NOT OVER FOR THE MANY

I stumbled upon a series of YouTube videos produced by Architectural Digest. Several of them featured prominent married gay couples in media. Singers, actors, TV presenters, etc.. The series followed the pop-TV trend of house tours of exorbitant mansions. "Look what we have ... and what you don't."

These presentations did not lead me to think, "Look at how our efforts to liberate gay men have paid off." My mood sank with each successive episode. These gay men were mimicking heterosexual aristocracy rather glibly. Yet it was definitely mimicry, including their emphasis on having children. Perhaps they are simply typical nouveau riche, lacking the deep classical education and acquired esoteric tastes of actual aristocrats. 

These grandiose architectural pursuits occurred while poor gay men in Islamic countries were being thrown off roofs or hung in public squares. These atrocities are still happening over vast areas of the world. Yet, these men have taken to internationally accessible media to flaunt their security and self-indulgence in Los Angeles or New York. And I would wager their parlors entertain the "tsk, tsk" of phonies whenever the word "Islamophobia" comes up in relation to American or European politics. 

This much has not changed within gay society. We have always been oppressed from within by a segment of A-gays, the equivalent to high school jocks and cheerleaders. In previous times, A-gays were often Republicans. However, their shift to The Left, steered by Los Angeles, is becoming apparent. Selfish opportunism has always been the compass of the A-gay crowd.

Homosexual university students, foolishly aligned with ANTIFA, may represent part of the enraged conscience of gay society. However, those with the intelligence to listen to David Rubin, Noah Yuval Harari and Douglas Murray are more likely to comprehend the ongoing battle for most homosexuals globally. Being blacklisted at a casting call in L.A. or New York for being homosexual is perhaps a thing of the past. This has no relation whatsoever to being publicly brutalized by family and general society. 

The "It gets better." campaign of several years ago belied the vaporous mentality of most of the media in the U.S.. It was equivalent to the Ice Bucket Challenge. Simply calling attention to a complex problem does not solve it. Money helps, but solutions require sweat, education, persistence and technical expertise. In my time, we naively thought that coming out would be an international solution to homosexual oppression. We did not realize that this only works for people who already have some level of social and economic stability. Rejections or threats on the margins of an established homosexual society are not lethal. 

Coming out in a subsistence culture without accessible homosexual societies where refuge might be sought is potentially an act of martyrdom without impact. It is most likely that thousands are killed every year without any notice domestically or internationally. 

Think of the impact of viewing self-indulgent A-gays on a homosexual teenager in such a situation. Would a sane person conclude that this was helping? Is the narcissism and arrogance of the A-gay establishment just as blind as those they so rapidly condemn for flexing their White Privilege? I believe it is. 

There is a vast difference between a Shining City on a Hill and an Ivory Tower. The ivory towers of  L.A. and New York shine on lighted screens around the world. They are greeted with applause by those who are well-off enough to aspire to ivory towers of their own. While staring at their iPads these homosexuals have their backs turned on the millions of gay men and lesbians whose lives are daily torments of secrecy for survival. It doesn't get better for these young people. Not yet, and maybe not ever.