Queerama

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About one person in 20

of both sexes is homosexual.

On any busy street,

you pass half a dozen every five minutes,

because, contrary to popular opinion,

most of them

don't look any different from anyone else.

People can only tell the obvious ones,

but they are a tiny minority.

J" For TC and his Honeybear

J" The world will not stop moving

J" For rendezvous and longing stares

J" And hearts that won't stop burning

J" Before that Honeybear had given up

J" He felt so sad and lonely

J" Then one night he looked up and he saw

J" He saw his one and only

J" When TC came onto the scene

J" He entered in on golden wings

J" And with him he brought butterflies

J" Of crimson red and emerald green

J" 'Cause before TC, Honeybear was waiting

J" Was waiting for him patiently

J" TC took his fear away

J" Became his one and only J"

(Reporter)

Homosexuals usually live two lives,

one of which is completely concealed

from their family and colleagues.

- No one knows, no.

- (Reporter) How would they react?

They'd be tremendously shocked.

The reason is that

I live a very normal life back home

and I really live two lives.

One here and one up North.

(Reporter) It is estimated

one man in 20 is a homosexual.

These men are a minority.

They receive minority treatment,

face prejudice and intolerance,

stand accused of depravity and vice.

Whereas male homosexuality

is a crime in Britain,

female homosexuality is perfectly legal.

Lesbians can be open about it.

(Reporter 2)

Yet, for women who love women,

unqualified acceptance by our society

still does not exist.

So lesbians receive

the minority treatment:

intolerance, suspicion,

and often disgust.

(Reporter) In the heterosexual world,

the homosexual

disturbs conformist values,

is shunned and perhaps misunderstood.

Most homosexuals

must lead a secret, dark existence.

J" The world came crashing down on them

J" With all of its ferocity

J" And Honeybear was terrified

J" He said, "Do not take him, take me."

J" Before that, Honeybear had given up

J" He felt so sad and lonely"

I'll soon be back.

Don't leave me here alone.

Where are you going?

J" Then one night he looked up and he saw

J" He saw his one and only

J" And he said, "Please don't take him

J" 'Cause I love him.

J" He's my joy and my life."

J" For my love, I won't hesitate

J" I will give him

All that his heart can take

J" And I'll trust him fearlessly

J" I want him to be free"

(Reporter) Among the ancient Greeks,

it was normal practice.

Socrates and Plato,

the two greatest of philosophers,

were both homosexual.

So was Alexander the Great.

Julius Caesar:
every woman's

man and every man's woman.

Many of the kings of England

were homosexual.

William Rufus, for instance,

and Edward ll,

who was the most notorious example.

Perhaps the two greatest artists

of all time were homosexual:

Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.

At home, romantic poets

like Shelley and Byron.

The biggest scandal

surrounding a British homosexual

blew up around Oscar Wilde.

(Oscar Wilde) "The love that

dare not speak its name in this country.

In such a great affection

of an elder for a younger man,

as there was between David and Jonathan,

such as Plato made

the very basis of his philosophy,

and such as you will find in the sonnets

of Michelangelo and Shakespeare.

It is that deep spiritual affectation

which is as pure as it is perfect.

It is in this century so misunderstood

that it may be described

as the love that dare not speak its name,

and on account of it,

I am placed where I am now.

It is beautiful. It is fine.

It is the noblest form of affectation."

(Reporter) Are they born that way

or do they become like it?

Well, I don't think

they are born that way.

I think the damage is probably done

very early in infancy,

in some cases, sometimes later.

The amount of sexual drive a person has

may certainly be decided

partly genetically, but not its direction.

J" We could have skipped this part

J" I could have taught you

How to love yourself

J" I waited patiently

J" I hoped that

You would be the one to come to me

J" I tried to talk to you

J" I thought that

You would recognise the need

J" That you had deep inside

J" But you have to get there by yourself

J" I don't understand, help me please

J" Tell me everything to make me see

J" You know that I would give you anything

J" I'd take away the pain

Yeah, I'd take away the stain

J" I don't understand, help me please

J" Tell me everything to make me see

J" You know that I would give you anything

J" I'd take away the pain

Yeah, I'd take away the stain J"

Because lesbians are a cross-section

by the sheer law of averages,

there are naturally many to be found

in professions

predominantly staffed by women,

like nursing and teaching.

(Reporter) You're a school teacher,

and as you must know,

a tremendous number of parents

are very frightened at the idea that

their daughter might

be taught by a lesbian teacher.

What's your comment on that?

I suppose there is a danger

in some cases, but...

I mean, if this was something

really dangerous...

no man would be allowed

to teach at an all-girls school.

And no-one is going to suggest that.

As far as I'm concerned,

my professional life and my private life

are utterly separate,

and have to be utterly separate.

(Reporter)

Do you feel attraction for the girls?

None at all.

J" I don't understand, help me please

J" Tell me everything to make me see

J" You know that I would give you anything

J" I'd take away the pain

Yeah, I'd take away the stain J"

(Man) Recently, I have seen some

children,

very young children,

between three and four...

And even people I work with remarked that

there is no question that these children

will grow up to be homosexual.

They are very sensitive

and are far more gentle children

in comparison to other children

perhaps of the same age

who are brisk and rough-and-tumble.

And one felt that

there was something there...

that was sympathetic.

J" Help me please

J" Why don't you come to me J"

(Reporter) Once a girl is lesbian,

can anything be done to change that?

I think so.

If she is still fairly young

and she is dissatisfied herself

with her way of life.

This depends terribly

on how early the damage was done,

how deep it goes...

And again,

I suppose on her own feelings about it.

J" I would give you anything

J" I'd take away the pain

Yeah, I'd take away the stain

J" I don't understand, help me please

J" Tell me everything to make me see

J" You know that I would give you anything

J" I'd take away the pain

Yeah, I'd take away the stain J"

(60s upbeat jazz plays)

- You could talk to him.

- It's not a mother's job.

He's always been a mother's boy.

He never once forgot mother's day.

(Father) I don't remember him

bringing a single girl home.

I knew there was something,

but I just couldn't put my finger on it.

Oh, come on now.

He was going to be a bachelor, a celibate.

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