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Topic: Proper Protocol
tanyaann Joined Mon 12/03/07 Posts: 32220	Mon 08/04/08 01:02 PM
Ok. I will only say this once for I have little tolerance for lack of education in today's world were information is only a click away. To address or refer to individuals that engage in same-sex relationships, please use the terms: lesbian, gay, gay male, transgendered, bisexual, homosexual, or same-sex. If you have any problems with this post, please address them with me first. Thanks! Tanya

FearandLoathing Joined Fri 12/28/07 Posts: 30121	Mon 08/04/08 01:04 PM
People watch too much T.V.

missy51970 Joined Fri 11/02/07 Posts: 12712	Mon 08/04/08 01:04 PM
For some people love, ignorance is a lifestyle..Its unfortunate..And I happen to agree with what you said!!

QueOndeGuero Joined Thu 04/24/08 Posts: 665	Mon 08/04/08 01:04 PM
no problems, i don't agree with using derogatory words for gays/ lesbians or any other type of people as well, though i don't recall anyone using "gay" in a derogatroy sense... might i ask why you posted this? (someone did say something i said was sort of queer though... in which case, i see your need for this post)

jonny63 Joined Sat 03/08/08 Posts: 5229	Mon 08/04/08 01:07 PM
Some people refuse to accept our changing society.

tanyaann Joined Mon 12/03/07 Posts: 32220	Mon 08/04/08 01:07 PM
no problems, i don't agree with using derogatory words for gays/ lesbians or any other type of people as well, though i don't recall anyone using "gay" in a derogatroy sense... might i ask why you posted this? (someone did say something i said was sort of queer though... in which case, i see your need for this post) this post is not in response to anything you said.

QueOndeGuero Joined Thu 04/24/08 Posts: 665	Mon 08/04/08 01:08 PM
no problems, i don't agree with using derogatory words for gays/ lesbians or any other type of people as well, though i don't recall anyone using "gay" in a derogatroy sense... might i ask why you posted this? (someone did say something i said was sort of queer though... in which case, i see your need for this post) this post is not in response to anything you said. i wasn't implying that... i was just asking are there a lot of instances in which people use derogatory words for gays? and i was making a reference to one of those times.

Starhawk Joined Mon 01/07/08 Posts: 2164	Mon 08/04/08 01:09 PM
and you get all of this for free,,,,

Riding_Dubz Joined Wed 05/21/08 Posts: 22110	Mon 08/04/08 01:09 PM
lack of education

Tazz42 Joined Fri 02/29/08 Posts: 9660	Mon 08/04/08 01:11 PM
Ok. I will only say this once for I have little tolerance for lack of education in today's world were information is only a click away. To address or refer to individuals that engage in same-sex relationships, please use the terms: lesbian, gay, gay male, transgendered, bisexual, homosexual, or same-sex. If you have any problems with this post, please address them with me first. Thanks! Tanya If you have little tolerance for un-educated people...maybe you can direct others into writing the government and making them aware of the LACK of education in the school systems and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! Tolerance for the un-educated starts with YOU and placing blame where it belongs.

Lily0923 Joined Sun 12/02/07 Posts: 20429	Mon 08/04/08 01:11 PM
So Tanya would you agree that calling someone who is transgendered "it" is a derogatory term? Just curious, I was reemed out because I told someone that they were dehumanizing someone by calling them "it"...

tanyaann Joined Mon 12/03/07 Posts: 32220	Mon 08/04/08 01:12 PM
no problems, i don't agree with using derogatory words for gays/ lesbians or any other type of people as well, though i don't recall anyone using "gay" in a derogatroy sense... might i ask why you posted this? (someone did say something i said was sort of queer though... in which case, i see your need for this post) this post is not in response to anything you said. i wasn't implying that... i was just asking are there a lot of instances in which people use derogatory words for gays? and i was making a reference to one of those times. generally not, but there was a thread that was just deleted where improper and ignorant terms were used. This is what prompted my thread.

ReconParty19 Joined Sun 10/21/07 Posts: 461	Mon 08/04/08 01:12 PM
You forgot about the scientist the ones who are experimenting...

FearandLoathing Joined Fri 12/28/07 Posts: 30121	Mon 08/04/08 01:12 PM
Unfortunately society is not able to readily accept such relationships, see centuries of teaching will do that. Though we are coming up on a more open generation then before, we still have a long road ahead for the acceptance to kick in...personally I have no problem with gay, bi, lesbian relationships...doesn't concern me and it is not my place to say anything on the matter, if it makes someone happy...is it really all that bad?

tanyaann Joined Mon 12/03/07 Posts: 32220	Mon 08/04/08 01:13 PM
So Tanya would you agree that calling someone who is transgendered "it" is a derogatory term? Just curious, I was reemed out because I told someone that they were dehumanizing someone by calling them "it"... The proper term is to refer to them as the gender that they live by (regardless if they are post-op) so if they live as a women you refer to them as a women, she, her etc..... and vice versa for a man.

Starhawk Joined Mon 01/07/08 Posts: 2164	Mon 08/04/08 01:13 PM
So Tanya would you agree that calling someone who is transgendered "it" is a derogatory term? Just curious, I was reemed out because I told someone that they were dehumanizing someone by calling them "it"...

ddn122 Joined Mon 11/05/07 Posts: 12855	Mon 08/04/08 01:13 PM
if they are "trans" which sex is their "same" sex? the former or the latter ?????

elwoodsully Joined Tue 05/01/07 Posts: 7477	Mon 08/04/08 01:14 PM
Unfortunately society is not able to readily accept such relationships, see centuries of teaching will do that. Though we are coming up on a more open generation then before, we still have a long road ahead for the acceptance to kick in...personally I have no problem with gay, bi, lesbian relationships...doesn't concern me and it is not my place to say anything on the matter, if it makes someone happy...is it really all that bad? Amen.

No1sLove Joined Wed 04/16/08 Posts: 10342	Mon 08/04/08 01:14 PM
I'm getting your point here Tanya. But, frankly don't really understand the need to reference ANYONE by their sexual preference atall. I can't remember the last time someone referred to me as the Hetero girl.

Lily0923 Joined Sun 12/02/07 Posts: 20429	Mon 08/04/08 01:14 PM
Ok. I will only say this once for I have little tolerance for lack of education in today's world were information is only a click away. To address or refer to individuals that engage in same-sex relationships, please use the terms: lesbian, gay, gay male, transgendered, bisexual, homosexual, or same-sex. If you have any problems with this post, please address them with me first. Thanks! Tanya If you have little tolerance for un-educated people...maybe you can direct others into writing the government and making them aware of the LACK of education in the school systems and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! Tolerance for the un-educated starts with YOU and placing blame where it belongs. Everyone has access to a public school education, you do with it what you see fit, and if you are happy in your own ignorance, then so be it, but I think what Tanya is trying to express here is that it is the person's issue not society's issue that they are ignorant.