Oliver S. Bauer的动态

Dear #FridayNightListeners, It's mid of Pride Month. From the first to the last day of June, a growing global community celebrates this month in memory of the street fights outside New York's Stonewall Inn on #ChristopherStreet in 1969. A movement abbreviated "LGBTQ" has emerged from this confrontation. #LGBTQ stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer and unites under the umbrella of the LGBTQ community. In the meantime, the abbreviation has been extended, e.g. to #LGBTQIA+. The "I" stands for Intersexual, the "A" for Asexuality. The "+" is ultimately meant to demonstrate the openness of the community to other forms of living and loving, so that no one is excluded. #Lesbian, #gay and #bisexual are terms that have now become established in society at large, and even children grow up with them as something completely normal. The situation is different with terms like transgender, queer, intergender or asexual, and I am honestly not an expert on these either. Therefore, let me point out my short, superficial research: #Transgender people cannot identify with the gender they were born with. Some trans people undergo surgical procedures and gender reassignment measures in the course of their lives in order to completely change their social gender role. The term is controversial, however, because from some people's point of view it suggests that transsexuality has something to do with sexual orientation - which is not the case. #Queer is used as a kind of collective term. It refers to all people who love and feel differently than heterosexual people. The word "queer" can be translated as "strange", "peculiar" or "weird", which is why it was often used as a swear word for homosexuals in the past. But the queer community later reinterpreted it and uses the term for themselves - in a positive sense. #Intersex people have features of both male and female bodies. Their gender appearance is therefore often perceived as a mixture of the sexes. This applies, for example, to muscle mass, hair distribution, figure, but also to gender characteristics that are not externally recognisable. #Asexual people never, hardly or only under certain circumstances experience sexual attraction to other people. Asexuality can also mean that people have little or no interest in sex but do not perceive this as a deficiency. "Every Kinda People" was released in 1978 by Robert Palmer. The song is about how different kinds of people are important for life and society to function properly. The lyrics emphasise that everyone deserves respect, regardless of their race, religion or beliefs. The ultimate goal is love, and the song suggests that if everyone can come together and accept each other, it will bring peace to the world. Even though the #LGBTQ community is not explicitly mentioned: the message of the song actually fits quite well in June. But also from July until May. Or? Have a rainbow-coloured weekend. (cw24-2023_190) More: https://bit.ly/3VudwMj .