July 13, 2008
by Jeremy Hooper
Jeremy Hooper :
When Jeremy founded Good As You in 2005, he had a two-fold goal in mind. The first was to unapologetically challenge the anti-gay rhetoric that keeps LGBT people confined to the margins of society. The second was to inject a fresh, new, irreverent approach into the world of gay activism.
Focusing on the message rather than the "attacker," Jeremy prefers to use a lighter, more irreverent tone rather than an angry one. That doesn't mean anyone is given a pass. On the contrary, anyone wronging LGBT on even the smallest of scales will be challenge at G-A-Y. It does, however, mean that Jeremy will shy away from writing off his opposition as a "bigot," as he sees such to be counterproductive to the goals at hand. And it also means that he'll always look for a laugh in even the dimmest of situations, because let's face it -- we humans are a pretty ridiculous breed.
Is he a journalist? Sometimes .
A gay activist? Yes, in in his own way.
A watchdog? Ruff, ruff.
A social commentator? Yea, that fits too.
A part-time stripper? Only if you don't click enough ads.
But the label that most handily fits Jeremy is butt pirate "unlabel-able dude who wants all to be free to live their truths without fear or persecution. " By taking the piss out of the cruel idea that some humans were created unequally, he hopes to take us one step closer to a more peaceful day.
*Recent national press for Jeremy/ G-A-Y:
Profile in HRC Equality magazine :
Feature on the PBS program "In the Life"
Profile from The Advocate
*Other writings:
A first person piece Jeremy Hooper recently published in The Advocate
"No Time To Cower -- Writer for the ACLU's Blog of Rights
*Recent honors:
Nominated for the 2008 Brave Nation Young Activist Award
Chosen by anti-gay activist Peter LaBarbera as the 10th of the "20...good reasons why Christians (or anyone) should never feel guilty about a single-minded focus in countering the homosexual/transsexual activist and pro-abortion lobbies."
by Jeremy Hooper
Jeremy Hooper :
When Jeremy founded Good As You in 2005, he had a two-fold goal in mind. The first was to unapologetically challenge the anti-gay rhetoric that keeps LGBT people confined to the margins of society. The second was to inject a fresh, new, irreverent approach into the world of gay activism.
Focusing on the message rather than the "attacker," Jeremy prefers to use a lighter, more irreverent tone rather than an angry one. That doesn't mean anyone is given a pass. On the contrary, anyone wronging LGBT on even the smallest of scales will be challenge at G-A-Y. It does, however, mean that Jeremy will shy away from writing off his opposition as a "bigot," as he sees such to be counterproductive to the goals at hand. And it also means that he'll always look for a laugh in even the dimmest of situations, because let's face it -- we humans are a pretty ridiculous breed.
Is he a journalist? Sometimes .
A gay activist? Yes, in in his own way.
A watchdog? Ruff, ruff.
A social commentator? Yea, that fits too.
A part-time stripper? Only if you don't click enough ads.
But the label that most handily fits Jeremy is butt pirate "unlabel-able dude who wants all to be free to live their truths without fear or persecution. " By taking the piss out of the cruel idea that some humans were created unequally, he hopes to take us one step closer to a more peaceful day.
*Recent national press for Jeremy/ G-A-Y:
Profile in HRC Equality magazine :
Feature on the PBS program "In the Life"
Profile from The Advocate
*Other writings:
A first person piece Jeremy Hooper recently published in The Advocate
"No Time To Cower -- Writer for the ACLU's Blog of Rights
*Recent honors:
Nominated for the 2008 Brave Nation Young Activist Award
Chosen by anti-gay activist Peter LaBarbera as the 10th of the "20...good reasons why Christians (or anyone) should never feel guilty about a single-minded focus in countering the homosexual/transsexual activist and pro-abortion lobbies."
December 21, 2007
by Jeremy Hooper
September 12, 2007
by Jeremy Hooper
An implication that gay activists are "duping" America rather than simply opening hearts and minds to the truth of gay lives
A recitation of the flawed idea that by teaching a gay-inclusive sex-ed curriculum, school systems are "promoting homosexuality," not simply informing them about the realities of sexuality
A presentation of the short-sighted and scientifically unsound belief that because identical twins are not 100% gay-gay, then this disproves a bio-genetic link to homosexuality
Mean-spirited rhetoric saying that by allowing gay marriage, certain states and judges have "lost [their] mind."
An attempt to support the "logic" of gay marriage-banning amendments by highlighting that a majority of citizens are in favor of such (as if popular opinion and civil rights matters have ever jibed historically)
A conveyance of the deceptive ideas that by going through the courts to obtain rights, gay activists are somehow undermining the democratic process, and that by refusing to view this issue of human decency as a 50/50, "agree to disagree" matter. gay activists are stifling debate.
Usage of mean-spirited dogma that says to be gay is to be "intrinsically disordered"
An assertion that gay in unnatural because gay sex doesn't lead to reproduction, as the brazenly illogical statement that "any sexual activity that is opposed to life is intrinsically disordered."
Usage of the tired claim that gay marraige threatens marriage and families
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