Fuck tolerance.

I hate it when "tolerance" is used as a buzzword for the mission of gay rights. Tolerance implies the suppression of negative feelings; what I think the LGBTQetc. community should be aiming for is eradication of those negative feelings. In the short term, we need to swing the balance the other way with positive feelings and awareness movements--gay pride, that sort of thing--but in the long term, I hope that homosexuality will become something that people don't even think about, something we don't have to celebrate and draw attention to.

I had a girlfriend once, and we didn't try to hide our relationship in public. We got a few negative comments and a few positive ones, but I was happiest when people seemed like they didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. That's not tolerance; that's acceptance, and that's what I personally would like to see.