Dear Editor:
I was appalled -- appalled! -- to read the hateful attacks on Jar Jar Binks and on all symbols of the coming post-gendered world in a recent issue of State of unBeing (#55; May 1999). The challenge to traditional, bourgeois gender roles that this obviously transheterosexual -- even transmonosexual -- entity presents could only seem "irritating" to the archaic, homophobic mind. Such thoughtless attacks lead to the mood of rage and hate that condone and promote homophobic assaults on and killings of homosexuals. It is such invective as yours that leads to vicious gay-bashing assaults in our supposedly advanced, tolerant society. I hope it will not be repeated. It is unfortunate such an affront to all victims of hate crimes exists, and it is hoped such enlightened publications as the Texas Triangle and the Village Voice, which have exposed the hateful reality of Jar Jar opposition for what it really is, will prevent an upsurge of gay-bashing episodes.
In tolerance and solidarity,
Crux Ansata
P.S. -- I find myself in need of an emaciated, pale little urchin of a French girl to wear a short, thin, tattered dress, stagger in a hunger-induced haze, and sell cigars and cigarettes in faltering English, because I have a Zippo and hence minimal need for matches. (In the event I move to a place where absinthe is legal, this will, of course, be added to her wares.) If anyone in the SoB audience can arrange for one at a moderate price, or is willing to play the role, please put them in contact with me.
C.A.