Saturday, June 25, 2011

Sarah Schulman:

In order for us to come to a cultural agreement that homophobia within the family is wrong, we need one basic shared assumption: homophobia is not the fault of gay people.  Homophobia is not caused by gay people.  There is nothing that a gay person can ever do to justify it.  Homophobia is a pathological manifestation of heterosexual culture.  As a pure prejudice, it is wrong and as social currency within and outside of the family, it is despicable.

Ties That Bind, p. 23

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