As far as the speech MeL was referring to, I don’t see how the fact is releavant to the whole story that the “bankers” friend was a lesbian. All I want to say is “so” or how does that little fact affect the “story”.

But speaking about political awareness, sometimes it is a little tricky to know when, and where, and who with, you can use the terms. I think that there is political awareness that can be extremely respectful (she is a Lesbian or he is Gay, or this person who is disabled), then there is political awareness that can be quiet annoying (alternative lifestyle, or differently abled). Which in my mind everyone has an alternative lifestyle and different abilities from each other.

I think that the whole idea of political awareness is to not offend anyone, which of course is very important. But sometimes being overly political correct can be confusing in any situation. Every one in any situation (business or casual) is guilty of this.

Sometimes thinking of how to approach a person can be such a “heavy experience” in your mind; that you may be so ‘caught up in the situation you may forget to pay attention to what you and that person are talking about. ‘You’ may be so worried about offending the person you’re talking with, you may forget what they are saying (My favorite flower is daisies). When you’re thinking about what type of person you are talking with (Am I talking with a lesbian or a PERSON who is a lesbian–the “oh my gosh”–mentality of what do I call this person).

But sometimes I think writers of articles and or stories use some “catch phrases” to get a readers attention, and cause them to think about what they are reading. So perhaps this is an example one of those situations.

Who knows, really?

Kate