My grandmother's greatest gift was tolerance. Now, in the old days, Indians used to be forgiving of any kind of eccentricity. In fact, weird people were often celebrated. Epileptics were often shamans because people just assumed that God gave seizure-visions to the lucky ones. Gay people were seen as magical too. I mean, like in many cultures, men were viewed as warriors and women were viewed as caregivers. But gay people, being both male and female, were seen as both warriors and caregivers. Gay people could do anything. They were like Swiss Army knives! My grandmother had no use for all the gay bashing and homophobia in the world, especially among other Indians. "Jeez," she said, Who cares if a man wants to marry another man? All I want to know is who's going to pick up all the dirty socks?" (155)
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CARY SHERMAN Consumers should not be able to listen to any music or enjoy any movie anywhere without our approval... CARY SHERMAN Internet2 networking is an incredibly exciting tool for researchers, technologists and many others i... CARY SHERMAN Nobody likes playing the heavy and having to resort to litigation. But when your product is being re... CARY SHERMAN Campus LAN piracy is not new, yet the problem has taken on new urgency. We know from past experience... CARY SHERMAN The problem we had with the RIO was that it could exacerbate the MP3 piracy problem by encouraging m... CARY SHERMAN We are thrilled to see the number of schools offering legitimate services more than triple in the la... CARY SHERMAN We look forward to collaborative work with a broad spectrum of Internet2's members to develop new te... CARY SHERMAN We look forward to collaborative work with a broad spectrum of Internet2's members to develop new te... CARY SHERMAN I don't slam doors in people's faces, and I'm not a bigot. SHERMAN HEMSLEY