Jennifer Jones, the 21-year-old senior who beat out three men for the honor, said the crowning was a positive step for the private liberal arts college.
"It is cool that Hood allows people to be themselves," Jones told The Frederick News-Post. "If people didn't want me to be king, they wouldn't have nominated me and voted for me."
In my opinion, this is not constructive, and for many reasons.
1) A king is, by definition, a man. "Royalty" has nothing to do with sexual orientation. If Queen Elizabeth came out of the closet tomorrow (no, I do not think she is a lesbian, just a hypothetical), she would not become "King Elizabeth."
2) If Jones wants to be homecoming royalty, why did she not run for Queen? That way, were she to win, she would prove a point that any woman could be queen, regardless of attributes or attitudes. It would smash stereotypes, whereas running for king, and winning, just reinforces a stereotype that lesbians must exhibit masculine behavior.
Homosexuals deserve all the rights and protections afforded to all people. But if a man is gay, he wouldn't be allowed to compete on the women's side of "American Idol." I think the same factors are in play here.
posted by The leftist southpaw @ 11:43 AM
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You are so right. I have some homosexual friends who all thought this was ignorant. I completely agree - it just made way and reinforced the stereotype of "butch lesbians"
Male is male and female is female, there is enough confusion in the world.
While you know my stance on this issue, I agree with you on this topic. Why would anyone want to reinforce a negative stereotype. Did you hear about the guy who had a sex change and then was allowed to compete in the woman's side of the sport (sorry forget the details and don't have time to research right now). Would you put that in the same category as this?
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