Baht Simpson

I wouldn't place too much store what Douglas Murray says. He has some pretty strange views on heterosexual men as well as LGBT. And he often sounds confused to me. Probably because he just wants to take digs at the left. The gay community is not a club, it doesn't require membership and has no leader. It's an umbrella term to describe certain groups of people, however many or few. Within that framework there are various support groups, activist groups and clubs etc. with varying views and diverse interests. Murray isn't stupid, he knows this but is happy to play the Conservative card for cash.

What are you talking about? I was referring to the gains in gay rights and you start talking about gender issues, something I generally avoid as I'm not fully up to speed on all the issues. For your information all I identify as is a gay man and I have never spoken to any child about LGBT issues so why bring that up? And I don't think equality is stupid but you're welcome to believe that.

Exactly. I don't want to be tolerated. You tolerate a baby keeping you up all night or your cat peeing on the carpet. Acceptance and equality only.

Christmas goes on for six months; there's Christmas fare in the shops in September and panto until March. People seem to cope. ????

There's no compunction to get married. It's about equality of rights.

Thank you. You've demonstrated exactly why Pride is still needed. Hard - earned equality can be lost with views like these.

Like any group there will be differences of opinion. There's always been a tension between a small minority of gay men and lesbians but that's to be expected. In recent years this tension has been seized upon by the right to try to divide the community with some success with the trans issues. The truth is that many lesbians support LGBT.

Narcissism is regard for the self only, rather the opposite of Pride which is the celebration and recognition of a whole group.

Indeed.

Well, that would be the quickest way to get Pride shut down. ????

I take the Buddhist view that hate is internalised and damages the person doing the hating. If anyone projects hate that's their tragedy not mine.

You still haven't explained why you're so worried about it or how it affects you in your day to day life.

Beeswax? What on earth are you talking about? Lol

Don't be so hard on yourself FarAway. ????

nooooo! Lol I find some of the longer acronyms confusing too but it doesn't concern or bother me and I wonder why it would it bother anyone else. The addition of numerous other groups has caused some controversy but this is something that needs to be resolved by the LGBT community and I'm sure it will eventually. Look here if you're genuinely interested. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT BTW Your cats and dogs are safe.

If you couldn't be bothered finding out what the four letters were then why are you so exercised by it now it's more? ????

It's Milky Quartz with Iron Oxide deposits by the look of it. Quartz is one of the most common minerals on Earth. I have bags of the stuff. Gold isn't commonly found in Quartz but Iron Pyrite is so it's nicknamed Fools Gold. If you're of a mind to clean them up Rust-Off or another rust remover would do it but use sparingly. If you're lucky you might find some Rose Quartz or Clear Quartz but they're less ubiquitous. Hope that helps.

O.K. KhunLA, I don't want to misrepresent you. If you want to state that wasn't what you meant and you believe that children are perfectly safe in the company of LGBT people then I'll retract my statement.

Catholics gotta Catholic.

This is a great summary of what the Pride march stands for at 0.25.

I'm sorry you're less open minded these days. I hope you recover. And again the old misguided trope about children not being safe around gays. It never ends.

What you don't understand is that that civil right, unlike that of straight marriage can be taken away on a whim. This is already being spoken of in some states of the U.S. which is why Biden brought in the Respect for Marriage Act that legally protects same-sex and inter-racial marriages from being banned by state laws. De Santis and possibly Trump would reverse this.

Suitably menacing.........and drab. ????

No doubt you do.

Assimilate into society? Jesus Christ, you sound like Jordan Peterson and his "We should help gays integrate into society". Gay people are as much part of society as everyone else but aren't always afforded the same rights or treated the same and that's what this is all about.