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An argument. A debate. it has always been this approach when speaking of homosexuality. NTV7 has recently done a short presentation in Edisi Siasat Chinese on homosexuality. An exploratory initiated due to the divorce of the acclaimed author Ou Yang Wenfeng, his public disclosure of his sexual identity, and his latest releases. It is hardly a one man show, and with the issue of homosexuality at hand, it probably will never be. People hate them, ignore their existence, refuse their rights, and shun them of their commitment. Yet these are the same people who talk so fondly of their heterosexism, their failed marriages, and their rhetorical religions of love and acceptance.
“Homosexuality is a developed concept. A concept so soluble where gays and lesbians have to resort to any sacred documentation to support their belief,” said a religious leader. And what do you have to say about people who twist the same documentation to legalize slavery or to criminalize scientists, or to conquer weaker nations. History doesn’t count. Alright then, what would you say about religious terrorism, penalization of novels and movies for minor details, dehumanization of gays and lesbians and other minorities who happen to be GOD-creation too. Though I know some would rather be the devil’s children, if it comes with better perks.
If the seed is not given sunshine and water, it will remain a seed. We really can’t blame the GLBT for not voicing out. It is not they don’t have the courage. It is the lack of sun-ray and H2O. How is it possible to come out of their closet, if the only expression that anyone gives is a cold shoulder or worse a cold, bloody stab. No one in their right mind would. It is of no particular reason why many GLBT prefer isolation; and in some situation a relationship isolation. Being homosexual is rough enough to live by, and on top of that your lover decides to call for pizza delivery because he is afraid to be see dining outside with another man. Not for Eric Goh, his partner left him a day before the TV interview in fear of exposing himself to the public eye. It is the price many pay to protect that little privacy they have.
You can have another man staying with you in a one-room apartment and the only possible sleeping arrangemet is a king-size bed. And still you are hoping to fool your parents that you are straight and just roommates. Isolation also comes to a point where you are married to someone and the only option for you to explore your sexual orientation is with some strangers. Homosexuality is not a marriage problem, but often it has become one. If homosexuality is what crumbles a marriage, then there shouldn’t be a marriage to begin with. Ou Yang has made it clear that marriage doesn’t mean anything, and it certainly doesn’t mean you are not gay anymore. Take it from someone who’s been there and done that, and even written it down in pages.
“It is not an issue of sexual act, rather it is a matter of sexual identity,” explained the author. It is the lack of understanding that spurs the hostile attempt at the issue. To add, Jian RongWei said that nothing can be solved if we only explore anything with positive or negative association. Living in the 21st Century it is hardly possible to ignore the constant changes around us. As what cited off Elbert Hubbard, progress comes from the intelligent use of experience; in which we learn to accommodate anew into our root.
While in Channel 9 Sahabat interview, a gay man expressed that society has emphasized that it is wrong to have a man and a woman to sleep in the same room, while it is alright for two guys. Hence this stimulates sexual experimentation among guys in their early stage of puberty. And interestingly the interview collected responses from general public, in which one stated that gays are basically soft in their physical and in the process of transforming into women. The same dick also said that gays are not men, they are a new species. Misunderstanding wouldn’t even sum up that remark. And more so to have an insensitive sexist to be the interviewer, it has done more damage comparably.
Just as war is freedom’s cost, disagreement is freedom’s privilege. - Bill Clinton
