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| Re: Loose Cannons [message #56135 is a reply to message #55485 ] |
Fri, 30 March 2012 18:19   |
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 mittfh
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As with anywhere that contains an approximate cross-section of society, there are going to be people with prejudices - and the number of people prejudiced against LGBT* is fairly significant (especially in the US where a significant portion of the population are very conservative).
Now imagine a High School for superpowered individuals, and the potential they could have for causing serious injury to someone they didn't like...
Add onto that the fact that many LGBT* are that way as a result of their manifestation rather than being born that way, so may not be familiar with LGBT* issues etc.
They're also teenagers, so are (a) likely to behave less than rationally and (b) not be entirely discreet about their relationships.
So having a separate dorm for LGBT* is a mechanism to afford some protection for the students; allows them a safe environment to discuss issues / pursue relationships without outsiders looking in; and offers them a mutual support network.
Note, however, that there are also other conditions for entry to Poe: the LGBT* is the primary topic of concern (as opposed to GSD, for example); and they are relatively passable as a 'normal' human (because Poe wasn't initially connected to the tunnel network, which affords cross-campus travel on non green flag days - although since it now has a connection this requirement could probably be waived).
Further protection is offered by Poe's cover story - providing a convenient excuse for any odd behaviour by the residents.
The conditions also apply to those who change whilst at Whateley - to date those we've seen have coped fairly well with switching sides (with the exception of Jobe, but then he brought his own fate upon himself - both with the serum and who he was foolish enough to turn to for help...). No doubt if someone was having issues with their mid-term transformation, it would be obvious to the campus as a whole; so as long as they were judged to be in no significant danger of revealing the secret, they could potentially be transferred to Poe.
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| Re: Loose Cannons [message #56145 is a reply to message #56136 ] |
Sat, 31 March 2012 06:55 |
nekoali
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Registered: June 2011 |
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No, I don't buy that, not at all. If you take a bunch of young kids who haven't learned that 'gay is bad' or whatever yet and introduce them to the idea, they don't care. It isn't until people start teaching their kids that 'such and such is bad' that they start to think that. Be it directly teaching them or by example.
Hatred and bigotry are learned behaviors, not instinctive. There are no gay hate crimes in the animal kingdom.
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| Re: Loose Cannons [message #56151 is a reply to message #55485 ] |
Sat, 31 March 2012 10:55 |
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Nicky82
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Shouldn't this discussion be moved to a Poe cottage thread?
It's interesting and it shouldn't be given up, but it has definitely derailed the discussion from the intended topic.
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| Re: Loose Cannons [message #56170 is a reply to message #56164 ] |
Sat, 31 March 2012 22:20 |
nekoali
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The problem isn't that they have a separate cottage for the LGBT kids. It is that they tell them and expect them to keep it a secret. Nobody tells the Whitman girls they have to hide being female.. yet violence against women is even more common than LGBT people. And the cottage is set up in a way that it self polices itself. Anybody who blows the cover for the cottage is going to be in deep trouble. Though a number of people have come out or been highly suspected...
And there are plenty of examples of LGBT kids in other cottages... some came out/transformed mid term, others hid it from the school so the faculty didn't know to put them in Poe, like Saladin, Diamondback and Razor...
A cottage for LGBT kids is a good idea. The bad idea is telling them that being LGBT is shameful, dangerous and should be hidden, which is what the secrecy around the cottage strongly enforces.
I agree though, we should take this conversation to a new thread and stop derailing this one...
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| Re: Loose Cannons [message #56190 is a reply to message #56171 ] |
Sun, 01 April 2012 05:24 |
Niknokitueu
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Location: Swansea, UK |
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| Sir Lee wrote on Sun, 01 April 2012 03:40 | I'm answering the above in the Poe's Secret thread over in the Poe Cottage area.
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I suggest anyone with an LGBT Poe opinion does likewise.
Now... Back to more Cannonical Looseness...?
Have Fun!
Niknokitueu
Do, or Do Not. There is no Try.
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