Monday, October 06, 2008
Dear GLBT
Sent: May 12, 2008GLBT National Help Center
2261 Market Street, PMB #296
San Francisco, CA 94114
Dear Gays, Lesbians, Bis, and Transexuals,
I read somewhere that gays make up around 10% of the population. I'm not sure if this statistic counts bisexuals and transexuals though, but no matter how you slice it I think we can agree GLB&Ts are a minority! You've got a limited scope of people you can market to. This is why I am writing to ask you include straight people in your organization.
GLBTS doesn't seem any more confusing to me, and with the addition of this one letter you get to increase your potential membership by around 90%. Seems to me this way gays could stop trying to recruit straight people. People could be whatever they want to be, and instead of "gay rights," you could become an advocate for "people's rights." A much more positive and inclusive message and mission in my opinion.
Or, if that's too many letters in your name you could consider dropping bisexual people. After all, these are just individuals too confused to make up their minds. If they can't make a commitment, why should your organization? GLTS has a nice ring to it!
Isn't it about time you stop discriminating against straight people?
Sincerely,
Christopher L. Jorgensen
p.s. I was also wondering how many times a man can have sex with another man before he has to consider himself gay?
No response as of 10/6/08.
My reaction:
Every now and again I write a letter than makes me feel like I am going to hell for thinking of it and actually sending it. My brain is broken. This is one of those letters.
I really do have problems with any organization that excludes people based on prejudicial criteria. Like NOW or NAACP or the GLBT. It’s not that I can’t get behind these organization’s stated missions, but as a straight white male I feel left out and my feelings are hurt.
Seriously though, I think we need an organization that just focuses on people. People should be treated equitably just because they are people, not because they don’t have dangly bits (or like to put those dangly bits in different places than straight people). I know in the really real world this isn’t the case, but it seems like whenever I hear someone demanding equal rights it’s in the context of US vs. Them, which sets up a conflict from the get go.
Oh, and a gay man gave me the last line of this letter..
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Posted by cjorgensen on 10/06 at 06:00 AM
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