I’m gay.
I’d suspect quite a few others reading this are as well.
There’s certainly no “class” I took, or “rule book” I was given, to “train” me to be gay. I was not abused in any way when I was younger, it was completely natural, I just always preferred another man as opposed to a woman.
Have those who are sickened by two men kissing each other in public, or holding one another’s hand, ever considered how your heterosexual “flamboyance” might be perceived? All I see, everywhere, are heterosexuals flaunting their “straightness” it’s gets to be rather old after awhile.
My point with that above… before you start spouting off about those damn “fags” … why don’t you consider how YOUR BEHAVIOUR appears first?
I’m not going to throw a fit when I see some overt display of heterosexuality in public, so you best not spaz out if you happen to see me kissing my boyfriend at the museum, etc. Again, I have to deal with heterosexuals fawning upon one another, you’ll have to deal with men who would decide to show affection. I don’t support the double standard in which heterosexuals can do whatever they’d like together in public, but I’m supposed to “keep it at home” - that’s silly.
You cannot use the extremes of any society to judge that society.
Gay pride parades, in my opinion are disgusting; and I’d never find myself attending one. Those people are very atypical of your average gay or lesbian. They have every right, living in the United States, to do what they want to do. If you don’t like it, as I don’t, you just have to deal with it.
Oh, and I so wish I’d be making money for how many times the word “lifestyle” has been used here. Being gay isn’t a “lifestyle”. I can see people ignorantly confusing the “club lifestyle” that a small percentage of gay people partipate in, and viewing that as how everyone behaves. This is simply not true.
You want to know what lifestyle I have? The office guy, telecomuting, what have you, you know, typical grey collar sort of person. There’s nothing at all there that is different from probably a vast majority of others here. You want to know that ONE difference? At the end of the day, my loved one is a guy. WHOOOPIE! Deal with it…
Those who scream about “special rights” are sadly uninformed. It’s all about being afforded the same rights under the law that any heterosexual man would be given. I don’t want any special treatment. I want to be able to have a legally binding commitment, just as heterosexuals would. I want to be able to have the legal right to plan my loved ones funeral if need be (obviously this would be very far into the future), the legal right to make medical decisions as heterosexuals would have….
Imagine, you love someone greatly, and there’s an auto accident. The hospital REFUSES to allow you to see your loved one, because “legally” you are not family. You see, without the genders and the sexuality involved, it’s an awful situation.
I want to be able to extend my health insurance to my “spouse” just as a heterosexual man would be able to do with his wife.
And, sure, I’d like to have the tax relief that married individuals have too.
There’s nothing at all special there. It’s just receiving the SAME rights that heterosexuals have.
And if I could take a pill to magically make me straight, would I take it?
No.
If I was given a choice at birth, or before puberty, whatever, I would have chosen to be heterosexual; provided I would be aware of just how many people HATE me JUST because of who I choose to love.
I’m who I am because of all the bullshit bigotted straight people have put me through. I’m proud of myself for making it this long. I’m proud of who I have become too.
The rate of suicide is so very much higher amongst gay youth, and that’s because their parents, friends, and society in general make them feel so very awful about themselves, they simply cannot bare to live any longer.
You can tout various religious things, bandy about morality, it doesn’t much matter really. If someone is gay, they just ARE. They didn’t do anything special, make any choices, they just are that way.
There are disgusting gay people, there are disgusting straight people. Only problem is, heterosexuals often can’t tell the difference between your average gay person and average straight person. It’s only the ones out on the extremes do you notice. You want to know something else? Us, “average” gay guys don’t really appreciate those fringe elements either. They bring exactly the kind of bigotry that has been shown here.
I was kind of hoping that someone else here that is gay would have posted… if they did make reference to it I’ve certainly missed the post.
And about bigotry. It is okay to be a bigot. It’s not okay to use that bigotry to interfere in anyone’s life. For those here that have been accused of being bigots… You are, just accept it, I won’t hate you anymore than I already do; in fact, if you accept that, I can at least respect you.
I really hope I’ve covered all of the points that I have set out to cover. The basic thing is, you know far more gay people than you think, you probably just don’t know they’re gay. The majority of us are JUST LIKE YOU, we just choose to love someone of our own gender. I agree not to be revolted when I see heterosexuals flaunting their straightness, can you agree to leave us alone?