The Osmonds Are Mormon?

Oh, Marie. Quit being such a beeeeeetch. Not since Angelina's Oscar kiss, has brother/sister incest been so unhushedly discussed. But we forgave you. To each their own, we said. You and Donnie would look adorable together, anyway.

So, why get all judgy-wudgy on your lovely lezzie daughter, huh? Apparently, pussy's outta the Prada with this one, tabloids landing Jessica Osmond on front pages, "confessing" to three years with the same partner. By law, she's not her wife, though Jessica proudly calls her so.

And Marie claims to be heartbroken. Donnie, hold her! Marie's apparently always wanted an active, Mormon daughter to produce offspring, wear J. Crew and spread the good word as an evangelical member of the Utah koolaid brigade.

You'll notice that link likens Marie Osmond's dislike of her gay daughter to Latina mothers who are also "heartbroken" by their queer non-conforming daughters. The act of being a minority within a minority group. I would even venture my lil' white girl analysis to say that sometimes, that context can make it so much harder for the gay person of color. All that marginalization ... makes it so very, very difficult to be gay. I feel for their experience.

Recently I watched On the Down Low, a documentary about delusional gay black men, living the DL lifestyle. It was painful to watch, but it showed the difficulty for these men to truly own who they are. To know who that is.

Now, the linked article makes me think of the Latino family that lives behind me and sneers at me, nearly daily, just for being gay and within their family's sphere. I am trying to learn how to say, en español, "¿ No entiendo porque una minoria juzgaria una minoria, no?" What that is supposed to say (but does not because my Spanish has gotten way too rusty for conjugation) is "I don't understand why a minority would judge a minority?" Why would someone so tainted by society's judgment and mistreatment for something over which they have no control, like being from Mexico, why would they, of all people, harbor such unwillingness to try to understand where the gays are coming from?

Why would a black person who lived through school desegregation show such outward hatred and disgust for the gay community, why would they vote against gay marriage, vote to say yes, let's take away rights from this certain group of people when black people know what that feels like, firsthand? Daily?

I often wonder this. And if I should make the T-shirt that says: "Why do black people hate gay people?"