Sam Inman's letter (SO May shows deep misunderstanding of the recent moves to welcome bisexuals into lesbian and gay campaigning groups and the basic debates around autonomy:
The main purpose of organisations such as Outrage! is fight homophobia. At the forefront of these campaigns should be those that suffer homophobia, directly, every daThis is the principle of autonomous self-organísation, which as Sam Inman says, is an esential prerequisite for buildinga liberation movement. This includes bisexuals.
The homophobie attacks of the Tory government and the overall moral shift towards the "normal' family has affected bisexuals as much as lesbians and gay men. The bigots don't differentiate in who they attack on the street.
Of course there are differences in the way these groups are oppressed, but there are differences in the experiences between lesbians and gay men too The movement has always coped with these by recognising the similarities.
Basically the oppression results from homophobla and those that lace this must unite Bisexuals have always been invorvea u tus aberaton struggle, now we are claiming our right to be there openly.
Behind Sam Inman's comence of bisexuality...(didn't Queen Victoria doubt the existence of lesbians once upon a time)..and a disbelief that these strange people could possible suffer from homophobia. The objection to transvestites and sado-masochists shows a narowoCnono nahelnane gay community.
Many sado-masochists are lesbians and gay men. Do we have to be a certain soft of xay to have the political ideas to Autonomy doesn't mean the right for certain sections within the movement to have their own safe space.
Uniting all those that suffer from homophobia is not a diverston into benasy ронась, but the best way to fight for liberation and it is this active struggle that will politicise the move large sections of the commuruby.
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