Hate Crimes

Although we tend to think that we are the only ones with problems here in Amsterdam its not true ....

(Edinburgh, Scotland) 

An examination of police complaints across Scotland reveals a tripling of hate crimes against members of the LGBT community, The Daily Record newspaper reported Monday.

The paper said that the situation may be worse than what it uncovered. A spokesperson for one police force admitted to The Record that it does not keep records on crimes based on the victim’s sexuality.

Of those forces which do keep records, the number of hate crimes has jumped from only a handful three years ago to the hundreds this year. The worst area was Strathclyde, where 50 crimes were reported in 2005, but so far this year, 216 have been reported.

Scottish civil rights leaders called the results of the study “horrific” and “appalling.”

source: 365Gay

Obesity mantra

Danny said something very strange last night when I, as usual, started making excuses for my being overweight.

"Its to protect you. When you don't need the protection anymore then it will go."

It just struck a chord somewhere in me.

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Worthy

"My dear young lady, there was a great deal of truth, I dare say, in what you said, and you looked very pretty while you said it, which is much more important."

“A Woman of No Importance” Oscar Wilde

What is a person worth? and how is that measured? What is self worth?

As a child it was expected of me to be successful in all I did. Assumed even. This didn't inspire me, or even motivate me. It wasn't a support or even a comfort to know that my parents expected excellence. On the contrary. It gave me the attitude in life that whatever I tried to achieve I would always fall short. In fact, why try at all knowing that I would always fail.

So what is a pretty boy worth?

Status, pride, bloodline .... an investment for old age?

What is a beautiful young man worth?

Status, sex, vitality .... to be bartered and traded? Shared and handed round?

And a handsome man?

Status, sex, money .... to be invested in, collecting dividends until he is sold on.

So how much is self worth? In cash? In pride? In status?

Normal

I don't know about you, but I get the feeling that the hiv+ emancipation wave has petered out and died.

Don't get me wrong. There are lots of men out there working hard for all kinds of rights and against all kinds of rules.

But emancipation?

We've settled back into being 'normal' again.

Being 'normal' is the natural dutch state of being. 

Being 'normal' is not being out of the ordinary, is being like everyone else, being the same.

Being 'normal' is also not being troublesome, not making a fuss, not being a pain in the ass.

Take a look at the Hiv Vereniging, 'normality' taken to extremes.

Washed, bleached, and sanitized. The douche has been in their ass for years making sure there is no awkward shit floating around inside.

But being 'normal' also indicates stagnation, and with stagnation comes decay, rotting, and ultimately an inevitable, albeit painless, death.

'Normality' - the Dutch disease