"Normal" is a word best left to the right wing religious fundamentalists who can't see past their own rose coloured glasses and white-picket fence ;-)
Heteronormativity should be opposed every step of the way by straights and queers alike. If there was such a thing as "queernormativity" I would equally oppose that
concept too!
Diversity is the only concept we should be promoting.
I came to the same conclusion about the refugee debate. Refugee activist groups were playing on the "they are the same as us" line, and that failed to wash with the majority of conservative Australians because they failed to see the similarities and instead focussed on the differences.
Yet it is the differences that should be highlighted to ensure that the average Jo Citizen is educated in the need for multiculturalism, diversity of sexuality, gender variance, racial harmony and religious acceptance.
Tolerance is about seeing the differences but grudgingly putting up with them because the law or the culture expects you to accommodate everyone. Respect is about understanding that the differences exist and supporting the individual's rights of human expression and being, often in spite of the prevailing law or culture.
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