In a truly equal society no-one would feel the need to be proud of WHAT they are. They could be proud of WHO they are. For me it really is the person who matters because the person is a whole being. When we start seeing people as only a small part of what they are, then we not only limit ourselves to see the real person, we perhaps limit the chance of that person to achieve who they can be.

Some people have found it neceassry to particulary show just one aspect of WHAT they are in order to be accepted as a whole person within their group or community. Some people think it is legitimate to limit a person's potential on just one aspect of who he/she is.

In a truly equal society none of these names or labels would matter at all, capitalised or lower cased, as only the person would truly matter. The only time a given aspect of a person should be looked at is when there is a chance to affect you directly in some harmful way. If it has nothing to do with your relationship with this person then why waste time even thinking about it?

If I am not looking to sleep with a person then why the heck should it matter what their sexuality is? Or is that too simple a model?

;-)

mp