Blogger: User Profile: Queer Conservative

Though I've never understood gay Republicans (to me, they're like vegan butchers), this blogger raises some though provoking questions about what it means to be queer.

Blogger: User Profile: Queer Conservative: "I'm a guy in my thirties living on a true blue island in a very red state. Formerly an avid liberal back when the center of my personal universe was being 'gay,' I gradually grew up and became more conservative throughout the 1990's calling myself a 'libertarian,' only to have a bucket of ice-cold reality thrown on me on 9/11. I realized then that I had another closet to come out of - the conservative one. I've lost more friends since opening that closet door than I ever did by coming out as gay. Shattering people’s perceptions of you is usually a messy business. The name of this blog reflects more on my political identity than my sexual orientation. Let me tell you - being conservative is considered the very definition of 'queer' in the gay universe. The mainstream gay political establishment has no room for diverse opinion and will set upon dissenters like a pack of wild dogs – because god forbid someone define themselves without wrapping up in the rainbow flag."