Gay Apartheid

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Segregation, slavery, racism, etc. The word in Afrikans simply meant "separateness". The two main pieces of legislation that created the institution of Apartheid were the Group Areas Act and the Separate Amenities Act. I imagine use of the term grew out of wording used in those and until very recently was used to describe the particularly institutionalized system of racism in South Africa.

Exactly. It doesn't just mean that people treat each other unfairly. It means that the institutions are designed to keep people out, or separated. Hiring a white person instead of a black person due to one's own bias - not Apartheid. Hiring a white person because it's illegal for blacks to be employed in that line of work - Apartheid. The concept of Separate But Equal is totally Apartheid.

By saying "Apartheid", you're specifically calling out all the legalities that specifically restrict gays. And yes, the parallel works.....again, still mulling this....