2011-07-06, 10:31 AM
Tay Wrote:This is nice.
I never knew that LGBT people affected history, but then again probably because I was never taught it!
Why should it matter if the person was LGBT? If they did something notable, then they should be remembered for that.
For example, say Jim was gay and he created the first chicken powered jet ski. How would textbooks incorporate his orientation into the text? "Jim created the first chicken powered jet ski. Oh and by the way, he was gay." Who the f'uck cares if he is gay? I sure wouldn't, I would only remember him for his invention. Telling students a person's orientation holds no value.