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Title: LGBT vs. gay, at my own risk
Post by: Shana A on June 05, 2010, 09:16:10 AM
LGBT vs. gay, at my own risk
Filed by: Alex Blaze
June 4, 2010 3:00 PM

http://www.bilerico.com/2010/06/_im_not_an_lgbt.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2010/06/_im_not_an_lgbt.php)

John "what I as a gay man have in common with a man who wants to cut off his penis" NotGay_Queer1.jpgAravosis started the perennial conversation, and it wouldn't be a perennial conversation if I didn't jump in. Here's the title, and you can fill in the rest of his arguments:

    I'm not an 'LGBT American'

Ayo my life is like Brokeback - it's a true story. It's too gory for them televised fables on cable. I'm a beaten down homo running to SF, bruises on my forearm, running with a gun on my palm.

I'm a gay man, never was an LGBT American. Gayer than gay, I take it back to my origin.