DADT is (almost?) repealed (I´m not sure how American legislature works exactly, but everyone seems convinced that the repeal is certain.) I´m very happy and also relieved.
I planned to do a post on how I started to take gay discrimination (and discrimination in general) seriously, how I feel it affects me personally and how I see the situation in Austria, but I want it to make sense and I haven´t found the time yet. Also it´s not easy to find coherent words. I just had to mention it here otherwise I might get lazy and "forget".
I just wanted to share this: In Vienna we have two free public transport newspapers; they´re both low quality and rather populist. One of them is still better than the other and I picked it up today because I was bored. On the first page there was a short note that read as follows, translated loosely by me: "Barack Obama reforms the military. Finally: Homosexuals are allowed to serve in the US Army."
That "finally" was such a wonderful surprise.
I planned to do a post on how I started to take gay discrimination (and discrimination in general) seriously, how I feel it affects me personally and how I see the situation in Austria, but I want it to make sense and I haven´t found the time yet. Also it´s not easy to find coherent words. I just had to mention it here otherwise I might get lazy and "forget".
I just wanted to share this: In Vienna we have two free public transport newspapers; they´re both low quality and rather populist. One of them is still better than the other and I picked it up today because I was bored. On the first page there was a short note that read as follows, translated loosely by me: "Barack Obama reforms the military. Finally: Homosexuals are allowed to serve in the US Army."
That "finally" was such a wonderful surprise.
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Date: 2010-12-21 10:54 pm (UTC)I really like that note you found from the newspaper.
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Date: 2010-12-22 09:09 pm (UTC)It considerably raised my opinion of that newspaper, to be honest. I´m apparently easy to please.
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Date: 2010-12-22 08:05 pm (UTC)Ich darf keine der beiden (und auch so manch andere Zeitung) in die Hand nehmen, sonst bekomme ich Wutanfälle auf Grund dieser Hetzerein, Kleinkriege und sonstigem Mist den ich darin lesen muss... :(
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Date: 2010-12-22 09:20 pm (UTC)Ohja, die Zeitungen. "Österreich" mag ich kaum anfassen, aber vor allem im Vergleich ist "Heute" gar nicht soo schlecht. Sie haben ein Kreuzworträtsel. (Und mir kommt vor sie hetzen nicht mehr so viel wie früher, aber vielleicht bin ich nur abgestumpft.)
Wobei, die Wahl der Zeitung schützt nicht vor Wutanfällen. Heute hab ich einen Artikel zur Änderung des Schadenersatzgesetzes bei der Geburt behinderter Kinder gelesen und hab mich wahnsinnig aufgeregt, obwohl sie das eh schon ändern wollen. Aber es ist so umständlich, sich über diese Themen wirklich gut zu informieren, und dann gibt´s immer wieder noch was...
(hier (http://derstandard.at/1292462376565/Behinderte-Ungeborene-Fall-Emil-Aerzte-fuehlen-sich-entlastet), hier (http://derstandard.at/1292462377948/Behinderte-Ungeborene-Guter-Hoffnung) und juristisch hier (http://diepresse.com/home/meinung/gastkommentar/620161/Kein-Meilenstein-sondern-ein-populistischer-Hueftschuss), im Fall.)