Name: 【TEDx】The Gay Agenda Now: LZ Granderson at TEDxGrandRapids
Uploaded: 2014-06-28T03:13:59.000Z
Duration: 18 min 30 s
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Everyone's feeling kind of perky  and excited.

Good, for I hope you'll remember what we talk about,

I can remember flipping through channels at home,

And how many of you remember  Ferris Bueller's Day Off?

Well, I saw Matthew Broderick  on the screen,

It wasn't Ferris Bueller.  And forgive me, Matthew Broderick.

I know you've done other movies  besides Ferris Bueller,

but that's how I remember you.  You're Ferris.

But you weren't doing  "Ferrisy" things at the time.

He was in a movie  called Torch Song Trilogy.

And Torch Song Trilogy  was based on a play

But the gay part,  the friendly love and respect,

the part about trying to find  your place in the world.

I see this powerful scene that brought me to tears,

and it's stuck with me  for the past 25 years.

And it's this quote  that the main character, Arnold,

"There's one more thing  you'd better understand.

I can even pat myself on the back,  when necessary.

Also, I don't have  to ask anyone for anything.

and anyone who can't give me  those two things

I remember that scene  like it was yesterday.

Ferris Bueller and some guy  I'd never seen before,

-- and was really quite happy,  to tell you the truth,

I was happily gay  and I guess that's supposed to be right,

I realized that a lot of people  weren't as gay as I was,

In fact, I heard  that there was a lot of hate

and a lot of anger  and a lot of frustration

Now, I'm sitting here  trying to figure out,

"the gay lifestyle", "the gay lifestyle".

And I keep hearing this word  over and over and over again,

that the gay lifestyle is a greater threat

and I'm doing something  that's going to destroy civilization,

[The Super-Duper Evil Gay Lifestyle]  (Laughter)

And I want to begin sharing  these evil things

I know other gay people who drink coffee.

Sometimes I get stuck  in lines at airports!

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