Is
this sign for real?
Stu
Tarlowe <stu@tarlowe.com>
This
sign was depicted in an e-mail I got today from the Media Research
Center, urging me to sign the American Family Association's petition
for a boycott of Target stores because of Target's capitulation to the
demands of the "gender identity" bullies.
I have to wonder, though, if the sign is real.
Having studied Graphic Design, I have to admire the way the sign
addresses the matter of those who are "gender confused" (although,
having studied English, I'm not pleased at how the word "gender" has
been hijacked and misused; strictly speaking, only words have gender;
living things have sex, and there are only two choices).
The figure depicted (by combining the "man" and "woman" symbols) as
half-man, half-woman is a logical solution to a visual communication
challenge. But one can't help but wonder what the LGBTQSTFU "community"
thinks of it. Do they think it's "respectful" enough of their "gender
identity or expression" issues?
And WTF does a person in a wheelchair have to do with "gender identity
or expression"?
Anyway, real or not, in actual use on actual restroom doors or not, I
think the "half-man, half-woman" graphic should see far greater
exposure, whenever the need arises to refer to the LGBTQSTFU community
or any of its members. If they don't like that graphic, maybe they can
come up with another one, like just a big ol' question mark.
