Jessica Sutich

Is this a good time to quote Howard Zinn?

Yes. It is always a good time to quote Howard Zinn.

“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places–and there are so many–where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”
- Howard Zinn

I decided to answer questions in posts and not comments. Also the title of this sounds to me like directions to a quaint village. Perhaps a gay village.

So the first question:

Jess,
Why do gays use the rainbow flag as their flag?

Also, why do some gay girls prefer other gay girls who dress and have hairdo’s like 14 year old boys?

Thanks,
Maria

Dear Maria, it is so we can distinguish which Subarus belong to lesbians and which belong to soccer moms.

Actually, the rainbow flag was first used to represent the LGBT community at the San Francisco Gay Freedom parade on June 25th 1978. It was designed by Gilbert Baker to represent diversity and that parade was led by Harvey Milk. In an article in the Independent Gilbert says in reference to designing the flag, “”I almost instantly thought of using the rainbow. To me, it was the only thing that could really express our diversity, beauty and our joy. I was astounded nobody had thought of making a rainbow flag before because it seemed like such an obvious symbol for us.” Read more »