Ok, so earlier today, I was once again looking for a date online, as I've been hopelessly limited to doing for ages now thanks to this small town that I currently live in, and I noticed an advertisement for the latest 2012 calender which, from a site like this, I'm pretty sure you can imagine the imagery it contained. This got me thinking about how so many gay people seem to think that their sexuality is something to flaunt around like a trophy and be extremely proud of. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not ashamed of it myself, I'm just confused as to why gay people seem to make such a big deal out of it.
For instance, compare the way gay people decorate their houses to straight people. Recently, I was visiting a friend, (who will for privacy reasons remain unnamed) who had his room decorated in a very similar way to how most men around 13 - 20 do except for a few small differences. Namely, something similar to the above mentioned calender, symbols of homosexuality such as rainbow flags, and a few other small trinkets with like symbolism. Compare that to the way a typical straight man will decorate. Save for maybe the calender, straight men don't even come close to making as big a deal about their sexuality as gay people do.
Now I know, there's enough hatred going on about it right now, to me, it still doesn't add up. You don't see an annual parade where straight people go running up and down the streets in their unmentionables, so how come gay people do it? The way I see it, if there's so much hatred towards our kind, then I hardly see how an annual gathering where a few thousand people dancing through the streets in their underpants, (or in some cases other types of clothing that may only be one thread away from being arrested for public nudity) can improve our reputation in the eyes of those who are less accepting.
This brings me to the point of this whole lengthy thought. I've been told by a few people now that I don't give off a gay vibe, as it's been called. Not even a little, and I never have. And do you know WHY that is? Because I, unlike most gay people, do not make a huge deal of it! I act straight, I dress straight, my house is decorated no differently than any other straight male in my age range. For that matter, I don't even remember now why I'm saying I act straight, because as far as I'm concerned, that's acting NORMAL. When I see a person wearing tight clothes that barely fit, speaking with a lisp and other such stereotypes, I often wonder if their mother dropped them on their heads when they were a baby cause to me, that's just acting like a mental patient, (no offense intended to any flamers who may be reading this).
The bottom line is, gay though I may be, I don't make a big enough deal of it to consider it something to be insanely proud of. I just consider it a normal part of my life and treat it as such and honestly, I think I'm the better for it, and I'm confused as to why other people don't act the same way. I mean my fucking god... it's just sex! O_o
For instance, compare the way gay people decorate their houses to straight people. Recently, I was visiting a friend, (who will for privacy reasons remain unnamed) who had his room decorated in a very similar way to how most men around 13 - 20 do except for a few small differences. Namely, something similar to the above mentioned calender, symbols of homosexuality such as rainbow flags, and a few other small trinkets with like symbolism. Compare that to the way a typical straight man will decorate. Save for maybe the calender, straight men don't even come close to making as big a deal about their sexuality as gay people do.
Now I know, there's enough hatred going on about it right now, to me, it still doesn't add up. You don't see an annual parade where straight people go running up and down the streets in their unmentionables, so how come gay people do it? The way I see it, if there's so much hatred towards our kind, then I hardly see how an annual gathering where a few thousand people dancing through the streets in their underpants, (or in some cases other types of clothing that may only be one thread away from being arrested for public nudity) can improve our reputation in the eyes of those who are less accepting.
This brings me to the point of this whole lengthy thought. I've been told by a few people now that I don't give off a gay vibe, as it's been called. Not even a little, and I never have. And do you know WHY that is? Because I, unlike most gay people, do not make a huge deal of it! I act straight, I dress straight, my house is decorated no differently than any other straight male in my age range. For that matter, I don't even remember now why I'm saying I act straight, because as far as I'm concerned, that's acting NORMAL. When I see a person wearing tight clothes that barely fit, speaking with a lisp and other such stereotypes, I often wonder if their mother dropped them on their heads when they were a baby cause to me, that's just acting like a mental patient, (no offense intended to any flamers who may be reading this).
The bottom line is, gay though I may be, I don't make a big enough deal of it to consider it something to be insanely proud of. I just consider it a normal part of my life and treat it as such and honestly, I think I'm the better for it, and I'm confused as to why other people don't act the same way. I mean my fucking god... it's just sex! O_o
