Picking up where I left off yesterday

I've been thinking a lot about the topic of Queer Nationalism (QN)--for the past few years to be exact--and I truly feel as though having a sanctuary where LGBT(Q) individuals could live free from persecution and on equal par with those around them, if not with the rest of the world at first, that we would be able to focus on other divisions and prejudices that exist within our own community. The same could be said about external forces fusing our goals and futures together, but even that luxury isn't allowed others in this world.

There are many people that feel as though having a queer state (QS) or a gay homeland would be living under a separate-but-equal code. But I feel as though that is not the case. I, myself, grew up in an extremely homophobic environment and it took me traveling half way around the globe on several occasions to finally realize that I was not going to become straight and, above all, that I was gay and should embrace who I am. It was a valuable lesson and I would NOT have learned it had I not see how gay individuals could live in other places and that it was not just a single place that could provide that. It was an awakening and I wanted to help LGBT people around the world and especially in my community to see that potential. That we could live a life that was "normal"--I'll right more about "normal" later.

I came to Denmark in 2005 and realized that LGBT individuals could truly live a more inclusive role in society and that they had a place in this world. But even here in Denmark are things different than they may seem on the surface. There are large hate groups here as well and even though individuals may want to be open, they fail at many levels. That doesn't mean that it's because they aren't trying--but because they have preconceptions that make blur their view of the LGBT community. I was surprised to see how poignant they could be, too. 

Anyways, The point I'm trying to make is that if there was a place LGBT individuals could make a pilgrimage  to, live, work or love and by the way they saw fit with no worries about being punished, that those same individuals would then be able to return to their homelands or influence others still there to work for the better. To see how life could be where ever they saw fit to live. It could be a beacon of hope for someone lost in despair.

But that's not to say that there wouldn't be conflicts in "paradise". There are still many bigots and judgmental individuals in the LGBT community itself. There are those that feel as though they are better than others because of their level of femininity or masculinity. There is HUGE discrimination in the gay community against Bisexual individuals or those that decide they may not have truly been gay in the first place. This comes from fear within the community from insecure individuals that are afraid that it somehow makes them less "homosexual" or that in some way the straight people have "won" someone over and that they may be next. They may also think that they themselves may find themselves attracted to someone of the opposite sex and are terrified that their whole life would have been a lie or a waste or for naught. How sad, I say.

We would need to overcome these very fears within our own community because whether straights or gays like it, they're the same fears shared by us all at some level and are the root of much bigotry. I feel as though we would be able to address those fears and concerns better and accelerate our own development if we were given a place to call our own.

This place doesn't have to belong to any other state or nation, although living on terra firma would be easier. No, I propose that with the technology of our day, that we should build our own country from scratch. Yes, scratch. And I'll propose a bit more on how to do that tomorrow.