Hetero-Supremacist: By Guy Renard

Hetero-Supremacist: By Guy Renard

 

 

        Many moons ago, I was reading XY Magazine. In it a writer pointed something out to me. “Who ever decided that straight was synonymous with being a heterosexual must have had a spectacular fucking ego.” Considering the original definition of the word seems to have little to do with being attracted to the other sex.

 

straight : adj., straight·er, straight·est.

Pronunciation: \ˈstrāt\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English streght, straight, from past participle of strecchen to stretch — more at stretch

Date: 14th century

Main Entry:

Pronunciation: \ˈstrāt\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English streght, straight, from past participle of strecchen to stretch — more at stretch

Date:

14th century

1 a: free from curves, bends, angles, or irregularities <straight hair> <straight timber> b: generated by a point moving continuously in the same direction and expressed by a linear equation <a straight line> <the straight segment of a curve>2 a: lying along or holding to a direct or proper course or method <a straight thinker> b: candid , frank <a straight answer> c: coming directly from a trustworthy source <a straight tip on the horses> d (1): having the elements in an order <the straight sequence of events> (2): consecutive <12 straight days> e: having the cylinders arranged in a single straight line <a straight 8-cylinder engine> f: plumb , vertical <the picture isn’t quite straight>3 a: exhibiting honesty and fairness <straight dealing> b: properly ordered or arranged <set the kitchen straight> <set us straight on that issue> ; also : correct <get the facts straight> c: free from extraneous matter.

 

Since then I’ve refused to use the word straight when referring to heterosexuality. Sadly that trend never caught on. Yet! But I do hope that this one does catch on. Can we please stop referring to people who hate gay people as homophobic? Aside from being completely stupid, it sets a tone that is anything but helpful to out cause and it’s dangerous.

 

Homophobia:

Pronunciation: ˌhō-mə-ˈfō-bē-ə\

Function: noun

Date: 1969

: irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals. An irrational fear or intolerance of homosexuality, or behavior that is perceived to uphold and support traditional gender role expectations. The prevalent assumption in Western society is that heterosexuality is the only acceptable sexual orientation. In sport, homophobia is expressed in ways ranging from telling jokes directed against homosexual activity, through harassment to physical violence against homosexual people.

 

Now I just want you to think about the phobia part.

Phobia:

Pronunciation: \ˈfō-bē-ə\

Function: noun

Etymology: -phobia

Date: 1786

: an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation. A phobia is an intense, unrealistic fear, which can interfere with the ability to socialize, work, or go about everyday life, that is brought on by an object, event or situation

 

Where the fuck is the correlation? When I walk my dog no one who is afraid of dogs (cynophobia) has ever run up to me and tells me that owning a dog is an abomination. Tries to outlaw owning a dog or tells me that I need to get right and own a cat. Acrophobic people don’t go out of their way to ban airplanes, ladders and tall buildings. At no point does the word phobia describe  people who we call homophobic. It’s a term that at the very least it’s as annoying as irregardless. If only it was just annoying.

          Homophobic ads an innocence of fear to what is really hate. As if these hate mongers are really like little children huddling in their blankets with a night light on and us queers are the monster under the bed waiting the moment to strike. that we need to teach tolerance and to be patient. Doing that we  completely ignore their agenda. That they hate us and they want us (L.G.B.T people) wiped of the face of the earth by any means necessesary. Oddly enough I have a little respect for the god hates fags church. Because they’re honest on where they stand when it comes to us. They would like us to kindly drop dead. Pat Roberson and the republican party in general can’t seem to muster up the courage to say whats really on their warped minds. Even though there is tape of that from the 70’s and 80’s readily available on you tube. Once upon a time these monsters had no problem openly pointing to the parts of the bible that say kill gay people and saying it over and over as loudly as possible. Why not as much now? Why did Mormons stop preaching that being dark skinned meant that you had the mark of cain and where hell bound unless you are a slave to a white person. Did African Americans win them over with their sunny disposition. Nope! Being racist looked bad and Mormon colleges needed more atheletes. Luckily you can still make a buck from hating queers.

          Their rhetoric changed to meet the times. “We don’t hate gay people. We just belive in god and family”. Sound familiar? “We don’t hate black people. We just believe in the superiority in the white race”. That one was by David Duke. Even the klan doesn’t have the brass ones to trott that one out anymore. Hetero-supremacist is more than fitting a word to describe the people that we’re up against. Their message: We (gays) are less than them. We contribute nothing that they want so what good are we. We are to blame for all lifes woe’s, god hates fags. If a white person says things like this about black people, are they called afro-phobic? I think not! The word homo-phobic is also dangerous. Hyperbole? I’m too militant? Cut down on the caffine you say. Two words: Gay Panic. How many times have hetero-supremacist gotten away with this one in a court of law. As if their violence is is justified because if they didn’t kill the gay guy next to him. That gay guy might suck the hetero-sexual guys dick against his will. Really? It may not fly in a court of law in many states anymore but it’s alive and well in the right-wing of america.

          When I was in high school, I was taught by my English teacher that “English is a living language and that when we abuse it, it dies a little.” Homo-phobia is when a hetero-sexual sees a homosexual and runs in the opposite direction as fast as they can while screaming like a little girl. Homo-phobia is when someone who is scared of gay people finds out that he is standing next to a bi-sexual and pees their pants and cries. Homo-phobia is when someone is terrified of gay people, literally collapses into a fetal position at the very thought of a lesbian. Someone who goes out of their way to display that they openly hates gay people. Want to make laws that are discriminatory with the goal of marginalizing us. Professes hetero-sexual rule over civil rights and would defend their views with biblical rhetoric or blatant lies is a hetero-supremacist. Case Closed!