Comments on: Stonewall Awards http://thelatest.co.uk/7/stonewall-awards Just another The Latest weblog Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:39:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michal Dunkley http://thelatest.co.uk/7/stonewall-awards/comment-page-1#comment-1820 Michal Dunkley Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:31:22 +0000 http://thelatest.co.uk/7/?p=924#comment-1820 hello Stella as a participant in the demonstration but only speaking for the grassroots inasmuch as individuals have communicated their feelings to me, generally we seek acceptance of all our diversity. We do not see it as incumbent on us to blend in and be unnoticeable but on society to let us be. That is why we protested the S(t)onewall nomination of Julie Bindel for the journalism award. We expect individuals to have inappropriate ideas about us, it is a free country, but not a human rights organisation which receive public funding and preach equality. Thank you very much for your comments. All I have talked to from the protest concur very much with the idea of a coming together of minds on supporting diversity issues. (BTW I think the acronym you were looking for is LGBTQQI which includes GenderQueer, Questioning and Intersex all of whom deserve equal human rights with those who have simpler explanations of their gender and/or sexuality) best regards Michal Dunkley hello Stella

as a participant in the demonstration but only speaking for the grassroots inasmuch as individuals have communicated their feelings to me, generally we seek acceptance of all our diversity.

We do not see it as incumbent on us to blend in and be unnoticeable but on society to let us be.

That is why we protested the S(t)onewall nomination of Julie Bindel for the journalism award. We expect individuals to have inappropriate ideas about us, it is a free country, but not a human rights organisation which receive public funding and preach equality.

Thank you very much for your comments. All I have talked to from the protest concur very much with the idea of a coming together of minds on supporting diversity issues.

(BTW I think the acronym you were looking for is LGBTQQI which includes GenderQueer, Questioning and Intersex all of whom deserve equal human rights with those who have simpler explanations of their gender and/or sexuality)

best regards

Michal Dunkley

]]> By: Stella Duffy http://thelatest.co.uk/7/stonewall-awards/comment-page-1#comment-1459 Stella Duffy Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:40:33 +0000 http://thelatest.co.uk/7/?p=924#comment-1459 Actually, I used my acceptance speech to ask for dialogue between all parties, not only about the issues regarding the protest, but rather more about where we are now as the LGBTQII (etc) 'community'. I was not suggesting that it is specifically Stonewall's responsibility to make this happen, but up to all of us who have an interest in forward movement through dialogue and discussion. Stella Duffy Actually, I used my acceptance speech to ask for dialogue between all parties, not only about the issues regarding the protest, but rather more about where we are now as the LGBTQII (etc) ‘community’. I was not suggesting that it is specifically Stonewall’s responsibility to make this happen, but up to all of us who have an interest in forward movement through dialogue and discussion.
Stella Duffy

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