Tom Spanbauer Quote

“In so many ways, I think the hope of the world is in the Internet and in homosexuality. The Internet because we have available to us a way of communicating we have never had before. And homosexuality. Gay Arabs, Gay Jews — even some Hassids, Gay Native Americans, Gay African Americans, Gay Catholics — what binds us all is not our heritage or the color of our skin, or the god we pray to. What binds us is love, compassion, and understanding. The established forms of relationship and worship don’t apply to us. We are all the outcasts of our societies. So the Gay Catholic looks to the Gay Arab, and what she sees is what is familiar, not what is different.” - tom spanbauer

the link for the full article in white crane journal is here: 

http://www.whitecranejournal.com/64/art6402.asp ;

Re: Tom Spanbauer Quote

Oh, I wish!!

 But queer reality sometimes feels a bit colder than this “see is what is familiar, not what is different”! I know when I look to other queer people I see that, familiarity, a seed of community, but not all queer people see that, apparently

Re: Tom Spanbauer Quote

queer community -

no definitely not all feel included, in fact as there is more and more a 'gay normal' with certain things as you mentioned, it is very challenging for many people to find any sense of commonality who do not fit into the 'normal' of their local queer community, which usually would be the jock/chelsea boy type, but sometimes there are areas which may have more the cowboy queer type as the 'normal' or the 'bears' and the urban boys are left feeling awkward, although usually still with some interest sexually i would think. lol.

-d