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Business Association. 4 gaycalgary and edmonton magazine #53, March 2008 The Queers Must Be Crazy Letter from the Publisher on a school exam, or vandalized public property. They know By Rob Diaz-Marino these things are wrong and yet they did them anyway to fi nd out what happens. Some face serious repercussions and learn If I ask you to imagine a culture where the adults their lesson; some don’t get caught but feel so guilty that they behave like children, and the children behave like never do it again; others make a habit of it, and grow up to be adults, you might wonder what episode of Star Trek criminals. I’m talking about. In reality you may need to look Meanwhile, otherwise innocent children have witnessed no further than your own stomping grounds here on their parents putting down the goofy stereotypes on TV, or Planet Earth. I’m noticing this polarization of matu- giving them mysterious warnings about the two men or two rity levels happening more and more within the gay women that live together just down the street, or being told outright that homosexuality is shameful, wrong, and unfor- community, and I’ve been pretty darn curious as to giveable. So GLBT children are made to feel just like those why this is happening. other bad kids – perhaps even worse after being pushed to the bottom of the pecking order when bullied by those bad kids – Now don’t get me wrong – I’m happy to report that the ma- when they have really done nothing wrong. Like binding one’s jority of GLBT adults that I know are mature and responsible, feet in ancient Chinese tradition, some GLBT children crumble and not so happy to say that I’ve seen far too much of youth under the pressure to curb their “unacceptable” thoughts and my age (I’m only 26, believe it or not) that I’ve seen are mostly feelings at this early age, before they are fully formed. It only concerned about getting high and getting laid. But the scales gets worse when they try going through the motions with some have started tipping lately, and I think I might be able to offer poor girl who is destined to get her heart broken. an observation – our writer Kevin Alderson, a registered psy- chologist, might confi rm or contest this. One fairly recent scene that particularly turned my stom- ach was a televised broadcast showing parents who brought In my understanding, the whole idea of the GLBT commu- their children to a traditional marriage rally. The children had nity is to offer one another an unfair advantage, after a long sombre but blank expressions on their faces, responding to history of being dealt unfair disadvantages from the rest of the anger and indignation in their parents’ voices but looking society. Well...a tightly knit social network, a moral support up to them to watch out for their best interests - which they system, people to turn to when you need help – these things are presumably too young to understand and accomplish for are the fabric of society, they are not an unreasonable thing to themselves. What a sick joke that the parents, who boasted ask for. However in business, the nepotism, under the table this rally to be “for the children”, refused to acknowledge the deals and secret favours are. statistical inevitability that one or more of the children in that The disadvantages that past and present generations very room would grow up to be part of the group that they have had to face are numerous, and profoundly barbaric were lobbying against. How disheartening it would be to know for a society that thinks it’s above foot-binding and female your mom and dad fought so that you couldn’t get married. It circumcision. In western society we seem to rather resort to is a disgusting betrayal from those who we, as children, have mind games to cripple one another as necessary to fi t into the little choice but to trust unconditionally. But I digress. mould. Let’s go through the basic inventory – it’s not the story Still, I would argue that most, if not all of the emotional of every GLBT person, but certainly the story of some. turmoil prior to this time in a child’s life can be overcome with The fi rst trauma is faced as we come of age, getting the the help of a supportive family. Even if we are made to feel feeling that there is something wrong with us as we begin to like deviants from outside sources, it is our family that holds realize that our orientations do not match what we have been the most power at the end of the day.