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June 24, 2005
VH1's 'Totally Gay'
Well, here is a direct link to VH1's Totally Gay show, as you know they have many specials like I love the 80's and such :)
So I'm watching this, and I'm totally into it. I just learned about the whole GLBT Movement in my last history class, so it was kind of educational too (see! This is why I love history, you can tie everything to everything). The special emphasizes the growing acceptance and even popularity of homosexuality in this generation. It's kind of amazing to see that yeah, straight men are in a way, trying to be gay but not gay in order to appeal to women whether it be shaving below! Dressing better or what have you. And in the media, take for example Will & Grace, or Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Queer as Folk. I mean, women watch these too! How men are objectified the way that women are objectified in advertisements, too. It's awesome.
On a more depressing note, the special also pays a bit of tribute to Matthew Shepard/homophobia/hate crimes. It's a sad reality that hate crimes exist like this. It's a tragedy to me.
I don't mean to put you on a roller coaster here, but there is this quote I think is great, concerning the whole Gay Marriage ordeal: "If you let us marry eachother, we'll stop marrying you" from a Gay comedien, sorry, I don't know who.
My freshman year of college, I made a speech about Gay Rights in my speech class, I just remembered this.
Lastly, as a personal opinion I think homophobics are people who are way too insecure about their own sexuality.
Posted by thao0226 at June 24, 2005 10:27 PM | Reflections