you let your daughter play with bbguns or something ridiculous. So rather than suggesting that there's something inherently wrong about being homosexual, it's about educating people on one of the many reasons why homosexuality is not wrong i.e. that the preference is formed by natural process. This is just how I considered it. Just read anon's suggestion that some might consider it a birth defect. (Some incl. the Christian Church). There's really no way to prove that it isn't, scientifically speaking.
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| Artichoke | Sep 16 2013, 04:00 PM Post #345 |
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I've read a lot that suggests it's epigenetic rather than actually genetic, which is what I meant by biological. It's not strictly accurate to call it that, but close enough. (also, I couldn't remember the word epigenetic, so I Googled "womb science" to find what it was...) I also agree with you in what I read the campaign as, but I can see why some would see it differently. I guess we can only suggest that it's more genetic variation than genetic defect. I don't think it meets the categories for being classified as a defect, considering there's nothing actually defective with the body, just that your sexual urges are directed towards the same sex rather than the opposite sex, and merely saying "you can't prove it isn't!" isn't enough basis for saying so, since then anyone could claim anything they dislike is defective: skin colour, hair colour, eye colour, etc. Scientifically, we can't prove it isn't one, but we also can't say it is one. |
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| babycakes | Sep 16 2013, 04:17 PM Post #346 |
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Haha yeah I've heard of epigenetics (a lecturer of mine was very excited about this field) but have not done enough reading to use the term with any confidence.
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| Artichoke | Sep 16 2013, 04:24 PM Post #347 |
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We called about epigenetics in psychology, so I know about it through that. |
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| babycakes | Sep 16 2013, 04:30 PM Post #348 |
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Yes, same. But the lecturer started talking about it roughly 45min into the lecture and my attention span's upper limit is 35min so I don't remember anything
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| Artichoke | Sep 16 2013, 04:31 PM Post #349 |
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This is OT now, but I feel ya. This one time, my physics teacher in high school was talking about how the concentrated attention span of the average person is generally 7m long, and he started shouting at this girl for not paying attention, and she said something like, "it's been 7m, must've reached my limit". |
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| Guest | Sep 18 2013, 05:19 PM Post #350 |
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Never been to one. Did you kick him in the nuts? Creeps need to be kept in line. |
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When I was a little bit younger, I thought I might like to retire there; it seems really chill, but I imagine it's just from all the marijuana lol


Maybe i'm immature to have this thought I want to marry a girl
But in 2011 there was a first lesbian marriage in our country. I'm really glad many people gave blessings and congratulate them although it's not legal by the law. If you live in a urban area here people are more tolerant and kinda accepting to it tho.





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but what if people did wake up and decide that? I just wish it wasnt the fact that it isnt a choice that made it alright or acceptable, but that the act itself didnt matter- whether i love girls or guys, like with ethnicity.
And then he hugged us all when we left. Everyone was just so great.~


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