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Gr8er Days: The "Airplane!" soundtrack will finally be available in full ... but will it include "River of Jordan" by everyone's favorite stewardess, played Lorna Patterson?!!!
The Advocate: This gay man had to flee Ghana after a violent attack. He’s finally been granted asylum
Hot Cat of the Day: Sending my love to Nik, who lost his little buddy today. xo
Threads: I get -- and accept -- that language is constantly evolving. So my only comment on THIS is that I'm not convinced an offensive term for any other minority group in this country (black, Hispanic, Asian, Jewish, etc.) would be readily accepted by older members of any of those groups during their lifetimes if younger people started spewing it -- much less be expected to be accepted at the risk of ridicule. So I'm not sure why LGBT people immediately get lambasted as boomers (or worse) for not readily jumping on board with this.
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I'm ok with "queer" when used by LGBTQ+ people about themselves. I don't want to see those used in news stories, or by straight people, though, because yes, they have way too often been accompanied by beatings, firings and other nasty anti-gay crap.
Young queer people who don't understand that to many older men "queer" is as potent and negative as the n-word need to be educated about that. I'm not bothered by the word, but then I've never been beaten by gay bashers. I have total respect for men who have survived gay bashings, and am happy to do what I can to avoid triggering their memories and feelings of going through that.
Really enjoying Steve Kmetko’s podcast.
He shares a lot about his struggles, but also has really engaging discussions with famous actors.
If you are referring to the Q word I refused to use it! Yes call me a boomer I don't care
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