Everyone, I need to tell you something. I’m a lesbian. A card-carrying, awesome hair-wearing, Tracy Grimshaw adoring lesbian. To be honest, I couldn’t hide it if I tried. Once a homeless man yelled out at me in West End ‘Hey lesbian!’ as I walked past him and I couldn’t do anything but agree with him. True story.
To be honest, the great thing about being a lesbian is pretty much everything. I get to wear comfy shoes all the time; have a tool box without giggling about it; experiment endlessly with my hair and ogle Katy Perry shamelessly at the Super Bowl.
I get to wear whatever I like; watch tv shows like ‘The L Word’ and wish that’s how life really was and creep people out by saying Sylvester Stallone is my man crush. True love never dies.
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Quite funny and well written. Only thing I would say with the mum question for me sometimes I càn understand why some women might be offended at someone calling themselves a mum who hasn't given birth, because going through pregnancy and childbirth is quite hard and apart from that they are the biological parent of the child. I don't have kids myself buy if I was to put myself into a situation where I had a partner whose previous partner has died and therefore we were bringing up their kids I think I would call myself step mum out of respect for their real mum then again I suppose it gets tricky what title to use as then it would be difficult for adoptive parents if they couldn't simply call themselves mum bad dad. But I'm just saying I kind of get where some people might have an issue with someone calling themselves mum if they aren't the biological mum. Not having a go at you, it's just a thought.
Anyway enjoyable article overall which made me laugh.
also enjoy making straight couples feel bad, for kicks, about being engaged by saying stuff like ‘Oh it must be nice to be allowed to get married'
Yeah, actually it is, so suck it.
As for bagging the LNP on same sex marriage, you must be crushed Labor/Greena could have bit didn't when they were in power and Penny Wong was towing the line just like every other Labor MP with a social dinosaur union boss holding them by their preselection.
Wow. I can only imagine how angry you'd be if you were on the receiving end of *actual* discrimination. Y'know, from a dominant majority who holds the power to legally belittle and dismiss your relationship.
I think the part about enjoying making straight couples feel bad was a bit tongue-in-cheek. Obviously being able to get married is nice. That's why people want to extend that right to same sex couples. I think it's a bit cruel to say 'suck it' when the whole point was that while gay couples are discriminated against, it's not the fault of straight couples who are getting engaged, it's more saying that it does suck when you see other people partaking in the happiness you'd want for yourself. You wouldn't want to take it from them, but you're still missing out.
You must have a large imagination because you've never met me in person.
But if your point is the author is angry, I can see that side as well. Maybe her comments aren't tongue in cheek?
I don't get why she singles out the LNP as the baddies? Couldn't Gillard and Co have made same sex relationships legal? The Greens and independents would give them the numbers. The LNP didn't have the numbers to stop them if they had just tried. The LNP is now putting it to a public vote, which is more than the ALP managed in six years.
Yeah I'm afraid your warm and jovial tone didn't make it into print. However, I absolutely agree with you regarding ALP refusing to legislate for marriage equality, and their ongoing hypocrisy about it. Its one of the many issues on which they've back flipped and betrayed supporters.