I’m surprised UNM doesn’t already have a Gay support center. Is there talk of having a heterosexual support center as well?

The “political correctness” and liberal attitude of the UNM campus makes it mandatory to have a heterosexual support center. Amidst all the support for minorities an atmosphere of anti-straight, anti-conservative and anti-European has grown up. The minorities needn’t get funding that everyone else isn’t entitled to. In a state that is 50% or more Hispanic we shouldn’t fund Hispanic resource centers, but we do. If the majority of citizens in NM are Hispanic why would a resource center be funded? It’s regressive in a fashion to fund any resource center for a select group. We’ve seen the error of our liberal society’s ways but like a smoker who can’t quite smoking tobacco we just can’t seem to turn the tide. I vote no.

what on earth is a “queer resource center”? is there a “heterosexual resourse center”? I thought that a “STUDENT resourse center” would be enough for a STUDENT at UNM. So are we to assume if enough of the “guys that do it with themselves” could also have a resouce center? People let’s remember what UNM is actually for, and stop using it as a platform to promote what ever political agenda happens to be blowing thru.

Straight folks don’t a need resource center; the dominant culture is heterosexual.

It seems interesting they’re calling for a queer center when thousands of dollars are already being cut from different programs. Well, looks like if they put up a queer center we might need to also ask for a Hetero-Resource Center, hell a Men’s Resource Center could also be an avenue for us to take. And, “Summerspeaker”, not sure that at UNM the dominant culture is the heterosexual community, take a look around you.

slowhike, I (a white person) have been perfectly welcomed by the ethnic centers here. Though they primarily support specific populations, they also serve the campus as a whole.

Regarding the need for an LGBT resource center, while there are many straight allies at UNM, I have also witnessed bigotry and simple unawareness, both publicly and privately, in and out of the classroom. And even if the were no such problem here, many would still be coming from oppressive environments & might need that extra support.

Slowhike and other hetero-gripers,
There is already a heterosexual men’s resource center: the guys locker room at Johnson Gym. Meet there and you can all talk about what manly men you are.

Let’s have a Techno Guy resource center too. Hey, I support that more than this load of s**t.

To Manly Man – Such sarcasm and discrimination! If we had a Heterosexual Resource Center then we could combat the hatred that comes from bigoted folks like you. I didn’t ask to be born heterosexual, but I will live myself proudly as one. I fear that there are countless students around campus who are afraid of expressing their sexuality comfortably without being judged by their peers. Once the ASUNM approves our center, we will be asking for a 1% increase in student tuition to fund the multiple rooms, full time staff, security guards (to prevent hate crimes against us), a fitness center, and a parking structure built for heterosexuals only.

Believe me, chris, I have. While UNM is less hostile than NCSU, where I did my undergrad, we queers remain a minority. I wish it weren’t so.

My personal view is that bigotry is unacceptable, as well as prejudice. However, individuals who are truly victims of discrimination should seek professionals (counselors, psychologists, etc.) for assistance not a publicly funded university center. Public centers tend are too vulnerable to political agendas, which we all realize.

Just because ethnic centers don’t bar your entrance or throw you out because you are caucasian does not mean that they support all ethnicities. If they want to support all ethnicities, which is what I would prefer, then they should be the UNM Student Resource Center w/o any minority tags whatsoever.

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It is unbelievable how homophobic the Albuquerque area is—must be a lot of closeted handsome gay boys in the UNM dorms; among the faculty; among the medical school and hospital. The football studs, per mere statistics, has approximately ten percent of gay players. I miss San Francisco, CA’s sense of automatic openness. Religious groups are the most loathsome towards gays. The ELCA (Lutheran Church) has finally approved the acceptance of gay clergy and gay clergy partnerships. But, there are too many rednecks, often latent homosexuals themselves. Remember the 1940’s Kinsey study that said a large percent of males had a homosexual experience by adulthood. Kinsey’s scale was on a 1 to 6 number—most fell somewhere in between the total extremes of 100 percent gay or 100 percent gay. If all males who have had a homosexual experience suddenly turned purple—men would be stunned. Many fine gay male role models are beginning to show themselves, i.e., Lt Col Victor Frehenbach, an Air Force jet pilot who flew in areas of battle and who taught future pilots. He has received many commendation medals, but, because he was “outed” by someone under the DADT he will lose his twenty year retirement pension, etc. This is why such a center is needed at UNM! Talk about a national university campus being behind the times! The best to those with this new center—maybe one day such an office will be redundant. KHilden, AA,BA,MA,ABD

Slowhike,
Crying about how “reverse discrimination” has threatened or ruined their lives is the constant logical shelter for people of mediocre abilities who just happen to be white and male. It makes them feel better to think that they haven’t done anything much in their life because the system is stacked against them, not because they themselves have failed. If you weren’t so lame, juvenile, and mentally feeble, maybe you wouldn’t feel threatened by a resource center for people who really are discriminated against. They are, in fact, frequently slandered and physically assaulted in our own city. You, on the other hand, are simply a bigot who fears that his own inherent privilege as a white, hetero guy will be undermined by someone else’s resource center. Pathetic.

