What Do You Think About A Country For Gay People, No Heteros Allowed?

What Do You Think About A Country For Gay People, No Heteros Allowed?

“We need a cultural and political centre, where we can develop new, better ways of gay living that are more suited to our nature,” LGBTQ activist Viktor Zimmerman tells Vice in a new interview.

That is why he is proposing a new country exclusively for gay people, no heteros allowed… OK, OK, maybe some heteros can live there, but, Zimmerman insists, “their numbers will be limited and they will not be in charge.”

“Bringing gay people together in a creative and affirmative environment will release a tremendous energy,” he proclaims. “Thousands of gay artists, writers, sculptors, filmmakers and songwriters will be brought together in one spot. There would be no more cultural oppression from the hetero; all the public spaces would be decorated with gay artwork.”

Zimmerman adds that his new gay city-state will also provide “a safe haven for millions of gay people” who are currently living in “dangerous circumstances.”

“Our purpose is to establish a free, independent and democratic gay state,” he says. “We strive to initiate one or more self-administrated settlements for gay people, and look to promote their economic, cultural and political development.”

And where will this all-gay country be located? Zimmerman isn’t sure yet, but, he says, “it should be somewhere where there is sufficiently cheap and habitable land available in a warm climate by the seaside.” He’s thinking maybe some place in South America would be nice, or “a friendly Buddhist country in southeast Asia.”

He continues: “The next step would be taking a long-term lease on a moderate-sized territory from an existing country. The territory will be used to establish a settlement on conditions of extraterritoriality. Legally, it would still remain the territory of the host country, but we could administrate it according to our own laws.”

And as for keeping the population from dying off, Zimmerman says immigration will be key.

“We all know how gay babies are made–there are millions of them being born into this world year by year, without any effort on our side,” he explains. “All we need is for a fraction of them to pack their stuff together and move to the gay state.”

Zimmerman is convinced that if enough LGBTQ people sign on to his project, they can actually make it happen. Like, for real.

“Legally, the foundation of the gay state is viable,” he says. “There have been precedents for the establishment of new states via treaties, such as the creation of the Vatican state, and there have been multiple legal precedents for the peaceful acquisition of land. There have also been precedents for international recognition of non-territorial sovereign entities, such as the Order of Malta.”

“We are confident that one day gay people will have territorial control over a sovereign territory.”

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    • Bloom
      September 15, 07:33 Reply

      Blood of Jesus. DM why? ??

    • Tiercel de Claron
      September 15, 15:36 Reply

      The Vatican wasn’t even created,not as stated in the article anyway.

      And no,its no ‘gay’ state.

  1. McDuke
    September 15, 06:38 Reply

    Odiegwu ooo….just think of a country for women only cos I don’t think there will be any difference…country for just gay people??? I’ll pass???

    • Pink Panther
      September 15, 06:47 Reply

      Let me see if I understand your comment. You think a country for gay men might as well be a country for women? #JustSeekingClarification

  2. Dennis Macaulay
    September 15, 06:40 Reply

    Anyway I’d like to be the Minister of Youth Affairs! You know, ensure its teeming youth population are well rounded, and have an adult who will touch on their humanity and guide them properly ???

      • Dennis Macaulay
        September 15, 06:51 Reply

        You know I like entering and providing guidance! Shaping things and touching young humans to reach their potentials!

        Its a thankless job you know ??

        • Pink Panther
          September 15, 06:52 Reply

          Very thankless. You’d positively be a saint, with all the good work you’d be doing inside these youths.

          • Dennis Macaulay
            September 15, 07:06 Reply

            The Vatican will Canonize me soon enough! Patron saint of sugar daddies ✌✌

  3. Mandy
    September 15, 06:50 Reply

    Honestly, if this is doable, I’m sooooo game. The moment such a country springs up on the atlas, I’m packing my bags and immigrating to it. Think of all the possibilities of living free! 😀

  4. KingBey
    September 15, 06:58 Reply

    Excessive unnecessary drama will be the order of the day. I think I will pass. ???

  5. Dennis Macaulay
    September 15, 08:05 Reply

    On a serious note anyway what happens when they have children and then they grow up? You ask the straight ones to leave the country? Or the inhabitants can’t have kids?

    It looks good on paper but it is isolationist! We should fight for full inclusion and not isolation. That has never worked

  6. ambivalentone
    September 15, 08:07 Reply

    “WARNING: Country contains Flash Photography”
    I would go blind from all the colors. But if he did get the signatures, is it feasible?

  7. Mandeville
    September 15, 08:10 Reply

    Hopefully Tim Cook will sign on with free⌚️ ? ?for the first million people. ??

  8. Drone
    September 15, 08:24 Reply

    You might as well place an ‘X’ on the earth’s surface that all homophobic countries/governments and terrorist groups can use for target practice. Don’t get caught up in acceptance and forget how powerful the enemy is.

    • ambivalentone
      September 15, 08:42 Reply

      Loool. I had all sorts of weird cartoon images play out in my mind at ‘target practice’. I guess I’ll pass…except we have some Themyscira-like shield sha

    • Pink Panther
      September 15, 09:08 Reply

      Another clever point of view I didn’t even consider.

    • Mandeville
      September 15, 10:42 Reply

      How would one verify who is LGBT and who isn’t? DNA analysis? Word of mouth? Facebook? We know the evil ‘Discriminatrix’ has been seeking identifiers for our species.

  9. INDIGENE
    September 15, 10:12 Reply

    In as much as I would want this to come through, I won’t deny the fact that it’s not conducive…

  10. KryxxX
    September 15, 10:15 Reply

    I’m very sure the length of Kim’s marriage to Chris would be longer than that country.

    We are apart yet we keep tearing each other down. Imagine what would happen if we are packed in one place….. .. … Horishima would be small compared to the explosion that is so gonna occur.

    The shaming, discrimination, suicide rate, the cliques, stratification…… Mba! O ma nme! It’s not gonna werk.

    • KryxxX
      September 15, 10:20 Reply

      I only hope this is just a case of one’s imagination running wild oh! B4 someone would come now and start asking us to sign a petition for the UN to consider.

      • Tiercel de Claron
        September 15, 15:41 Reply

        A petition that won’t go anywhere.
        Has the Sahrawi Republic worked out as yet?.
        It does have UN backing.

  11. Gag
    September 15, 10:30 Reply

    It seems like a fun place to be and not hide, but dont you think one day it will be a target for homophobic terrorist eg Isis. Also, people like the night club shooter.

  12. beejay
    September 15, 12:03 Reply

    Obviously ’tis 1 of ’em crazy fantasies but boy if it were possible! wheeeeeee! It’d be like Disney land…for gay people. *why does that make me oddly happy?*

  13. Nefertiti
    September 15, 22:45 Reply

    A far fetched dream.. …although the thought of it is so amazing ! But a lot of guys would feign being gay just to kill some of us…it would b like the “Purge” movie …. People would just fly in with an aim to kill(under asylum pretense )..E well o… Let’s just pray for acceptance ??

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