[Blindtlk] Off Topic - Accessible places on the net for LGBTQ individuals?

[Ari Damoulakis]

Hi Peter
First, I think it is maybe harder for you in some parts of America
like the south to come out as gay. We here in South Africa have good
laws to help and accept gay people, although having said that, we have
a very strong religious right who, even though they can't do anything
about the laws, they try to intimidate or guilt trip or "change" gay
people. Its like our disability laws, good on paper but not practiced
properly.
I was involved in an Anthropology class where we learned about a
terrible phenomenon we have here called corrective rape, which is
being done to lesbian women. Often men here forcably rape a lesbian
because they believe it will change her orientation.
Even on the campus I'm on, the gay society often faces damage to their
office or property.
What I meant by the gay totally blind question is more about, let me
put it this way. A sighted person who realises he is gay I think if
I'm right they realise it many times more through a physical
attraction to people of the same sex. Now obviously totally blind
people can't see the bodies so do they maybe use voice for example and
say I'm more attracted to male voices, or maybe its like they enjoy
the company of same sex people more? I'm just curious because I've
never met a person who is totally blind from birth who is gay, so I'm
just curious about the process.
Ari
On 2/20/13, Peter Wolfe <yogabare13 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ari,
>
>
>     After a few replies on list, it appears that much of the
> challenges are innergenerational like racism of the past. An older
> fella said that his father hated either gays or blacks, so he was
> probably double wammed with dating a guy of color and being gay
> himself. There are still inclusion issues in the gay community as a
> whole towards the blind and much of the other disability community for
> that matter that I'd attest to as well. This is no different than for
> being blind of any group just that gay men and women open up more
> readily than the normal population even though some are steadfast into
> preferences like race, etc. Lastly, much of what you face presumedly
> being hetrosexual is about the same as if you would be whether you
> were in or outside of the closet now! BTW: I'm not fully out in public
> though.
>
>
> hugs,
> Peter a.k.a Emily sometimes
>
> On 2/20/13, Peter Wolfe <yogabare13 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ari,
>>
>>
>>     Thanks for the online resource cause you can never have too many
>> right? Well, I cannot fully answer your question because I wasn't born
>> blind nor have ever had a blind partner before. HOwever, if you didn't
>> midnd that I quoted your material with keeping your name anonymous on
>> the Yahoo Gay e-mail list for which I'm already a member on their
>> impressions of your question. Unless your a closeted gay you wouldn't
>> mind and you probably aren't so it doesn't matter nyhow. I'll report
>> to you on this same thread as the results pore in.
>>
>>
>> hope this helps,
>> Peter
>>
>> On 2/20/13, Ari Damoulakis <aridamoulakis at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Peter
>>> There's also a group called Queerability, just search on Google. I
>>> also know of a mailing list for blind LGBT people.
>>> You join by sending an email to
>>> blind-gay-subscribe at yahoogroups.com
>>> I just have a question, its just something I'm curious about.
>>> I have known blind LGBT people, but many of them had their sight when
>>> they realised their sexual orientation, that they were attracted to
>>> the same sex.
>>> I'm curious to know, how do totally blind people who are born gay
>>> realise it and then start adjusting, is it much more of a difficult
>>> process to go through than a sighted person goes through?
>>> Thanks
>>> Ari
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Cordially,
>> Peter Q Wolfe, BA
>> cum laude Auburn University
>> e-mail: yogabare13 at gmail.com
>> "If you don't stand up for something your willing to fall for anything"
>> Peter Q Wolfe
>> "Stand up for your rights"
>> Bob Marley
>>
>
>
> --
> Cordially,
> Peter Q Wolfe, BA
> cum laude Auburn University
> e-mail: yogabare13 at gmail.com
> "If you don't stand up for something your willing to fall for anything"
> Peter Q Wolfe
> "Stand up for your rights"
> Bob Marley
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