Man or Fag or then some?

I suppose Tyler Clementi's brutal exposure and outting should come as no surprise in view of Carl Rove and all the others who use GLBTQ peoples in their ruthless climb to power in a society that sanctions homophobia and hate. Nonetheless, I am sad and disgusted and it brings up all the reasons it is not o.k. and not going to be o.k. until we as a society decide to REALLY, REALLY commit ourselves to doing something concrete about the inequities that are so blatant.

Manhood for Fags ( For Tyler and endless others: Oct 2, 2010)

Desire takes center stage

Steamy encounters

A boy’s own story

That is splashed

All over the internet

Reducing him to his explorations

His emerging sexuality

For a lark

Sanctioned by society

The state he lives in

All for a depraved thrill

Manhood for fags

Renouncing his life

he falls victim

As the heartbreaking

Details unfold

Society’s dirty laundry

Flapping in the wind

Like Tyler’s flailing arms

A hazardous sadness

Hitting the enveloping waters

Under the George Washington bridge

Igniting them with the last

Of his luminous possibilities

The list is endless. As I complete my Grant Wood review, start on Frida and turn to Shifting the Gaze my mind rolls over the endless role call of victims. From the dead to the walking wounded and I weep. Nothing short of tears tells the heartbreaking story of a society so lacking in compassion, decency and the commitment to do the right thing by GLBTQs, to do the right thing about racism, reforming immigration, creating an even playing field for women as this long narrative of America's failure to live up to the promise of the founders. Isn't it time we really started to make it right!!!!