Comments on: The Importance Of Community http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/2008/11/11/the-importance-of-community/ Sun, 06 Nov 2011 06:14:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jul http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/2008/11/11/the-importance-of-community/comment-page-1/#comment-3702 Jul Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:43:52 +0000 http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/?p=1786#comment-3702 Good thoughts, Pat…I often go back and forth about integration vs. having a community, and I think you can have them both. I think that by and large we find relief and relation in living in gay areas, going to gay bars, etc…because of social rejection and finding comfort in sameness, or the feeling that we share a commonality. What I often find to my surprise, is though we share a commonality in our oppression – experiences at work, society, etc…aside from that, I don’t necessarily have more in common with a gay woman than a straight one. So, it leads me to wonder, when the oppression ever ends, and there is no remains of it (should such a day ever come), would I still feel that connection to community?

I’m also Italian/hungarian by ethnicity. My relatives lived in Italian neighborhoods, spoke a common language and were equally rejected/stereotyped by society. Now that being italian isn’t considered much different than irish or anything else…it’s cool to be around others, and I’m even a member of an Italian society, but I don’t feel much pull otherwise.

We’ll see. Cool post though.

Jul´s last blog post..Mickey Rourke uses the “F” word…and it’s not the one I like doing.

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]]> By: Tabby http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/2008/11/11/the-importance-of-community/comment-page-1/#comment-3684 Tabby Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:42:04 +0000 http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/?p=1786#comment-3684 Less than a mile away--? How awesome is that!?!? Maybe I need to get out more, too, haha. Have fun with the book club! <3<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3684','Tabby'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3684','Tabby','Less than a mile away--? How awesome is that!?!? Maybe I need to get out more, too, haha.\r\nHave fun with the book club! <3'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Less than a mile away–? How awesome is that!?!? Maybe I need to get out more, too, haha.
Have fun with the book club! <3
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