stella41b
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Joined: 10/16/2007 From: SW London (UK) Status: offline
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Life is good when a plan comes together and a proposal is accepted.. Today I spent the afternoon in West London, in new offices not far from Earl's Court station where I am to run a new LGBT project. This is not just for homeless people, but for everyone in the borough. Today I had to give details of my proposals. The aim is to promote acceptance and a greater degree of tolerance among people in the community, and therefore in society. This could be the start of a community centre, a support group, whatever. I gave my proposals for an SLGBT group - Straight, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered. The people at first were very curious as to why I wanted to include heterosexual people in the project. "But heterosexual people are not a minority," I heard. "Oh but they are if they are narrow-minded.." I replied. The project is funded by the local authority and I felt that being funded by the local authority that it should be a service made available to the majority of those people living in the borough. I'm also looking to erase those lines in the sand and boundaries established by political correctness. Many of the clients will be homeless and poor people who are stigmatized for being poor and homeless, and additionally (traditionally) for being gay, lesbian, or transgendered. The group is also based in Earl's Court in London, and anything which is kinky happens in Earl's Court. But I also wanted to create a group or organization which is open to the BDSM community and fetish community as well as the LGBT community. Why should the gay sadist have more support than the heterosexual sadist? Then we have to face facts, and the facts are - and aren't we all aware of it on these boards - that kink and BDSM are also a voyage of self-discovery and learning and issues raised here are very similar to those raised in the LGBT community - acceptance, tolerance, social stigma. It just seemed ridiculous for me that a same sex couple practising D/s could have access to support whereas a heterosexual couple practising D/s could not. The key to acceptance is solidarity rather than divisiveness and whatever happens, I'm hoping this project works to remove many of the social divisions that political correctness created. All in all a good day.
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