In Defense of NG

Like me, the blogger known as NG, who I thanked in my last post, has put up with a lot of shit. Both of us have had to contend with simultaneous abuse from anti-gay "Christians" and from self-appointed gay "leaders" who actively seek to crush other LGBT voices.

I can't honestly say that I agree with everything NG says, but that's OK. No two people can agree on everything, but that's no reason to turn against each other, a concept that appears to be lost on much of the gay movement's leadership.
NG is clearly someone who cares deeply about LGBT equality, and about justice.
That makes him OK in my book.

There's a particularly nasty Wiki page, about NG, that's floating around cyberspace.
The page accuses him of all manner of "perversions". Several anti-gay "Christian" groups take credit for having posted this~~they offer no documentation whatsoever as to their claims.

Several gay activists have since "warned" me about NG on the basis of this Wiki page.
As this page offers no documentation, these activists should know better, especially since it comes from a group that identifes itself as anti-gay.

Maybe I'm being simplistic and idealistic, but I expect higher standards from the gay rights movement, which claims to stand for equality and justice.
NG deserves better~~and so do the rest of us.

David Alex Nahmod
Oct 2009
SF CA