For starters- neither Albuquerque or Santa Fe are homophobic, there is absolutely no adversity on campus that would support the need for a queer student resource center. It’s simply not needed, and would be a waste of scarce resources, space and dollars. If someone misses San Fran they should consider returning.

As above- discrimination is not tolerated on campus. It’s simply not done in the best of circles. Period. However, we do know that reverse discrimination of ALL types has become a negative for the USA. Many examples exist of higher learning institutions and military organizations that “dumb down” their product through minority affirmative action policies. We see this, as an example even at prestigious military academies where they first fill 30% of their class with dummies simply because they belong to an ethnic minority. That’s a stupid policy.

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Note the argument Waldo gives in the article about pressure from parents. I know countless queers who get shit from their families. And that’s only the most extreme expression of the overall social climate. It’s easy to overlook homophobia and heterocentrism when you identify as straight.

Lets get real SS, without heterosexuality the species does not survive. So unless you are also bent on the destruction of humanity as well as chaos, read between the lines baby! Get a clue.

I’m not against voluntary extinction. I want good things for the already living, which breeding can hinder. Regardless, we don’t need heterosexuality for the species to continue. Indeed, humans did fine without that concept for thousands of years. People could still chose to reproduce in a world without sexual orientations and the gender distinction. I pray I live to see it.

Slowhike, do you actually believe that there is “reverse discrimination” against heterosexuals?
As for “the destruction of humanity,” are you that dumb? really? More homosexuals would actually be a boon to the human race at this point, seeing as we are overpopulating the world at an alarming rate. And if you know anything at all about genetics, natural selection, or evolution theory, slowhike, you’ll know that the loss of 100% of heterosexuals is almost impossible; a whole generation would have to be born homosexual.
As for homosexuality as an evolutionary strategy (it is, indeed, found in many other animals), one well-researched theory is that genes “for” homosexuality (in this case in males) exist because men who were had this gene were also less aggressive, and not always gay. The result was that these men did not kill any of their offspring, something that certainly inhibited the advancement of the genes of more aggressive males.
Just to keep it in perspective.

the presence of “reverse discrimination” (which is just discrimination against those who stereotypically are “normal”) does not eliminate the presence of discrimination. indeed, seeing as the majority needs a lot less help at this point, one would think that more energies would be spent trying to stop “non-reverse discrimination”…

Queer resource center? Alriiiiight. Sign me up! I’ve been lookin for an easy date for over a year! 6’7” blonde, hzl eyes Note: I’m not looking for anything permanent!

AJB, fully formed humans, not genes, construct sexuality. Nobody can be born homosexual or heterosexual; folks invented these categories and associated narratives rather recently.

SS is incorrect nature vs nuture is not an op-out phenomenon. How would you categorize these preferences and domniance for survival?

Slowhike, I moved to Albuquerque to feel “safer” as a homosexual. The first night I went out to a gay bar in this town raw eggs were thrown at me as I talked on my phone outside the bar. These events are not uncommon even in this psudo-big city. If you don’t know what queer youth (and adults) have to go through every-single-day then you should go to the QSA room and talk to some people. Just because Ellen has a hit show, and Will & Grace won some emmys DOES NOT mean that things are that much better for the gay community. I encourge you to meet a GLBT person and really talk to them.

I know that, summerspeaker. However, there are genetic proclivities towards homosexuality, aka genes that are more likely to produce a homosexual human than other genes. When speaking of genetics, one speaks in general terms. In general, male homosexuals have less testosterone. Less testosterone=less aggressive behavior. excess aggressive behavior when directed towards one’s own offspring=less genes passed on. thus genes that produce less testosterone=an evolutionary strategy. In this hypothesis (it is not proven, and I did not claim it to be), some homosexuality is a “side-effect” of a gene that reduces testosterone. Obviously culture has something to do with it. The point is, there are evolutionary strategies possible in pretty much every characteristic of humans. Slowhike was trying to say that one sexual strategy is the best. I was contradicting him.

Being gay is definitely not a choice, a bad choice it would be given the beauty of women.