New Toon: No Moo Lies
Here's a rather wordy comic I've been kicking around for a while after hearing about the battle between Sherman and Norman (the dogs) over Colorado's Domestic Partnership law on the ballot this November. Check out the sites, borndifferent.org and No Moo Lies. I'm firmly on the side of believing that people are born gay, but I find both sites silly. Do people really completely switch their points of view based on websites like this?
No Moo Lies is particularly ridiculous. To show that people aren't born gay, they feature evidence such as "Anne Heche, actress— dated a woman, but is now married to a man." I suppose the logic goes that if that (crazy) woman could change back to "normal" then none of the 6.5 billion people on the planet could be born gay. It's that simple.
Clearly, evidence shows most gay people to be born that way. But who cares if they are or not? If we found out tomorrow that homosexuality was chosen by people, it wouldn't change my view on gay marriage.
posted by Matt Bors at 8:38 AM
6 Comments:
The link to the cartoon doesn't work...
Awesome cartoon--I was able to read via your main site. One small nitpick--"gay" isn't a noun, it's an adjective (as opposed to lesbian, which is both a noun and an adjective). I know it's wordier, but according to most style guides from GLBT groups and newspapers, technically it's "gay men" or "gay people" or "gay folks" not "gays" and especially never "the gays". See the Diversity Newswatch Style Guide, for example:
gay
Preferable in all references as a
synonym for male homosexual.
Lesbian is preferred term for women.
To include both, use "gay men and
lesbians." Best to use "gay" as an
adjective, not a noun, such as "gay
man," "gay woman," "gay people." In
headlines where space is an issue,
gay(s) is acceptable to describe both.
And here are other style guides, including this one from the NY Times:
gay (adj.)
is preferred to homosexual in references to social or cultural identity and political or legal issues: gay literature. Use homosexual in specific references to sexual activity and to psychological or clinical orientation. Gay may refer to homosexual men or more generally to homosexual men and women. In specific references to women, lesbian is preferred. When the distinction is useful, write gay men and lesbians. Do not use gay as a singular noun. Gays, a plural noun, may be used only as a last resort, ordinarily in a hard-to-fit headline.
OK, Thanks!
Yeah, I agree that sexual orientation is not a conscious choice (simply because I did not choose mine), but who cares if it is? Religion is a choice--is that fair grounds for discrimination, then? The whole nature arguement is based on the naturalistic fallacy.
Yeah, I agree that sexual orientation is not a conscious choice (simply because I did not choose mine), but who cares if it is? Religion is a choice--is that fair grounds for discrimination, then? The whole nature arguement is based on the naturalistic fallacy.
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