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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31 Comments
Dennis Macaulay
September 15, 06:33Don’t we have one already? The Vatican? ???
Pink Panther
September 15, 06:38Lol. Don’t let the devil use you, DM.
Bloom
September 15, 07:33Blood of Jesus. DM why? ??
Tiercel de Claron
September 15, 15:36The Vatican wasn’t even created,not as stated in the article anyway.
And no,its no ‘gay’ state.
McDuke
September 15, 06:38Odiegwu 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, 06:47Let me see if I understand your comment. You think a country for gay men might as well be a country for women? #JustSeekingClarification
Dennis Macaulay
September 15, 06:40Anyway 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 ???
Pink Panther
September 15, 06:48How magnanimous of you. ???
Dennis Macaulay
September 15, 06:51You 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, 06:52Very thankless. You’d positively be a saint, with all the good work you’d be doing inside these youths.
Dennis Macaulay
September 15, 07:06The Vatican will Canonize me soon enough! Patron saint of sugar daddies ✌✌
KingBey
September 15, 06:57Twink-hunter. Rest !!! ???
Dennis Macaulay
September 15, 07:06Di anyi dapuezi
Mandy
September 15, 06:50Honestly, 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! 😀
KingBey
September 15, 06:58Excessive unnecessary drama will be the order of the day. I think I will pass. ???
Dennis Macaulay
September 15, 07:07Boy bye ✋
Dennis Macaulay
September 15, 08:05On 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
ambivalentone
September 15, 08:07“WARNING: Country contains Flash Photography”
I would go blind from all the colors. But if he did get the signatures, is it feasible?
Mandeville
September 15, 08:10Hopefully Tim Cook will sign on with free⌚️ ? ?for the first million people. ??
Drone
September 15, 08:24You 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, 08:42Loool. 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, 09:08Another clever point of view I didn’t even consider.
Mandeville
September 15, 10:42How 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.
INDIGENE
September 15, 10:12In as much as I would want this to come through, I won’t deny the fact that it’s not conducive…
KryxxX
September 15, 10:15I’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, 10:20I 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, 15:41A petition that won’t go anywhere.
Has the Sahrawi Republic worked out as yet?.
It does have UN backing.
Pink Panther
September 15, 16:41Kryxx oga emegi voom na-anya. 😀
Gag
September 15, 10:30It 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.
beejay
September 15, 12:03Obviously ’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?*
Nefertiti
September 15, 22:45A 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 ??