George Weinberg

George Weinberg
mistreated people unless
I didn't grow up with any concept of people being deviants unless they mistreated others.
fear
The roots of homophobia are fear. Fear and more fear.
health means personal vision
We each have a personal myth, a vision of who we really are and what we want. Health means that part of what you want is to give to others.
far
There is no universal coming out process, so far as I know.
best promote
Interestingly, the best way to promote intimacy is to demand it.
people
People have known of Shakespeare's homosexuality down through the ages.
columbia landlord though
I try not to deal with people's hostility, though I must if they have something I need from them, as the professors did at Columbia or my landlord did.
biological filling job opening wants
No man wants to feel that he's there because of his woman's biological clock or because he's filling a job opening for husband or significant other.
people punish
Many people secretly think that gays are a lot happier than they are, and want to punish them.
constantly toward
We are constantly creating ourselves by what we move toward or away from.
gay self-worth way
Coming out to gays is a way of affirming sanity and self-worth.
ideas giving important
An essential idea is that if you give to some person or endeavor in life, you will make that more important.
men independence way
As I said, men value their independence in a weird way, above practically everything.
night wake-up praying
What worse illness can there be than acute conventionality. You should pray every night that you don't wake up with it.