Posted on 06/03/2012 2:43:31 PM PDT by presidio9
"Not once in her 60-year reign has the Queen publicly acknowledged the existence of the gay community - or gay members of her own royal family. She has never supported or visited a gay charity. Although she is a patron of many good causes, none of them are gay or serve the gay community. The words 'gay' and 'lesbian' have never publicly passed her lips," said human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, Director of the human rights advocacy organisation, the Peter Tatchell Foundation.
He was speaking in the run-up to this weekend's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in Britain, which commemorate Elizabeth II's 60 years on the throne.
"Even when she announced government plans for gay law reform in her Queen's Speeches to parliament, she did not use the words lesbian or gay. Apparently, mentioning gay people is beneath the dignity of the monarch," he added.
"While she has spoken approvingly of the UK's many races and faiths, for six decades the Queen has ignored lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Britons. If she treated black and Asian Britons in the same way, she'd be denounced as a racist. Why the double standards?
"Whereas most of us now welcome and embrace gay people, the Queen has never done so.
"As our head of state, Elizabeth II is supposed to represent and embrace all British people, not just some. How much longer will the LGBT community have to wait for royal recognition and acceptance?
"There is solid evidence of regal prejudice. Gay staff in the Royal Household used to be banned from bringing their partners to the annual Christmas Ball at Buckingham Palace; whereas heterosexual staff were always invited to attend with their partners. This homophobic discrimination was exposed by the LGBT human rights group OutRage! in 1995. It was only after a protest outside the palace and the ensuing bad publicity that the royals dropped the ban.
"When there are major tragedies involving the loss of life, the Queen often visits the site and the victims in hospital. This did not happen when neo-Nazi, David Copeland, bombed the Admiral Duncan gay pub in Soho, London, in 1999, killing three people and wounding 70 others. At the time, it was the worst terrorist outrage in mainland Britain for many years. To most people's surprise, the Queen did not visit the bombed-out pub or the hospitalised victims.
"Defenders of the monarchy point out that many royal staff are gay men. This is true. So what? Having gay staff wait hand and foot on the Queen is proof of nothing, apart from the fact that she likes well-mannered, well-groomed male servants. It's the equivalent of rich racists claiming that they can't be racist because they employ black staff to clean their homes and cook their meals.
"Ever since the public relations blunders at the time of Princess Diana's death, the Queen has gone to great lengths to be more in touch with the mood of country. She presents the monarchy as modern, compassionate and inclusive; often referring to the value of a diverse multicultural, multifaith society.
"On gay issues, however, she remains curiously out of step with public opinion. While I doubt that Elizabeth II is a hard-core homophobe, she certainly doesn't appear to be gay-sympathetic," said Mr Tatchell.
*rimshot*
My mother who died last year bore a striking likeness to Queen
Liz in their younger years. Mom could be described as homo-
phobic. My 88 yr old WWII combat wounded paratrooper dad
could also be described as homophobic as could most all of his
pals. Generational thing at work here? Ya think?
Just about everybody and everything was “homophobic” until the last 20 years.
Being happy that you were raised by your father and mother is, of course, “homophobic”. Reading the Bible and attending church is “homophobic”. Being happy if your son marries a woman and if your daughter marries a man is “homophobic.” Basically any disagreement with a homosexual person about absolutely anything is now “homophobic.” Kind of like disagreeing with B. Hussein Obama about anything is “racist.”
In the PC world of today you are com-
pletely right. And, if the conversation
is of a political nature and with a liberal
opponent then the PC is all the more
thicker.
Man, now the gays want to pillorise the queen for not mentioning gays? They don’t want equality, they want domination...
Everyone should follow the Queen’s example. Ignore evil, unless it is in your face; then fight it.
There can never be enough validation, because all the validation in the world wouldn’t make right what even they know, deep down, is abominably wrong. “Let God be true, and every man a liar”
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