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***VamPyroX*** · 01-23-2007, 03:09 AM

I understand your frustration.

I have a friend who said the same thing. She loves rainbows, but is often labeled as a lesbian because of that.

No, this isn't from the straight people... but from the lesbians and gays.

Another gal I knew stood up and made a complaint regarding rainbows. She stated that she used to collect rainbow-colored things, but no longer did so because lesbians and gays thought she was a lesbian.

A friend of mine has a Pink Floyd poster. (design of rainbow & prism) He has it in his closet. He used to proudly display it on the outside of his door, but stopped because gays started harassing him and thinking that he was gay.

I think that pride is something best left alone unless among their own kind. If a gay/lesbian wants to express his/her pride, it should be done among other gays/lesbians during a social gathering or in their own personal space such as a bedroom or something... not out in public where it makes others comfortable. The same goes for those who express deaf pride or black pride. There's a deaf black club here at NTID called Ebony Club. They get out of hand with their black pride from time to time. One of their members was getting very impatient with a few others that he was working with. He started to bitch and whine. When I asked him to calm down and be patient, he then yelled at me and everyone else in the group about how we had no right to mock their black race and accuse them of being "ghetto" and "immature". Where did that come from? I simply asked him to be patient. In another case, a guy was sitting in deaf class telling everyone about how proud he was to be deaf and proud to be able to be treated as a handicapped person plus with the priviledge of having a handicapped parking pass and believed that every deaf person should have a handicapped parking pass. Of course, this pissed off the other students in class.

01-23-2007, 03:09 AM	#20 (permalink)
*VamPyroX* bloody phreak from hell Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Hell Posts: 31,457	I understand your frustration. I have a friend who said the same thing. She loves rainbows, but is often labeled as a lesbian because of that. No, this isn't from the straight people... but from the lesbians and gays. Another gal I knew stood up and made a complaint regarding rainbows. She stated that she used to collect rainbow-colored things, but no longer did so because lesbians and gays thought she was a lesbian. A friend of mine has a Pink Floyd poster. (design of rainbow & prism) He has it in his closet. He used to proudly display it on the outside of his door, but stopped because gays started harassing him and thinking that he was gay. I think that pride is something best left alone unless among their own kind. If a gay/lesbian wants to express his/her pride, it should be done among other gays/lesbians during a social gathering or in their own personal space such as a bedroom or something... not out in public where it makes others comfortable. The same goes for those who express deaf pride or black pride. There's a deaf black club here at NTID called Ebony Club. They get out of hand with their black pride from time to time. One of their members was getting very impatient with a few others that he was working with. He started to bitch and whine. When I asked him to calm down and be patient, he then yelled at me and everyone else in the group about how we had no right to mock their black race and accuse them of being "ghetto" and "immature". Where did that come from? I simply asked him to be patient. In another case, a guy was sitting in deaf class telling everyone about how proud he was to be deaf and proud to be able to be treated as a handicapped person plus with the priviledge of having a handicapped parking pass and believed that every deaf person should have a handicapped parking pass. Of course, this pissed off the other students in class. __________________ Check out my city... CLICK HERE! (If you already visited yesterday, visit again today!)