AT,
Furtling is a magnificent word and should be used more often!
Well we agree on the whole; sexuality should be an irrelevance. However, I think that there is still a residual culture of homophobia, and I refute the argument that most, or even many, homophobes are self-loathing gays (although there are some who fit that mould). The conference is about gay personnel engaging with the upper echelons, not the other way round.
Originally Posted by AT
It's a pity, but those living in Narnia past the age of 40 will probably stay there for the rest of their lives. At least nowadays they can't officially vent their fury and project their self-loathing onto other gay chaps. I can't imagine any of them attending a conference, not that a conference would be any good for them. You'll probably have to wait for the old queens to retire (and there are plenty of them).
I agree; and it's a shame that they're probably scared of themselves because they had to endure the environment that you and others fought to change. Hats off - without the past fights, we'd be no different now to how we were in 1999.
Originally Posted by AT
Perhaps if the high-heidyins had spent more time worrying about how to retain Tablet Eraser the person, rather than fartarseing around with diversity worrying about Tablet Eraser the gay chap, you might not be PVRing as I get the impression from your posts elsewhere that your reasons for going have nothing to do with your sexuality.
The Service is awful at looking after its people full-stop. I'm leaving because promotion prospects are dreadful, posting opportunities are pathetic and because Their Airships seem to care not a jot for their personnel. My being gay has nothing to do with it; the RAF has put no more effort into me than into anyone else (and nor should it - if it's treating people poorly, everyone should be treated
equally poorly!!).