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Originally posted by GreasyBruce
She has done a lot more harm than good. It was not her intention, but that is what I have seen and what I believe. She has never in her work presented an image of gay people that does not conform to harmful stereotypes, to me it seems like she thinks the whole world is the art scene of Manhattan.
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Then you need to a) examine her work with the Born This Way Foundation more, and b) examine yourself to determine why we should shy away from stereotypes. There
are flamboyant gay people out there, and they deserve our love and support as much as people who act like society expects them to act.
As she said in her speech in Maine about DADT... why would we send home the gay soldier instead of the one who makes it an issue? Why
not embrace any and all versions of gay, instead of keeping silent about the fact that they exist? Why
not present an image of a flamboyant gay guy as cool and popular?