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Why don’t more LGBT learn self-defense and arm themselves?

In the age of Trump where there is a louder dog whistle that it’s Ok to attack us, why don’t more gay men learn self-defense? Why isn’t there a more organized effort to prepare to defend ourselves with lethal force if attacked in public? It makes me so angry when I read stories like this. If these yahoos thought we might fight back, they’d see us as less of an easy target. Even that gay bashing scene in IT 2 seemed like porn for gay bashers.

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by Anonymousreply 5January 23, 2020 5:09 PM

Because of anti-GAY bigots like you, OP.

by Anonymousreply 1January 23, 2020 4:34 PM

R1 needs reading comprehension classes. OP is obviously gay as well since he says why are they killing US. Try again, troll.

by Anonymousreply 2January 23, 2020 4:43 PM

You're the troll, OP/R2, for lumping a bunch of sick freaks in with gay people.

by Anonymousreply 3January 23, 2020 4:47 PM

Seriously....

The LGBT Community Center in NYC was offering free self-defense classes for people in the early 90s (during the Queer Nation era). They were based on Eastern philosophies and techniques. I participated briefly. The classes weren't great, but they were a terrific idea and I imagined they would become a regular feature at the Center.

They didn't. They disappeared and I haven't heard about anything similar since. I don't really understand this.

BTW, I'm all about gay people defending ourselves... without use of firearms, thanks.

by Anonymousreply 4January 23, 2020 5:08 PM

If only Patricia Wright, Charlotte Reed, and Benny Diambu-Wright had been armed to defend themselves against being murdered by a white man named David Warfield.

by Anonymousreply 5January 23, 2020 5:09 PM
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