Once upon a time there was a Queen. She was a Queen of great beauty and passion; she was adored by millions all across the globe; drawing in people worldwide to her island, winning them over with not much more than the royal gesture of a regal wave. Oh, what might and power she wields, what fabulous hats she dares to sport, what praises are sung in her name, what…
Hold it, your gin-guzzling Highness. This queens got a question.
This weekend will see us celebrate 60 years under the Queen’s reign, an event hosted only once before in 1897 by Queen Victoria for her Diamond Jubilee. It is with this in mind, I felt I should do a blog in Lizzie’s honour.
Over the last 60 years, dear Elizabeth has reigned well. Giving to various charities and organizations, visiting sites of disastrous events (both natural and terrorist related) and always seeming to be fairly socially progressive. Except when it comes to the LGBT community - Apparently this Queen won’t acknowledge her fellow queens.
Ever since the tragedy of Diana’s death, and the ungainly public relations disaster that swiftly followed after, the Queen has gone to great lengths to reach out to her nation; to acquire an idea of their mood and feelings. She changed the monarchy and has presented it as passionate, multicultural, modern and seemingly socially progressive. Yet, not once in her entire reign has she acknowledged the existence of the LGBT community.
Now, I’m not proclaiming that our Queen partakes in some disgustingly royal acts of homophobic behaviour, but when she refuses to publicly acknowledge the existence of gay members of her own family, you’ve got to presume she isn’t gay-friendly.
*side note* Disgustingly Royal Acts of Homophobic Behaviour - Can you imagine that?
The Queen in all her aristocratic glory, sitting regally on her throne, and a beaten homosexual man is brutally thrown at her feet. “Think you’re a queen, do you?” she mockingly spits, “We shall see.” Just then she signals to one of her well-groomed servants, who with robot-like obedience brings her a hunting rifle. The Queen takes aim and, without the slightest flicker of remorse in her eyes, shoots a bullet directly into the mans upper-left thigh. Juddering from left-to-right, like a drag queen attempting to stand in his first set of heels, the partially wounded homosexual man pulls himself to his feet, “I’m feeling rather sporty today, so I shall give you a five minute head start.” The man limps away as fast as he can, before the Queen signals another servant to unleash her blood-thirsty, gay-hating corgis - bred purely with the intention of eliminating the gay community.
Anyway, a bit off topic. As I was saying. She isn’t gay-friendly. Whilst having always spoken approvingly of the other faiths and races that currently reside in Great Britain, she’s ignored all contact with the LGBT community, to the point she’s never even whispered the words ‘gay’ or ‘lesbian’ in public, for the past six decades. Are these omissions due to advice from her royal advisors and courtiers, or perhaps they’re just born out of her own personal view? It’s irrelevant. As monarch she has an undeniable responsibility to treat all her subjects equally. If she were to dismiss or refuse to acknowledge other faiths or cultures in Britain, Asians Britons for example, she’d be immediately classed as a racist; so I don’t see how ignoring the gays is any different. Even though she has never blatantly publicly spoken out against us, her silence sends a message that can only be interrupted as disrespectful and somewhat homophobic. Are we excluded because we’re beneath the monarch?
For all she is giving, having attended functions hosted by many welfare organisations and charities, never once has she given time to any deserving gay charities; Stone Wall Housing, which helps provide shelter for LGBT youths, for example.
In 1999 a gay pub in Soho was bombed by neo-Nazi, David Copeland, yet the Queen didn’t visit any of the 70 wounded that were hospitalized - and that was one of the biggest terror attacks the UK had seen in quite some time.
An argument against this could be made, as the Queen undoubtedly has homosexual people on her staff. But that doesn’t make her ‘gay-friendly.’ They’re employed to be her servants - it’s hardly a term of endearment.
As head of state, the Queen has an obligation to recognise all British citizens, regardless of their sexual orientation, faith group and/or race. It is her duty to embrace ALL of us. So, Lizzie, how much longer will we have to wait to be recognised and acknowledged?
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