All this gentrification and growth is going to bite us in the ass. Afterall, do you think all the newcomers to Seattle come from nice liberal places?

Every time I see one of the many, many, many posts over the many, many, many years from scaredy-cat alarmist homosexuals that something that the queers have done now is "creating" a "backlash" -- and therefor THE QUEERS MUST STOP BEING QUEER RIGHT NOW!!1! -- I just sigh. Somehow, the queers keep being queers and, somehow, the world goes on. Until the warnings of the next "backlash", of course.

Even if every "backlash" was real, who cares??? Gee, the whole world doesn't love you! You must cease to exist right now!!!

*sigh*

Happens to me every other blue moon or so. (No not becaue I'm right-of-center, because I'm gay.)

this so fucking seattle: mountains from molehills.

This woman sounds crazy - the kind of crazy that eventually leads to her attacking random strangers with her fists. Hopefully the incident that leads to her being court-ordered to go to counseling and take meds will not be as spectacular as this one.

I'm sorry she upset the writer - stuff happens.

Better to ignore people who are bats. They are out there, and they aren't going away.

They spent the rest of their time there discussing if a 10% tip was too much for the "horrible service," (we had the same waitress. she was awesome.) so it was pretty clear they were horrible people, but it had been a really long time since anyone had behaved like that towards me.

The woman was also wearing a terrible bright knit cardigan with cats appliqued on it. She was truly evil on so many levels.

The crazy old lady in this story throws better shade than you, sister.

Come on. You are physically/mentally stronger than that and if not, then work on it. It sucks that it happened, but this not worthy of tears, a ride home from family, etc...

Well then, you were very lucky. I lived in NYC for five years and got endless amounts of shit from New Yorkers. Seattle has far fewer crazies and all-around assholes. One fundamental difference is that there are more New Yorkers who will fight back, but most are still sheep who try to pretend nothing's happening, like almost all Seattlites.

You're day goes much better when you don't engage the crazies.

I'm sure Matthew Shepherd wishes he could have gotten off so easy.

Tolerating small incidents creates a safe breeding ground for larger assault to happen.

Obviously Matthew Shepherd suffered more. I don't think anything is gained from comparing victimization like this.

Homophobes bring to my mind what Thomas Jefferson said: "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever." He may have been talking about slavery and I may be an atheist, but it still warms my heart.

Revenge can wait for another day, when the dish can be served cold with curdled cream.

Also, ignore these cynical bitches on the Slog. Anonymity brings out the worst in people - I'm sure that, in person, at least some of them are tolerable. Maybe.

Bigotry is never pleasant, whether its a random sidewalk yelling match or a physical assault. You don't have to hold a ruler up to the incident to decide whether you should care. If Sarah had been physically assaulted, half of you wouldn't have written your above posts. Thank god she wasn't.

Once my guy and I were holding hands and a random guy came up to us and said he "thought that it was cool" that we could do that. It was a little awkward, but a nice gesture nonetheless.

In the future, just snap back with something witty and keep walking.

:)

Thanks for the last few comments- and earlier ones- that recognize the pain of being verbally attacked in public simply for who you are. I'm relieved to know that some Slog readers don't let their anonymity eclipse their compassion. Of course what happened to us was not the worst that could have happened. But gay bashing can take many forms, including telling a victim to suck it up. Sharing this incident with others is our way of refusing to swallow the fear and shame this stranger tried to create in us.

And don't tell my girlfriend to fuck off.

That being said I would hope every gay & lesbian couple in Seattle makes it a point to go to Madison Park and make out...or egg the old bitches house. Holloween is coming up and nothing makes the holiday brighter than a burning sack of dog poo on the porch and festoons of rotting egg yolks on the walls.