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My dad likes to tell me this story of how he took part in Swedish history.
Before 1979, Sweden considered homosexuality as a mental disorder. My dad was
aware of this but didn’t think too much about it until his boss came into the
office angry one day and started shouting at all of them.
Boss: “All of you! If any of you are f***
* [gay slurs] or friends with [gay
slurs], you’re f**** fired!”
Office Worker: “Are you okay, [Boss]? Where is all this coming from?”
After some cajoling, it was discovered that the boss had just caught his son
kissing his boyfriend, and he’d then kicked him out.
Dad: “So… wait, where is he now?”
Boss: “F****** on the streets for all I care! No [gay slur] is a son of
mine!”
My dad was very disheartened to see this, and for the first time, he realised
what homophobia was and how ugly it could be. My dad is also quite petty and
inventive, and he inadvertently got involved with a movement he didn’t realise
until later that other Swedes were doing at the time.
In protest to the boss’s behaviour, (he was taking his anger out abusively on
all the staff) my dad decided he’d had enough and called in sick, but what he
said was:
Dad: “I’m calling in gay.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
