To be honest with you, I love that you call yourself a Dyke, it’s the same word I use for you and all of your kind, and it suits you well! Keep up the good work, maybe you can call your biker gang the “lezbo lady lickers” since Dykes isn’t going to be available? It sure has a nice ring to it, not as nice as “Dykes on bikes” but at least it maintains that theme of self hate you are going for.

You are the best excuse for birth control I have ever had the displeasure of coming in contact with! Please stay Dyke! Dyke…

LOL!

Homosexuality takes a lot of courage to proclaim in todays society, I admire you for that. Those who deride it should look at the fact animals display homosexual traits and behaviours. Put down your bible people, it doesn’t need another bashing. Homosexuality is one of the many flavours of sexual desire and, science suggests, a natural occurrence (bash that bible some more, it WILL get rid of my sinful typing…).

Headline – I’m hetro, I don’t whinge. Yes, I know you aren’t going to like that comment. Yes we could liken it to oppressed people, slaves, communists, people with ginger hair. It has already been done it is boring.

I’m wondering where the f**k you got:

‘how people in power are allowed to regulate the self-identification of marginalized populations’

from.

Regardless of sexuality, it suggests your head is up your own arse.

People who aren’t LGBT (is that right)? People really don’t care I hope, and just let people live their own lives as they want. If it hurts no-one (do not judge lest thee be for all the horrified brainwashed religious people out there. Why are YOU still reading)?

What annoys me – People who shove their sexuality in my face and whine.

I dated a girl from work, we didn’t make out in the car park. Numerous lesbian/gay couples made a strong point of doing so, and at every opportunity proclaiming their sexuality with pride. So they should, until it gets very very very very very very dull.

Focus your energies elsewhere, like banning religion.

Take it steady

Jamie

Make up your own fucking slang. Dyke.

Link to a really interesting story on Radio 4 today about the Spazz Wheelchair and the rights of communities to reclaim names.

The noun by the way is charmingly apt in this context: ‘dyker’

That’s a pretty myopic view, no? I have some friends who run a custom clothing business called Dykes in the City. As they won’t be able to obtain a trademark, there’s nothing to prevent anyone else from ripping off their name. They could trademark DITC, but they want to market their clothing to dykes, which has unfortunately been dubbed “offensive” by the USPTO.

Also, as noted in the comments over on BoingBoing, the USPTO doesn’t seem to have much trouble issuing trademarks for the term “bitch” which, to me, is far more offensive than “Ass Rimming Blow Job Givers” (which I personally would have no trouble issuing a trademark on, but hey, I’m a liberal ).

anyway, i thought it was cool… well, goodluck with the name registration, i’m sure some law-gger out there could give you some advice as to a rebutal to their decision…

hey chicano joe, words aren’t worth a thing outside of the perspective of the person using that word… why bother with the word man, round it up man, easy.