Originally posted by: minendo
Originally posted by: dabuddha
But all of those people are supporting gays by wearing jeans so it works out for them.
I don't want to know :Q
Interesting pics ya got there
What do you expect from LordJezo's brother?
:Q
he's got a butt pic in there too! (but it's of one of his roomies..i think).
heh.
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because everyday at your place is "Stupid Straight Guy Day". They just want a piece of the action...
Jeans Day was originally a nationally organized activist event, where signs declaring that it was "Jeans Day" were put up the night before, so that people would be surprised by them the next day. The idea was to get people that were supportive in on it, and surprise other people by how many people were wearing jeans on the day the event took place. Some people at my college made a point of changing into khakis (one whole fraternity as I recall).
There was dissent about the event because it really isn't all that effective, since many people are oblivious to it being Jeans day and don't care one way or the other. So organizers decided to advertise it farther ahead, and make it sort of a general support of gay people day insead of an event meant to make people "think" about how many gay people there were , or how many people supported them.
This event is also related to the day of silence project, where gay students and their supporters go through the day not speaking, and wearing a name badge and carrying fliers that explain their choice of silence to reflect the loss there would be of gay people weren't around or something..
All of these things are born out of the past where there was far greater stigma and taboo associated with being gay. At this point, most college campuses, save very conservative ones, are generally supportive of gay students, and the atmosphere that created the need for activist events is sort of fading away. Hence sort of half-baked attempts at recreating said events. IMHO
There was dissent about the event because it really isn't all that effective, since many people are oblivious to it being Jeans day and don't care one way or the other. So organizers decided to advertise it farther ahead, and make it sort of a general support of gay people day insead of an event meant to make people "think" about how many gay people there were , or how many people supported them.
This event is also related to the day of silence project, where gay students and their supporters go through the day not speaking, and wearing a name badge and carrying fliers that explain their choice of silence to reflect the loss there would be of gay people weren't around or something..
All of these things are born out of the past where there was far greater stigma and taboo associated with being gay. At this point, most college campuses, save very conservative ones, are generally supportive of gay students, and the atmosphere that created the need for activist events is sort of fading away. Hence sort of half-baked attempts at recreating said events. IMHO
The way I heard it explained way back in my university days (89-93) was not only that it was something everybody had but also it showed to what "stupid" extent people would go to not show support. I had seen people walk back home with no pants on carrying jeans. I figure its just a way to start a debate and discussion, which it always does.
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When will people realize that the majority of gay people are indistinguishable from the general populace, I'm sure there are plenty of gays in BYU and on your campus that are not wearing jeans, and could care less what this club is doing. It's only the flamers who catch your eye, the rest go under the radar.
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THere should be a skully day, or carry-your-AK-to-class day, or a spill-beer-all-over-my-white-khakis day.Originally posted by: AEnigmaWI
Jeans Day was originally a nationally organized activist event, where signs declaring that it was "Jeans Day" were put up the night before, so that people would be surprised by them the next day. The idea was to get people that were supportive in on it, and surprise other people by how many people were wearing jeans on the day the event took place. Some people at my college made a point of changing into khakis (one whole fraternity as I recall).
There was dissent about the event because it really isn't all that effective, since many people are oblivious to it being Jeans day and don't care one way or the other. So organizers decided to advertise it farther ahead, and make it sort of a general support of gay people day insead of an event meant to make people "think" about how many gay people there were , or how many people supported them.
This event is also related to the day of silence project, where gay students and their supporters go through the day not speaking, and wearing a name badge and carrying fliers that explain their choice of silence to reflect the loss there would be of gay people weren't around or something..
All of these things are born out of the past where there was far greater stigma and taboo associated with being gay. At this point, most college campuses, save very conservative ones, are generally supportive of gay students, and the atmosphere that created the need for activist events is sort of fading away. Hence sort of half-baked attempts at recreating said events. IMHO
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