Some shitball in Texas has
introduced an amendment in the budget process that would require any state-funded university which maintains a
"gender and sexuality center or other center for students focused on gay, lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, pansexual, transsexual, gender questioning, or other gender identity issues" to spend an equal amount on a
"family and traditional values center". Those uppity queer students, trying to have places where they can focus on their issues without being shouted over by heteronormative, gender-policing society! Why, it's just like the reverse discrimination of Black History month and Women's History month and gay pride parades!
I think the best response here to quote the sometimes-disturbing, often-brilliant
A Softer World comic (click the image to enlarge):
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| Comic reading, in three panels, over a backdrop of photos of a ferris wheel: I don't understand your complaint./There totally is a straight pride march./That same day, too. On all the other streets. |
Look, 'phobes, I know you're scared. But there's no need to be. We're not trying to eradicate "traditional values" entirely or anything. You're welcome to them if you want them. We just want a space to be ourselves alongside without coercive attempts to remold us in the image you want, and currently, that means having our own centers dedicated to our issues.
If you *really* want to make LGBT/gender centers obsolete, you could always try overturning our culture's heteronormativity and gender-policing and transphobia, and then we wouldn't need them anymore. Sadly, forcing your little "traditional values centers" on people is actually just going to exacerbate the issue and make our centers stick around a lot longer to combat the damage you're doing.
Suit yourself. Asshole.
