Gay Rights
Oct. 4th, 2006 11:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magentaAs a bi woman, what has in the past identified as a lesbian, I find the emphasis on "gay" rights limited.
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jaylake's take, which I agree with.
I've decided I don't believe in gay rights. I believe in human rights. If some humans can marry, all humans should be able to marry. If some humans can inherit, all humans should be able to inherit. And so forth.
At the very basest level of self-interest, if you're committed to limiting human rights, by skin color or language or surname or religion or sexual preference or any other shibboleth, you're only creating the means to limit your own rights, should you find yourself in some future minority.
This is
jaylake's take, which I agree with. I've decided I don't believe in gay rights. I believe in human rights. If some humans can marry, all humans should be able to marry. If some humans can inherit, all humans should be able to inherit. And so forth.
At the very basest level of self-interest, if you're committed to limiting human rights, by skin color or language or surname or religion or sexual preference or any other shibboleth, you're only creating the means to limit your own rights, should you find yourself in some future minority.
