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"Why should gay people be treated differently?"

Gay people are seen as weirdoes etc... but they are human beings. They have feelings, thoughts, dreams, emotions. They cannot help being gay. Many people believe that it is by choice, wrong. It is all to do with their cromosones and they have gathered more from there mother than there father. They do not wake up one morning and think 'i'll be gay from now on'. Some people in this world are very narrow minded, and because there different it gives them the right to question there lives and actions. People like that should be discraced of themselves and should realise that they should look in the mirror and see that there not perfect. I hope that people will take this into deep consideration. Please do not think that being gay is bad just because your friends dont like it or think its sad. Have your personal feelings towards it, and let it be the right ones.

Well I'm bisexual so perhaps the first part can apply, but I haven't known it to help with woman relations, not yet anyway -I'm still young. However you do see on tele (like from Big Brother) that woman often feel comfortable undressing in front of gay men. Maybe it's because I'm not camp so people don't realise my sexual orientation.

As for being uncontrollable attracted to all other men, that's rubbish. I have high morals and would never force myself on anyone and the amount of ppl i am attracted to are quite low.

think:

HAHAHA! YOU LIKE WATCHING NEIGHBOURS? HAHAHA!!
HAHAHA! YOU COLLECT POKEMON?? HAHAHAA!!
HAAHAH! YOU SPEND YOUR EVENINGS PLAYING COMPUTER GAMES? HAHAAH!

Now. Any of the above could be someone you know. They are different from you, so you laugh at the difference, to make you feel more socially secure, more normal. Now, consider this:

HAHAHA! YOU LIKE TO PUT YOUR WILLY UP OTHER GUY'S BUMS!!! AHHAAH!

now. as with the above, it's something you don't do, so you mock it for security reasons. but with the above, you'll still socialise with those people, but some people don't socialise with the gay person. Why?

Two reasons. Fear, and narcissity.
they are afraid that the gay person, despite his divergency, is more attractive to the opposite sex. Women often admit that gay men are more in touch with their feminine side, many men view this as a threat. Narcissity, because a lot of men think that the gay man should automatically find them attractive, attractive to the point of loss of control, and attempt to "bum" them, right then and there.

Obviously, for the reasons I have labelled above, people who treat gay men differently because of their sexual preference are stupid.

IB

yeah, 3 attempts is pretty bad - but i'm glad i'm here now and no-one will ever have that right to make me feel so bad again...

I wouldn't call this coming out in public, it's only a forum. Although I'm aware that there could be backlash. I think ppl should be aware that it really isn't a choice. :)

Jeez. Three times eh? I've been driven right to the edge a couple of times (bullying at school) but i've never actually attempted to kill myself.

Congrats on 'coming out' in public. I don't think many other people on these forums could have done it.*






*Please note that I am in no way insinuating that other members of this online community are homosexual.

Okay, I guess it's time to be brave, as I seem quite out-numbered, as I am gay/bisexual. I can't pretend to be a scientist, but I know there certainly isn't a choice in it. I've grown up in a very homophobic house, for so many years I was taught by my family with their attitudes that it was almost a defintion of evil. Even though I have never been truly hateful of anything, that upbringing did make me homophobic. Then at some stage came the doubts about my sexuality and the denial that followed. I hated myself so much, i thought it made me a bad person, i was becoming everything I was taught was bad and I felt like I'd be cast out and hated by everyone. If there was any element of choice to it then I wouldn't be what I am now, i tried to kill myself 3 times because of that, at that time being dead did seem better than being gay. The only choice an anyone has over their sexuality is to choose to be celibate, but how many ppl could do that. All I know about what makes someone gay, is that it isn't down to choice.

Then of course there was that usual saying 'God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve', I have to admit I always find it quite funny that ppl have to prove their point with a tired out saying, aren't they intellegent enough to use their own words ? The point was that it's supposedly unnatural, well if that is so, then why is gay sex documented in over 500 different types of species ? Also if you were to compare things to then and now, then alot of things would seem unnatural - God created the garden of Eden, no 5 star hotels, also god didn't create cars - so are they unnatural ?

I agree that everyone is allowed opinions, but i don't believe all of them should be valued, you can value all opinions if you want, but I don't want the Klu Klux Klan or the Taliban around for dinner. Also people don't always form opinions on experience, I was homophobic without any of my own experience to back.

I am proud of the person I am (and that includes being bisexual) and there's no way I will let anyone treat me indifferent now. Gay ppl are just like normal ppl, you get your good and your bad in them, also don't be fooled that are gay ppl are camp (i'm certainly not). Anyway sorry to make so a long post, but there were many areas I wanted to cover. Thanx for your time :)

Smooth Criminal wrote:
> (sigh). It's a joke. You obviously don't get it, so just forget
> about it.

I got it I was just playing along. (if thats okay)

(sigh). It's a joke. You obviously don't get it, so just forget about it.

Gay can equal Happy. Gay= = Happy
Maybe he does something on Tuesday's that make him happy (Gay).

Is this true???

Smooth Criminal wrote:

> That's actually true. I myself am gay every Tuesday.

What do you mean by that?

Smooth Criminal wrote:
> That's actually true. I myself am gay every Tuesday.
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So is Charles Palmer!
Every Sunday he dresses up in a dress and calls himself Lorraine.