Originally posted by Pescador
The LGBT movement in the United States became one of bullying and power grabs under the guise of Political Correctness. Because Mexican culture does
not go out of it's way to find victims and because the victims don't seem to have the same platform for complaints as they do in the more liberal
quarters of the United States, there seems to be less of a problem with LGBT students wanting to protest, demonstrate, and raise a fuss under the
guise of having experienced discrimination.
Bajaboys comments about keeping their affections private is a pretty common part of the culture in the same way. You will occasionaly see a young
couple showing affection, but that is also frowned upon by the older community in the same way.
If a family member is LGBT disposed, the ususal comment is something along the lines of a generic description of that person seems to prefer people of
the same sex. And at some level the term queer or joto / jota is used in a generic term of wordplay, but in my experience I have never seen the
students using it is a disparaging manner as a discriminitory putdown.
Now there is something you may want to look into and research. Why in the US with all the bullying that they employ to get supposedly equal treatment
in terms of Same Sex Marriage and social acceptance, and all the protesting, lobbying, general disturbance, and all the other methods of fomenting
change, do the words like "faggot", "queer", 'homo", etc., etc., have such a negative and hateful connotation? In Mexico, on the other hand, we see
a much more balanced and accepting expression of alternative lifestyles and choices. |
