Apparently LGBT role models wearing BDSM inspired clothing to
the Oscars is ‘activism’ for the LGBT community, and I’m basically Mary
Whitehouse for thinking otherwise.
Not only do I not see Olympic ice skater Adam Rippon wearing a
harness/tuxedo outfit as ‘activism’, I see it as actively harmful - he’s chosen
to be a role model to kids, (and is financially benefiting from doing so), so
for him to use his first major public appearance to wear such a sexually
provocative outfit, I think is immensely selfish. And a dangerous thing for any
role model to do, gay or straight, male or female.
Was it a publicity stunt? Is he using his identity for fame and
fortune?
According to many conversations I’ve had on Twitter, we’re meant
to celebrate the fact that we LGBT people can now publicly express our sexuality
and fetishes, as others can. Is this what equality means these days? - the right to contribute to this
overly sexualised society as much as everyone else? Hardly something to
celebrate, surely.
Some on Twitter even argued with me that
people who are into BDSM need to be ‘liberated’. I suppose it’s just a matter
of time before those people are free to walk down the high street in their gimp
masks etc, and anyone who protests will be labelled a bigot and a prude.
Inclusivity, I guess…
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