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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 09:39:00 EST
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- From: David Clem <$GET@PCCJES2.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: gay cabinet appointments
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- Sam says:
-
- > The most depressing thing is that the appointment of an openly
- > gay person to a highly visible position would most likely have
- > saved some human lives. How?--you might ask. I'll try to explain.
- > As you probably know, many teenagers who happened to be gay
- > commit suicides (percetage-wise they constitute a disproportionate
- > part of all teenage suiciders). The reason is that the society
- > tells them constantly that there is something wrong with them,
- > that they are sick,etc. Gay teenagers need a role model who would
- > (by mere visibility in public life) tell them that its perfectly
- > normal to be gay.
-
- So it's up to the government to provide this role model? I think
- that's asking too much of govt. A gay teenager, like anyone
- else, should be held responsible for his/her own actions.
- I think the monolithic "society" you speak of is too much of a
- generalization: there are many "societies" in which gays are considered
- "normal".
-
- - David
-
- David Clem $get@pccjes2.bitnet
-