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Did the gay revolution put an end to internalized homophobia? Absolutely, no.
Revolutions are spectacular. People run with flags, with flowers, with their best clothes and cheer for the winners. It doesn’t matter if it was in the storming of the Bastille, in St. Petersburg or in Prague, the spectacle is wonderful. The despots, finally, have been defeated and the people cry out for freedom, justice, and human rights. When we stop jumping, shouting, drinking, and celebrating... what is the real change? Because after the French Revolution we got Robespierre and Napoleon.
The Russian one left us with Stalin. In China, another gem: Mao. With the Cuban Revolution, we inherited the Castro brothers. And let’s not even mention the results of the Arab Spring.
Zizek says that what is truly important about each revolution is what will happen the next day. When
“normality” returns, how will we be?
Well, we must ask ourselves the same thing about the gay revolution. In Latin America, country after country has been approving civil rights and same-sex marriage.
Soon, the majority will do so. We must consider that some countries have achieved it more easily than others.
Why? Not because the activists are better (of course the leaders claim that the miracle was theirs).