Gay School Blues- 09.16.03
I read the headline, “Classes open at gay high school”. My first thought was, how could it be possible for an inanimate object to be gay. That was stupid. My next thought was, why would anyone want to go to school to learn how to be gay? That was funny. Imagine the classes – “Lisping 101”, “Dressing Smart”, “Butch or Bitch, You Decide”.
But, then it sunk in that this was a school for kids that were already gay. That kind of pissed me off so I read the article. I was planning on writing an essay on the stupidity of separating any group for any reason.
I had a slew of questions queuing up in my brain.
Isn’t this segregation?
What if a non-gay person wants to attend this school?
Shouldn’t the ACLU be stepping in on this?
What if I created a school for just white kids or just black kids?
Wouldn’t that stir up some problems with the watchdog groups?
Then I read the article and my perspective softened a little bit. It was a religious idiot that redirected my thinking. That happens to me a lot. There were 10 protesters at the school’s opening, but they were not protesting the separation aspect of this school. They were protesting against being gay. That’s nice. Let’s attack these kids in a way that is far worse than any trouble they would receive from other kids in regular school as they are being separated in an effort to protect them. That’s just too much irony for me. A Kansas minister named Fred Phelps led the small group of brainless sheep doing the accosting. He yelled to these students to repent for their “sodomite behavior”. Question to self, “Can lesbians perform sodomy”? This loser is best known for picketing at the funerals of gay men including men who were the victims of hate crimes. He is obviously having problems coming to grip with his closeted homosexual feelings. In his confusion, he’s lashing out at that which he despises most within himself. Once again, one of the most screwed up people in society is wearing the cloth of the clergy. Why is that?
So anyhoo, this made me rethink pulling these kids out of regular school. I thought about how hard it was for anyone who was different in high school. The article stated that homosexuals have a higher chance of dropout or suicide in a regular high school and honestly that doesn’t surprise me.
But then again, nearly everybody has a hard time in high school. Do gay kids really have it any worse than say, fat kids or nerdy kids? I don’t think so. I think I’m gonna flip-flop again. The reason I have changed my mind is because we are setting these kids up for an even bigger fall when they jump into mainstream society. No one in the real world is going to give them special benefits or shelter them just because of their sexual preferences. It seems to me that high school is where we start to learn to understand and accept our differences from everyone else and to be a member of society? At some point these kids are going to have to face reality and like most things, they are probably better dealt with at a young age. If they plan on being gay their whole lives, which I’m sure they do, they had better learn how to deal with being different and possibly being treated badly. And the sooner they start, the better. What happens when they go to college or start a new job and some idiot gives them a hard time? Are they going to request a special “gay” college or a “gay” workplace? To bad - so sad, it’s time for the real world sweetheart. Congratulations, you are now a step behind everyone else who toughed it through high school.
Also, if we are going to shelter gay kids, why should we stop there? What about a school for overweight people or one for stoner types only? Maybe we should start a school for left-handed boys named Ignacio who have a speech impediment, likes eating paste, have at least one family member in prison, and a penchant for snitching on fellow students. You know that kid would suffer far more beatings than any gay kid. Shouldn’t he have his own school, for safety sake? Where do we draw the line? I was really lazy in high school. I would have loved to have gone to a special school that catered to lazy kids. This way I wouldn’t’ have had to do as much work as regular kids. Hey, It wasn’t my fault I was lazy. It was a genetic defect. I imagine that I would be worse off now if they had a school like that because I would not have been forced to learn how to deal with all the BS that prepared me for the real world. I’m still lazy as hell, but I’ve learned how to deal with it and at least keep a job (sort of). And I can attribute at least some of that to a hard ass time in high school.
Realistically, I can’t see any benefits to separating these kids from the high school population at large. It might spare them a little pain, but it will probably hurt them in the long run. I can say this though, I’ll bet they’ll have an awesome drama club and a terrible football team.
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