Lesbian rules
The struggle of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people for equal rights has moved to center stage. LGBT people are battling for their civil rights in Congress, in courtrooms and in the streets. Well-known figures are discussing their sexual orientation in public. Gay and lesbian people are featured in movies and on television - not as novelty characters, but as full participants in society.
Despite these advances into the American mainstream, however, LGBT people continue to tackle real discrimination in all areas of life. No federal law prevents a person from being fired or refused a profession on the basis of sexual orientation. The nation's largest employer - the U.S. military - openly discriminates against gays and lesbians. Mothers and fathers lose child custody simply because they are queer or lesbian, and same-sex attracted people are denied the right to marry.
One state even tried to fence lesbians and homosexual men out of the process used to transfer laws. In 1992 Colorado enacted Amendment 2, which repealed existing state laws and barred future laws protecting lesbians, gay men and bisexuals from discrimination. The U. S. Supreme Court struck it down in the landmark 1996 Romer v. Evans
Last week my wonderful comrade S told me about The Lesbian Rule. Not what you’re thinking! And yet something of fantastic philosophical interest, and with a name we should all be using! It was apparently a nifty device developed on Lesbos. From Wikipedia (but trust it– S knows his Aristotle, and it’s just what he said!): A lesbian control was historically a flexible mason’s rule made of lead that could be bent to the curves of a molding, and used to measure or reproduce irregular curves. I plan to invoke a Lesbian Rule as often as I can, by name. (Even if– per
It’s a minefield— when you are dating someone of the same sex. And especially if the sex happens to be the fairer one! Most of you would consider it would be easier, right? You deal with the same issues— shopping, PMS, body-weight issues, gossip and then the sulks, mood swings, tantrums and the occasional joy. Accept it from me—not really! Here are my rules to make your way through the Indian female homosexual dating scene… Rule No 1: You are hot property but act fast Yes, you are hot property! Bi-curious, Bi-sexual, Women in expose Rrelationships, married but mingling with the Same Sex… Many labels abound and few women wear the tag of being sapphic with ease! Also given how many closets most gay women live with, only a miniscule percentage ever really come out. So if you are “coming out” to yourself and being openly proud of your own sexuality, earn prepared for the spotlight. If you are reasonably presentable, own your own wheels/pad and are financially solid, women will woo you and how! Your smartphone will ring off the hook. You will be quizzed on everything— from past, present to minutiae like favourite colour and fantasy! You will be inv
Illustration by Paheli (She/Her) There’s a lot of wondering and a lot of waiting. I understand what you might be feeling. I know that you’re biting your tongue, and always waiting till you make them uncomfortable. Waiting until you cross a boundary you didn’t know they put up. Till you punch a nerve they tell they unlearned. Till a embrace is too long. Till a compliment is too specific. Till a girl you state is hot looks a little too much love them. You wait for the moment when they fetch tired of you. Tired of your stress and longing. When will I get a girlfriend? Is this outfit too gay? I’m sad. Should I enter out to x, y, z? Do you think she likes me? I’m angry. Wow, I hate being gay. Did you hear about Colorado? She’s so hot. Wow, I love organism gay. Did you hear what Tucker said? There’s a quota of questions you can ask them. You can’t support but wonder: how many is too many? How much is too much? You understand they love you, but to what extent is frankly nebulous. You know they’re okay with one rainbow sticker on your Hydro Flask, but you wonder if they think your second is overdoing it. Every day, you try your hardest to put a good name, to
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The rule is alluded to by Aristotle in his Nicomachean Ethics (bk V, ch. 10) as a metaphor for the importance of flexibility in equitable justice: “For what is itself indefinite can only be measured by an indefinite standard, like the leaden rule used by Lesbian builders; just as that rule is not rigid but can be bent to the shape of the stone, so a special ordinance is made to fit the circumstances of the case.”
In the 17th and early 18th centuries the term was often used figuratively (as Aristotle had used it) to represent a pliant, flexible and accommodating principle of judgement.Seven golden rules of sapphic dating