Not only do we live in Chinatown east, our neighbourhood is also sort of the Toronto gay district east. The real gay district is around Church Street, how ironic. In our hood live the happily married ones, with pets and children. Yesterday our neighbours invited us to a rally in their church to support Bill C-38 which is going to be voted on in parliament tomorrow. I still feel weird in protestant churches, as if I'm on enemy ground. More out of place as a catholic among protestants, than as a heterosexual among queers. And more so even, because it was a completely cross religional thing, with rabbi's and imams and everything. But no catholic priests, shame on them. Although I do believe one lost sheep signed the petition of religious leaders supporting the Bill. The imam was particularly great, wow. Was he ever infuriated. I am sooo sorry I forgot to take my camera.
And the largest queer population is in West Toronto.
Cute cartoon - but I am not particularly happy with the 'gay marriage' as a final right for emacipation/acceptance and for gays to become 'normal'.
Although I do feel people should have the right to marry if they really, really, really want to...
And ofcourse I don't want to :-)
Here in Holland we just have marriage that is open to everyone, we do not have a 'gay' marriage - that's a good thing i think. (ofcourse i had to say something).
I don't think it's about becoming normal. Imagine for example that Terry Schiavo had been gay, she would have been at the whim of her parents. Michiel once had a collegue with a same sex partner dying of AIDS, and he wasn't even allowed to visit in the hospital, let alone inherit something. A crying shame that is.
It's horrid..