Should Sally Ride have revealed that she was gay?
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| Thu, 07-26-2012 - 4:34pm |
I was sad to learn that Sally Ride had passed away this week, she was such a role model to my generation to know that women really can a "man's job". I really didn't react to the news that she was lesbian, until I read this opinion piece from CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/26/opinion/darrah-sally-ride-lesbian/index.html?hpt=op_t1
The piece talks about how some opinions are that she let down the LGBT community by not coming out that she was gay, which the author disagreed with. She talks about how it was a different world 30 years ago, and it didn't surprise her that she wasn't public about that side of her life. It makes me wonder if she would have been the first woman in space if it was known that she was gay. She might not have had the same legacy if she was open about her sexuality.
Do you think that women today are still hesitant to come out as gay in today's workforce? Do you think that's it's more acceptable in some industries versus others?
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They are not "taking a nasty beating for stating their feelings". They are reaping the consequences of actively supporting and underwriting violence towards gay people. They are feeling the consequences of their CEO's use of CFA's profits to actively lobby for legislation to make being gay a crime punishable by the DEATH PENALTY. For making it a crime to KNOW a gay person without reporting them to the police.
The CEO of CFA is perfectly within his rights to have the opinions he has. And I (and others who object) have the absolute right to call him on his bigotry and hate. And to decide our money will not be going to his personal vendetta against gay people's right to exist.
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Kitty
"If you can't annoy somebody with what you write, I think there's little point in writing."-- Kingsley Amis, British novelist, 1971 t .
There's nothing -- repeat, NOTHING--moral about supporting the death penalty for homosexuals.
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Kitty
"If you can't annoy somebody with what you write, I think there's little point in writing."-- Kingsley Amis, British novelist, 1971 t .
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