Whilst the amount of social progress that our society has made in recent decades is nothing short of phenomenal, it is an undeniable fact that years of oppression and prejudice taint the world we live in. Today, we gay men can be open about our sexuality; we can get married and can adopt children. In short, we largely enjoy the same legal rights and protections as our straight counterparts. You’d be forgiven for thinking that the march for equality is pretty much over.
But in reality, many aspects of the progress we have made simply resemble an attempt to amalgamate being gay into our traditional ideals of family and marriage. Yes, this is a welcome and necessary step; but it ignores so many aspects of gay identity.
Houses. it it give us you an idea how strong that tide was when i tell you the house that was built here was pushed 50 feet up the rote to where you look now. at the request of the japanese government, part of the rescue and recovery work has fallen to the uk s international search and rescue team made up of firefighters and rescue workers around the country. they have to sift through the mounds of debris in search of anyone that may be trapped and identify where those who died have washed up. the red logo on the wall signifies where someone has perished. alan downs is from the consent brigade. looking at the waterline on a lot of buildings, it s clear that the tide came in a significant distance. the reality of finding someone alive in the debris is very small. we re obviously continuing to search and keep our hopes up. reporter: the waterline shows