Holy Mother of GOD. Has anyone else read this bullshit?

http://www.missionamerica.com/

This is Linda Harvey "denouncing" the gay shootings in Tel Aviv. I mean, give me a BREAK. She gives you one or two lines of lip service at the start, the "this was very sad" stuff that everyone has to say, then goes on to spout practically the exact same things that the people who DO this fucked-up shit think. She is using this absolutely horrific tragedy as a platform from which to spout her hate-mongering.

What the hell is WRONG with people?

Ms Harvey, I would like to take this opportunity to hand some of your own advice right back to you: "This kind of bigotry has no place in a civilized society and is wildly irresponsible, unjust and inaccurate." And no, we 'deviant gays' are not the bigoted ones I'm talking about, you prejudiced, hypocritical bitch.

...because straight and gay people alike are prejudiced against you.

Apparently, it's against human nature or something to be capable of being attracted to both and/or either gender. Straight people (well, the asshole-y ones) hate you because they see you as a lesbian--which, you know, is fine, because whatever, I expected that when I started coming out. What I really didn't see coming at all until after it started happening was that a lot of gay people don't like you either. Apparently, a lot of them don't believe that bisexuals really exist. The reaction I've gotten a lot of (aside from the straight-person-perspective of me being a dirty, greedy deviant who simply can't make her mind, which is a horrible, filthy LIE with no truth in it at all) is the stereotype that:

1) bisexual men are really just guys who can't come to terms with the fact that they're gay.
Now, not being a bisexual man, I can't really give you an opinion or personal experience with this one. I will say that, yes, I have met several people, men and women, who came out as bisexual and then, some time later, said that they actually figured out that they were "all-the-way gay" but were too scared or whatever of deviating too far from the straight lifestyle that they had all been raised to believe they should grow up and create for themselves, so, whether they realized they were doing it or not, they were trying to leave the "straight option" open for themselves. However, I have also had the pleasure of meeting several people (like myself) who identify themselves as bisexual and who were, and continue to be, comfortable being attracted to and involved with people of both sexes. True, I've met fewer bi males than females, but then I also associate with more females on a regular basis just because of my social circles (my job, my univeristy and it's 5:1 female:male ratio, etc).

2) bisexual women are really just straight girls playing around until they find some man to commit to
Again, I can't speak for every girl out there who says that she's bi, and I will admit that I can think of at least one person in my experience who has fallen into this very irritating stereotype. And I really, really do hate this one. I am a bisexual female, but I don't play around and I am certainly not waiting for Prince Charming to come sweep me off me feet so that I can cease to entertain myself with all this homosexual preoccupation that I kept myself entertained with while waiting for him. UGH, no. I mean, yes, I might decide I want to spend my life with a man. But there is just as good a chance (maybe even a very slightly better chance, according to my Kinsey scale score) that I might end up with another woman. Either one is fine with me. I could be equally content with either. And, thank God for being Canadian, I would be just as capable of marrying either. I, and most bisexuals I know, care primarily about that person that I am attracted to, not their gender.

When someone tells me that I'm not really a bisexual because bisexuals don't really exist, it fucking pisses me off. I know nothing I say is going to change their mind, which pisses me off more, but it generally doesn't stop me from ranting about it anyway.

So, yeah. Apologies to anyone reading this who feels like I offended them. It was not my intention. I know that a delightfully large number of people--gay, straight, bi or what-have-you--do believe that bisexuals are out there and this rant wasn't directed at you guys. It was directed at the ignorant. Promise. Ta ta!

...I, sadly, apparently do not live in an area worthy enough to play it in theatres anytime in the discernable future. So I cheated. I found it here: http://forums.watchit3.com/watch-new-2008-movies/16142-milk-2008-a.html If you'd like to view it there, feel free, but hurry--no doubt they'll be taking it down within a week.

It first came to my attention through the fact that my <3'd Lucas Grabeel is in it, but then I actually made the effort to look into the history of Harvey Milk. And Oh. My. God. He was just, I dunno, there are no words for how thankful I am that someone like Harvey Milk existed. I don't know how different my life would be right now if not for the changes he worked for, and I don't want to. Just, wow.

As for the movie, I really liked it. Sean Penn was, obviously, amazing. James Franco, very good, though my inner-fangirl thinks that he didn't get enough screen time. Same for darling Lucas (who was also just adorable). And a special surprise I wasn't expecting: Emile Hirsch as Cleve Jones. I dunno if it was the char or Emile, but that guy kicked ass.

Rock on, San Francisco. Rock on.

I saw Twilight tonight. I've been nervous about it. I didn't think I would like it. I was a huge fan of the books, up until Breaking Dawn came out and ruined them for me. So I like to pretend the story ended before the epilogue in Eclipse and that works for me.

I did like the Twilight movie, though. RPatz is love, even if he's prettier in real life than the make-up people made him for the film. Also: Bella's "Dracula nightmare/sex dream" should definitely have been the cover shot for EW a couple months back, instead of the truly hideous shot they ended up using. Ugh. But yeah, I'll be going again. ^___^

On another couple notes:

-I sprained my ankle on Friday night as I was going down the stairs at the entrance at my uni's winter formal. Such a shame, I looked gorgeous and then I ended up spending the whole night at the hospital. 'Least I was the prettiest person in the waiting room. And on the subject of waiting, I was waiting at the hospital until fucking 7 AM and all I got was a "go home and put ice on it". Could have killed someone, honestly.

-Someone called me a "fucking dyke" today. I have never been so close to punching someone in the face without actually hitting them. Admittedly, I am bisexual, but that asshat didn't know that, he was just saying it as an insult b/c I called him a moron for dissing gays. Grr. Asshat.