Gregor wrote
> I still wait for the gay gene because it would be interesting how the
> debate would go if the gay community would be in the same situation than
> we are (which obviously won't happen and there are Bioethicists already out
> developing frameworks that gay deselecton would be evil but not disability
> deselection).
and then
Laurence Bathurst wrote:
> I have a feeling that if a gay gene were discovered, there would probably
> be few aborted gay babies in the Western world.
>
> If I had the opportunity to choose life being raised by people who would
> entertain the thought of aborting me because of sexuality or being aborted
> then goddamit bring out that hoover.
>
> Gays and lesbians, like people with disabilities, can and do have babies
> too. We can also use the same method of selection. Would that not
> cause a few raised eyebrows?
>
And the REALLY interesting thing, Gregor, is that some disabled people
are (wait for it)...
LESBIAN AND GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANGENDERED!
Can you believe it?? It has been discovered that these aren't in fact
mutually exclusive identity categories or communities!
Shelley Tremain, PhD,
L'Institut Roeher Institute,
Kinsmen Building,
York University,
4700 Keele Street,
North York, ON, Canada
M3J 1P3
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