The latest installment of “Jurassic Park” is arriving at theaters on July 4, and although it normally hates silver summaries, for some reason I enjoy seeing dinosaurs eat people on the big screen.
“Your scientists were so worried if they could, they didn't stop to think if they should,” said Jeff Goldblum in the 1993 original. After his character perfectly framed the ethical question located in the heart of the history of Jurassic Park, he was more than happy to see Newman of “Seinfeld” get what he deserved. A bright line or film monologue, such as the Goldblum gem, can not only advance in a fictitious plot, but also to promote conversations about real life. Consider how the character of Michael B. Jordan, Killmonger, challenged the idea of isolationism and the Jack Nicholson line “you cannot handle the truth” explored what is needed to defend this country, morally.
One of my favorite monologues of all time was delivered by the late Philip Seymour Hoffman in the 1999 “Flawless” cult classic. In the scene, Hoffman, portraying a meaningless Drag Queen, confronts a group of conservative homosexual men who seek to silence the most extravagant members of the LGBTQ+ during a march of pride in an attempt to obtain a broader acceptance.
“You are ashamed of us, but we are not ashamed of you,” the speech begins. “While you get on the knees of Banana Republic … you are my sisters and I love them. I do it. YF— Out!”
I wonder if Richard Grenelll, the former ambassador to Germany who currently serves as Envoy for Special Missions in the Trump Administration, has seen it. I ask why Grenell, who during President Trump's first mandate became the first openly gay cabinet level of the country, spent part of this month of pride trying to drive a wedge within the community in a very similar way to what was portrayed in the 25 -year film.
In a real social publication in December, Trump said that in the role of Envoy, Grenell “would work in some of the most hot places in the world, including Venezuela and North Korea.” It seems that one of Grenelll's special missions was to sell to the United States with the idea that gender identity and transgender medical care are outside the scope of what worries normal gays. “
He also suggested that the LGBTQ+ community needs to monitor itself, the echoes of the same respect policy framework that is often used for the light of gases that have been systematically deprived of their rights. Of course, Grenell is not the first conservative gay man who has used his station in life to enrich himself at the expense of the collective.
Not long after the Hoffman character fought in “Flawless” in 1999, Ken Mehlman was appointed Director of Political Affairs of President George W. Bush and spent years working against legalizing same -sex marriage, as we now know, of the closet. In 2010, Mehlman, former president of the Republican Party, He came out as gay. The biographers have documented J. Edgar Hoover's relationships with men, even when he was driving the lavender scare. His accomplice, Roy Cohn, has a similar story.
As the various letters suggest, the LGBTQ+ community is far from being a monolith. However, if there is something that most of us have in common, it is our tendency not to vote against our own interest. In 2020, Trump won 27% of the votes. In 2024, it was Up to 12%. Between the two elections, we saw a relentless attack led by Republicans against LGBTQ+ rights of which Trump has often been the instigator.
I do not know what Grenell considers the “normal homosexual” behavior, but does not represent the normal homosexual vote. The idea that I could speak for the central values of the community is not only ridiculous, but also unfortunately false. It was the Drag Queens and the members of the community that do not make up the genre that began the stonewall disturbances in 1969. Before Grenelll was born, he was even born, The first gay person to run for a public office It was not a “normal homosexual”, but an extraordinary Drag Queen with the name of José Sarria in 1961. The groups that won progress for queer people have never been monolithically composed of white men, Anglo and heteronormative. That is what makes the movement of homosexual rights so beautiful, so American, so worthy of pride and celebration.
And that is why it is so strange, given the obvious concern that Ondula through the LGBTQ+ community due to Trump's words and actions, that Grenell chooses to use his station to fight for the members of his community who need their help less, and do it at the expense of LGBTQ+ people who really need a champion.
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Ideas expressed in the piece
- The author affirms that the essence of pride is to adopt diversity and progress instead of complying with respectability policy, criticizing figures such as Richard Grenelll for trying to marginalize the broader LGBTQ+ members to obtain a broader acceptance.[1][4].
- Granderson emphasizes the historical role of Drag Queens and people who do not make up the genre at fundamental moments such as Stonewall disturbances, noting that the first openly gay political candidate (José Sarria) was a drag queen, which challenges modern efforts to disinfect LGBTQ+ Advocaty[1][4].
- It emphasizes that the LGBTQ+ community is not a monolith, but shares a common tendency to reject vote against its interests, evidence[1][4].
- The article condemns Grenelll for reinforcing the respectability policy, arguing that its alignment with harmful policies to LGBTQ+ vulnerable members, particularly transgender individuals, constitutes the legacy of inclusive activism of the community of the community of the community[1][4].
Different views on the subject
- Those in charge of formulating conservative policies advocate restricting the federal medical funds for the care that the gender affirms, arguing that such measures protect the dollars from the taxpayers to support “experimental” treatments, with the bill of the Chamber of the Chamber backed by Trump framing this as a fiscal responsibility[2].
- Critics of the attention affirmed by gender argue that states should independently regulate these services, which suggests that federal financing allows medically unnecessary procedures, although legal challenges cite possible violations of anti -discrimination laws in the low -price health care law[2][3].
- Republican narratives, as observed in 2024 RNC, position LGBTQ+ rights how to violate the rights of parents and religious freedoms, framing prohibitions of gender statement care as protections for children instead of discrimination[3].
- Some conservative voices within the LGBTQ+community, such as Grenelll, argue that the prioritization of transgender problems distracts from the objectives of “main” homosexual rights (for example, matrimonial equality), promoting a heteronormative image for a broader social acceptance[1][3].
