J.M. has good intentions I am sure, but I have problems with him being the role model needed in that I think he has areas in which he falls short himself.

Ok, I agree that effeminate behavior/cross-dressing, etc., is a plague on the male community. In J.M.’s own artwork he depicts scenarios in which men are often demeaned in other ways – sexual domination and humiliation is a big theme. Another area in which he raises questions is the fact that he is an ordained priest of the Church of Satan. While I will defend anyone’s right to believe/follow whatever they want, in the larger picture, this fact wouldn’t be received well by the larger demographic if J.M. were proclaimed the chosen leader of the ‘new’ gay community. I also understand that many in the C.of S. will insist the religion is not about the worship and promotion of evil, but often the visuals depicted along with that ‘crowd’ tell a different tale on the individual level.

I recommend those interested in the topic to read Androphilia by Jack Melebranche.

It is sad that young gay men coming up think that they have to act feminine or dress like a girl.
Furthermore, groups and individuals who are on the right track rarely get the attention that destructive groups and individuals get.
hmmmm. looks like some people don’t want real productive progress.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Society_for_Human_Rights

A year before the Society was established, anarchist Emma Goldman became the first person in the United States to publicly endorse LGBT rights, stating, “I regard it as a tragedy that people of differing sexual orientation find themselves proscribed in a world that has so little understanding of homosexuals…” (Rutledge, Leigh, Gay Book of Lists. p. 169. 1992).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Goldman

In the present day, the greater tragedy is attributing the equal rights struggle to a bunch of out-of-control drag queens.