Frustration

I saw a documentary on TV this week about a homophobic, straight guy (from Michigan)... who had to spend 30 days with gay people in San Francisco. It frustrated me to no end - mainly the guy's attitude and the fact that he always tried to hide behind the Bible. He contradicted himself several times and behaved like a complete moron most of the time.

(OK, so in the end he probably learned something akin to tolerance, so that was all right... but still...)

The program also showed an old guy, a former human rights activist, who, along with his dozen children and several dozens of grandchildren arranged picket lines and demonstrations against GLBT people! Made me want to get up on some barricades and demand justice (as well as hope for the old guy - and his offspring - to snuff it ASAP, in none too pleasant ways).

It's so frustrating to see things like these and be reminded of all the phobes out there - and of the rights we still haven't got (or only have on paper).

Over here, the big issue right now is legislation about artificial insemination - whether it should be allowed for single women and couples of women. Only about 10 kids are born to lesbian couples each year, but even that amount seems to be too much for the conservative, middle-aged male members of the parliament. At the moment it seems likely that the law will exclude single women and lesbian couples and only allow straight couples the use of fertility clinics.

The conservatives claim it's important for every child to have a father... and yet hundreds of kids, born to straight parents, will never know their fathers!

If I were at all inclined to have children, I might try to have one just to spite the conservatives!