1. All gay men are good
looking and work in the creative industry.
(None of my gay friends are
working in creative industry. Whether they are good looking depend on your aesthetic standards)
2. All gay men are soft and
gentle.
(Have you been to gay bar?
Take a look of them, are all of them soft and gentle?)
3. HIV is a gay disease.
(Based on the 2011 half year report from Ministry of Health (MOH)
in Singapore, there are 200 new HIV infection cases, 94.5% are MSM (man having
sex with man ) and 45% of the male are heterosexual , 40% homosexual and 9%
bisexual. If HIV is a gay disease
then why heterosexual male had a higher prevalence rate?)
4. All lesbian are butch.
(Well, then how about their
femme girlfriends?)
5. All lesbian couples have
femme/butch dynamics.
(Please do not impose female/male
relationship again here, not all love relationships have to be a girl boy
relationship. Please stop "gender" everything again)
6. All bisexuals are
indecisive.
(I am heterosexual, but
sometime I am also stuck and confused of which man should I choose as my boyfriend.
Don't you have this situation before? We are indecisive as well, aren't we?)
7. All transgenders look
like drag queens.
(If you look at the pageant
contest of transwomen, you will be amazed how feminine and beautiful they are)
8. All LGBT people are
promiscuous
(Many LGBT individuals are
conservative and religious)
Stereotyping might be a
rule of thumbs in our daily life that make things seem easier, but please do
remember that not all our beliefs are true. :)
References
Choong B. (2011). Handling sexuality issues.
Singapore: Oogachaga.
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