I was told to place myself on something called the Riddle Homophobia Scale. I chose the "acceptance" level. As it turned out, "tolerance" and "acceptance" are still considered "homophobic" ("implies there is something to accept"). Ultimately, I was told, I should aim to find myself nurturing GLBTQA, wherein I will realize that "gay/lesbian people are indispensable to our society", and will view GLBTQAs with "genuine affection and delight," manifested by an eagerness to be an ally and advocate for their community.
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"Athena" is just a pusedosym: http://cameralucid.blogspot.com/2010/11/pictures-is-worth-thousand-words-and.html?m=1
Can you say bias?
Not to mention she lies about the scale:
"Acceptance: Still implies that there is something to accept; the existing climate of discrimination is ignored. Characterized by such statements as "You're not lesbian to me, you're a person!" or "What you do in bed is your own business." or "That's fine with me as long as you don't flaunt it!"
"I was expected to sign a statement that said, among other things:
"I am committed to educating myself and others about oppression, heterosexism, and homophobia, and combating them on a personal level. I am committed to working toward providing a safe, confident support network for members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community…I am the product of a heterosexist culture and I am who I am. I do not have to feel guilty about what I know or believe, but I do need to take responsibility for what I can do now. I will struggle to change my false/inaccurate beliefs or oppressive attitudes towards gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people."
All this at a Catholic university!"
The fact that it tells you not to feel guilty but promise to do better is telling. She was training to be an RA, as in not he biased? However she never tells us what university she goes to, so we cannot confirm her false story.
And when Humberside Police at Bridlington can accept LGBT people as members of the community: proving that fact during Pride Month several years ago...:
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...what's your excuse, OP?!
Granted what I just read about the Riddle scale is pretty cringy, the way they choose to divide things, but … I’m finding this claim to be likely disingenuous at best, and probably something more along the lines of a lie.
@ryu238 #120916
To be fair, that sounds like a pretty stupid scale IMO. I mean, isn’t the entire point of LGBTQ+ support to treat them with equal values as cis hetero people? If we have to admire and appreciate them and put them on a pedestal, isn’t that kinda doing the exact opposite of making them equals? I mean, I’d call myself the “acceptance” level as well. LGBTQ+ people as just that, people. People like any other. It’s kinda stupid to treat them as anything less or more than that.
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