First public gay high school set for NY

[Zero Signal]

http://www.msnbc.com/news/945134.asp?0cv=CB20

"New York City is creating the nation’s first public high school for gays, bisexuals and transgender students.The Harvey Milk High School will enroll about 100 students and open in a newly renovated building in the fall. It is named after San Francisco’s first openly gay city supervisor, who was assassinated in 1978."

Yay, let us just set the civil rights clock back 30 years. Some people just cannot get enough of segregation.

And how many high school kids do you know that have had a sex change?

"“I THINK EVERYBODY feels that it’s a good idea because some of the kids who are gays and lesbians have been constantly harassed and beaten in other schools,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday. “It lets them get an education without having to worry.”"

Until they get OUT of this high school and face a world that is NOT all gay. Fantastic, just shelter them until the brunt of reality and then drop them off like it was a bus stop.

"State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long criticized the creation of the school.
“Is there a different way to teach homosexuals? Is there gay math? This is wrong,” Long said. “There’s no reason these children should be treated separately.”
The Hetrick-Martin Institute’s Web site says the school will give its students “an opportunity to obtain a secondary education in a safe and supportive environment. ... We believe that success requires the ability to respect and value the diverse human community.”"

Equal rights, not special rights. Taxpayers are paying for what is essentially a private school. I am sure so many are pleased about that. "We believe that success requires the ability to respect and value the diverse human community." Right, is that why you are seperating them from the rest of the world, so that they can be diverse? The longer this goes on, diverse it gets.

[mburbank]

I thought this was going to be about a NYC highschool that was only sexually aroused by other NYC highschools.

[The One and Only...]

I agree with Zero.

[AChimp]

I wonder how many different types of washrooms it'll have. :/

[El Blanco]

So, isn't this as bad as a high school telling students they are supposed to be straight?

[mburbank]

I think that high school in the Fame movie and TV show was gay. I think everybody accepted it as long as it stayed in the janitorial closet. But Hot Lunch Jam? C'mon, man. What do you think that was all about?

Incidentally, rumor has it one or two of the technical highschools are gay, but they'll rough you up something fierce if you make too much of it.

[Jeanette X]

Harvey Milk must be spinning in his grave.

[Abcdxxxx]

The funny part is Harvey Milk was against this sort of thing. Do people in NY even know who the guy was?

The Black Panthers had their own public school, and there are religious public schools.... sexual orientation is still pretty superficial.

[mburbank]

Do you think the rough trade kids will beat up the flamers and take their Harvey Milk money?

[O71394658]

Um...what the hell.

The name "Jim Crow" suddenly flashes across my mind...

[FS]

I wonder how they'll screen their new students for homosexualicity.

[Jeanette X]

Originally Posted by mburbank

Do you think the rough trade kids will beat up the flamers and take their Harvey Milk money?

And then use the Twinkie Defense?

[Zero Signal]

Originally Posted by Jeanette X

And then use the Twinkie Defense?

good one

[El Blanco]

$20 says they have the best fencing team in the city.

[The One and Only...]

Originally Posted by El Blanco

$20 says they have the best fencing team in the city.

Have you ever done fencing? Go do saber and tell me it's gay. DO IT!!! You'll end up being half black from the bruises if you fenced anyone good.

[El Blanco]

Hehehehehe. Dude, stand back and look at it.

They are literally sword fighting! Can we say "metophor"?

[CaptainBubba]

To be accepted to the school you probably have to write an essay about being gay.

I really don't see any problem with this. People naturally segregate themselves anyway. If you allow people to choose who they consort with then they'll be friends with people they either like to hang out with or want to have sex with.

[El Blanco]

So, you don't think there is a problem with an all white school?

[Cap'n Crunch]

Originally Posted by AChimp

I wonder how many different types of washrooms it'll have. :/

[CaptainBubba]

There is no problem with an all white school as long as they let anyone in.

I belive in absolute freedom. I shouldn't be forced to consort with anyone, nor should I be forbidden.

[El Blanco]

Originally Posted by CaptainBubba

There is no problem with an all white school as long as they let anyone in.

What? Did you read that before you posted it?

I belive in absolute freedom. I shouldn't be forced to consort with anyone, nor should I be forbidden.

No school forces you to consort with anyone. Except a school that segregates.

[CaptainBubba]

I'm saying this in the context that the school is simply denoted as a "White School". Not that only whites are admitted.

Every public school forces its students to consort with others. Thats the purpose of "group projects" and such. School is a prison and children are not given the luxury of being allowed to avoid those you dislike or simply don't want to be around. In that sense public schools force you to not be segregated.

What I'm saying is as long as this new gay school is willing to admit anyone who wishes to go then its fine. Thing is, only people who want to go to a gay school will go, so what the hell is the problem? Wheres the victim?

[El Blanco]

OK, tell you what: Stop drinking, put down the pot, go to bed. Come back in the morning and then read through this thread again and then think about what you're written.

[CaptainBubba]

Wow. Pure brilliance. Your completely avoiding any actual disscussion of my post or any relevant material has blindsighted me. I don't know what more to say...just wow...wow...

[El Blanco]

Dude, you claim you don'tmind segregated schools as long as they don't discriminate.

I can't argue with a black hole of logic.