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How I became the most hated lesbian in Baltimore - AfterEllen

If you're a lesbian reading this, I need you to stand up. Join me in defense of our existence, because your silence won't protect you.

AfterEllen

“Queer needs to be questioned. The term is not applicable to female homosexuality. As lesbian radical feminist Claire Heuchan explains, this “deliberately amorphous expression… replicates the misogyny of mainstream society… Devoid of concrete definitions, to be queer is to be sexually fluid – meaning the term queer is male-inclusive.”

I joined the commission to represent lesbians in my local government. But we all know how well that went.

If you’re a lesbian reading this, I need you to stand up. Join me in defense of our existence, because your silence won’t protect you.

Nothing less than complete capitulation will appease the queerios. I tried to play nice, to find common ground, but there is no compromise on their behalf. So grab your sisters and make some noise. Demand the L be respected in the acronym we begin. 

Maybe you can be the most hated lesbian in your city, too.”

Society constantly changes tactics. Lesbians have been told we’re confused, crazy, perverted, degenerate, traumatized, just need to find the right man, man haters and now they try to tell us we’re old-fashioned bigots. All in service of getting us to renounce our homosexuality for someone else’s comfort.