Serction 28

[George 1978]

I don't have a homophobic bone in my body and I am all for equality to everyone in society.

[Victoria O'Keefe]

I'm not a lezzo but this was my reaction to section 28:

[Twocky61]

Re: Serction 28

Initially we had civil partnerships, which to all intents & purposes constituted 'marriage'

[Clare]

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I am glad that we have moved forward since 1967 and that same sex couples are accepted a lot more legally now, and now they can marry each other is even better. I am all for equality so that everyone is equal.

I think we were equal before. We could all marry someone of the opposite sex (e.g. Tom Robinson), and none of us could marry someone of the same sex.

[Twocky61]

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... Or a forerunner to the KGB ... although that was the NKVD!

Who knows what KGB is as an acronym?

For all you anoraks out there like me:

Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti

lol

[Silver Bear]

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Feels like an anagrammed acronym of Britain's Got Less Talent or something.

'Lefties Get Bloody Tiresome' or (to vary the order a little) 'Lumping Groups Together Backfires'.

[George 1978]

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To me LGBT sounds like a garden railway.

Feels like an anagrammed acronym of Britain's Got Less Talent or something.

[Silver Bear]

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In the early to mid 80s there was an interesting phenomenon in west London, especially around the Notting Hill, Westbourne Grove and Bayswater area of pubs that attracted a parallel clientele of Rastafarians and gay men. There was not much socialising between the two groups but there was tolerance and some bonding over music.

[Silver Bear]

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Marc Almond also hates 'the LGBT thing'. I did say great minds think alike.

[Silver Bear]

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To me LGBT sounds like a garden railway.

... Or a forerunner to the KGB ... although that was the NKVD!

Most gay men don't identify at all with LGBT. It's a lesbian-feminist cult. For me the label conjures up images of left-wing 'gender-neutral' robots (with recorded female voices to be PC) waving rainbow flags and chanting meaningless slogans.

That makes me think of a spoof 1970s scientist-fi title: 'Do Female Androids Smell of Fish?'
J.G. Ballard perhaps, or Philip K. Dick?

[victorbrunswick]

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To me LGBT sounds like a garden railway.

[Silver Bear]

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Thank goodness for that. I don't like the LGBT acronym either.

Great minds think alike.
The LGBT acronym is turbo-charged PC.

[George 1978]

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It’s a 1970s slogan I think.

Thank goodness for that. I don't like the LGBT acronym either.

[Silver Bear]

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Sounds like a 1960s Guinness slogan.

It’s a 1970s slogan I think. It means what it says- a man is a man whatever his orientation. I like it, but I can’t be doing with LGBT: I find it degrading personally and I don’t like the way it lumps together groups of people who have nothing in common. Most people don’t even know what it stands for: Let’s Go Bananas Together? Lettuce, Garlic, Bacon & Tomato?
Pleeeeaaase!

[George 1978]

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G-A-Y = Good As You!

Sounds like a 1960s Guinness slogan.