Talking Point #3: Gayness, Multiculturalism and Community by; Dennis Carlson

1. “… A democratic community of mutual support and respect, gay people have for the most part been made absent, invisible, and silent within this community and at the same time represented as the same time represented as the deviant and pathological.”

• I do think gay people have been made absent and that is where the problem comes in. I think if gay people have been more present (more out there) like they are today, they wouldn’t get discriminated upon like they do now by society. I think if people were expose from an earlier time about gayness all the riots we have going on against gays wouldn’t be happening. The only solution to stop this quote from being true is to educate our children and future generation about sexual orientation.

　2. “… The film makes its point: Be yourself no matter who or what you are.”

• In this section, the author was talking about how a certain magazine, talks about a homosexual film and its point. The publisher of the magazine made it very clear that they felt the film was very successful in telling other people just to be themselves. And I couldn’t agree with this anymore that than what the author does. I believe, that may people who are guy do not feel at welcome with society because the society can not understand this quote. I really do believe that this quote is a very powerful one, if everyone just listen to it.

3. “Popular culture may represent identity, but identity also is represented in corporeal form, as individuals actively “live” their identities and make these identities visible in their everyday relations with others.”

• When I first read this, I had to read it again because it is very important to understand what it is saying. In my own words, this is saying that culture is a strong structure to someone’s identity, but in addition it’s someone’s way of living that built them as a person including their partner of choice regardless the gender. I think the way an individual lives represent them more than their popular culture. I think that lot of people do not accept gays because they are afraid of the unknown, and in another class article an author said it is human nature to fear the unknown.