I have often compared left-handedness with queerness. Societies have long claimed that Satan is responsible for left-handedness and the word "left" has been used to suggest evil or weakness of will. They believed that left-handed children had to be converted to save their souls. Sounds familiar, doesn't it. Also, the proportion of people born left-handed and those born queer is pretty close. So, once again, the majority attempts to force a marginalized minority to conform to its rigid, limited idea of normalcy.