File Under: Get a Life!

[bronwynrh]

So the Visitor's locker room here at UIowa is painted pink. The urinals are pink, the tile is pink, the lockers are pink. . . you get the picture. I'm sure many of you are aware that psychological studies have proven that color can have a strong effect on mood. As in, the red/yellow scheme of McDonald's is intended to increase the appetite. It's why lots of people like yellow in their kitchens. It's why prisons are usually painted in gray, and hospitals in soothing creams.

Apparently, though, a pink locker room is sexist and homophobic, according to several UI professors who only recently figured out that the locker room has been pink for a very long time.

A question for my homosexual friends. Do you consider yourself "queer-identified"? And if so, why do you find that term better than "gay"?

Honestly, if I were gay, I'd rather be called gay or lesbian. Hell, I'd prefer "fag" over "queer-identified".
Also, I wouldn't bitch about the color of some sweaty locker room. There are much bigger fish to fry, and honestly, this non-issue doesn't even qualify as a minnow.

PC bullshit.

Comments

[rozsdan.livejournal.com]

I like pink, but then again I dont play football. Reminds me of "Heathers", 'I love my dead gay son' line.

[adaon.livejournal.com]

This is the first I've heard the term "queer identified."

I object to the word 'queer,' as it has a connotation of 'strange, odd, or abnormal.' I just don't like that association.

I just prefer "gay."

[bramey.livejournal.com]

Exactly my thoughts.

[curlicue.livejournal.com]

This is too funny! Someone has WAY too much time on his hands...

[bramey.livejournal.com]

And too many of MY tax dollars in their pocket!

[thatthingido.livejournal.com]

I'm reminded of that episode of Simpsons with gay John("Homer's Phobia").

I went searching for this quote just so I could get it right:

Homer: ...This guy's a fruit, and a... no, wait, wait, wait: queer, queer
queer! That's what you like to be called, right?
John: Well, that or John.

I used to know a "queer" guy (or is that "John guy"?) who used to say that "PC" stands for "pile of crap".