Before there was much backlash to homosexuality and gay pride, it was women in power that were often the victim of discrimination; namely, gender discrimination.

20 years ago, on this very day, 14 women were killed at a college in Montreal, purely due to discrimination of their gender.

I am glad to see that Canada is officially remembering these ladies of the unfortunate hate crime, on this day, 20 years ago. Hopefully this kind of thing will never happen again, as gender inequality or hate crimes against someone simply due to their gender is unacceptable.

What caused the killer to commit the hate crime 20 years ago? Was having female classmates who may be smarter than the men in the class simply too much for this man? I hope this sentiment is no longer present.

Sadly, after reading some YouTube comments on Oprah and other powerful women, that are not simply ‘I Hate “insert name”‘ These comments are actually hated on the fact that women in power are somehow to blame or to be hated because they, I quote the hater’s sentiments… ‘act like they are better’. They do not act like they are better…maybe, its simply the fact that they are more successful then the commenting individuals.

Insecure bitches!

While I do not encourage either gender to play itself as dominant, I think its very appropriate and fitting for women to expect that they are treated equally and with respect. Men who feel ‘violated’ by women in power are poor excuses of men.

Aside from one position, I personally have been blessed with working for female bosses, and I have always seen them as deserving of their status and position.

As a gay man, I can feel how annoying and pointless it is to be discriminated against just because the insecure straight men that think they are the one and only dominant force in society. Please note, I said just…and I mean only the straight men who are insecure…NOT ALL!

A real straight secure man is one that we definitely find sexy and alluring. However, when you picture this man being insecure because he sees a successful women on TV (Oprah) or sees an effeminate man sitting in front of him on the subway, makes you think of that straight man as not very ’secure and confident’ like we have traditionally been told men should behave.

Even so, success and acceptance that women have earned over time and the success and acceptance non-whites have earned over time, should allow the gay community to be confident in that eventually we can all live in a peaceful society that does not care about what is in between our legs, the colour of our skin, or what gender our lover in our beds may be.