Poll: do you have any gay or lesbian friends?

[Glamorgan]

Well, one of my few, close, friends brother is gay. Honestly though, that's all I know.

 

[HTID Raver]

i have this one friend, he says hes straight but he act VERY feminine lol

hes hilarius to talk to

 

[mythicdawn12]

One of my friends is a lesbian, and I had a friend that had a gay friend that would hit on me relentlessly. I mean, sure I was flattered but I had repeatedly said I wasn't all that into dudes. Gawsh.

 

[WolfThomas]

Yes a few, there was one who is pretty extravagently over top about it and as been out since he was 15, he's a pretty cool guy, but can get really irritating when he drinks way too much, like snarkily bitchy. There's another guy who I knew in Highschool whose out now, funnily enough one of his jobs is a snake-catcher. There's a another guy who've known since primary school and he's not out and not very obvious, he's very private about it and I didn't know until recently.

I know a bunch more but I'm not really friends with them. Funnily enough I don't know any lesbians.

Used to Work at a gay club (not gay myself, but it's an entertaining experience), so the answer would be yes. They're excellent people, and great party folks! =)

Yeah I knew a straight guy who played guitar at a gay club because he got loads of tips.

 

[RebelRising]

Well, my dad's gay... So his boyfriend kind of counts as a friend.

wait,your dad's gay?How the hell are you alive?

Because he didn't come out until after being married. For [I don't forget how time works] years.

Heh, that's exactly what happened with my dad too.

My parents are still cool with each other, though, so that's a relief.

 

[BoosterGold]

My best friend and, and my cosuin are both gay , but really only so far that they prefer men

 

[latenightapplepie]

One good friend. He's pretty cool. Also, quite a few random acquaintances. It comes with the territory of actually being gay yourself.

 

[Mcupobob]

My uncle, and two other friends, Good guys.

 

[lacktheknack]

I don't know. I guess not, but I don't probe into peoples' sexual lives, so I honestly don't know.

 

[sharkinz]

I have a friend who is a lesbian. She is actually one of my closest friends.

 

[Death God]

My best friend is bi-sexual. And she is a hoot when going to town. She always points out the hottest girls.

 

[Irony's Acolyte]

I'm the only straight man out of 6 at my workplace.

It wasn't flame bait. I honestly don't see the point of pride parades in countries where we enjoy the exact same rights. It just seems wrong to be proud of being different in a place where you've striven to be seen as people all the same.

Have you ever had your ass kicked because you're straight? No? Equal rights under law and equality in society are different things.

Whoa, hostility. I didn't mean to offend. I still stand by my statement that we are all people. We are all equal.

And yes there are bigots out there, look at the Klan, black people are still persecuted by insane amounts of stupid backwoods assholes who don't understand what it is to be human. That doesn;t change the fact that for the most part, People get people, we understand others and it's best we meet half way.

There are anti-gay bigots as much as there are anti-any-minority bigots. That doesn't change the fact that for the most part, people can get along. Those assholes beating up gays, they don't become an excuse to have a parade about your sexuality. As far as I can tell, there's no Semitic, Women's or People suffering from depression parades either. All these minorities deal with the fact that some people out there just don't accept them.
The world would be crazy if every abused minority had their own parade.

It probably has to do with the whole idea of gay pride. Not that long ago it wasn't that easy to live openly as a gay without ridicule or weird looks from everyone. Gays themselves might even have felt ashamed of their sexuality. Now I guess its all about embracing, so rather than keep it hidden, parts of the community let it all out for everyone to see. Its the whole "We're here, we're queer, get used to it."

And unlike the people who responded to you before, no I don't think what you said was flame bait. Its like how with blacks they can use sorta-racist terms about white people openly, but its down right wrong for a white person to say something even remotely racist. I get your whole "Minority entitlement" theory. Hopefully after being gay isn't consider anything that different from being straight, the very outspoken gays will settle down and not be so in-your-face about it.

 

[Jodah]

Not exactly friends...I don't hate the guy just never had any extended interaction to get to know him.

 

[Ursus Astrorum]

Yep. Most of my friends are either gay or female (and some of them are lesbians). I find they tend to be more tolerable than the average straight guy at my age group.

Not saying that they're all sunshine lollipops and rainbows (well, maybe the third one): Every group has their gits, after all.

 

[theSovietConnection]

Most of my friends are allegedly bisexual, though I think a lot of it is seeking attention, they are exactly the people who would do something like that.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Not currently, but I did back in High School. Kinda lost track of all my High School friends after I graduated.

 

[Pegghead]

Well my best friends neighbours are gay, my dads good friend is gay (I just hope to God that they aren't doing you know what whenever he goes down to Queensland to visit him) and there is a guy in my class who I'm pretty damn certain is gay (There's assumption based on personality and then there's asking to make out with me). But they're all lovely people and I don't see them any differently to heterosexuals.

 

[Judgement101]

Well, my dad's gay... So his boyfriend kind of counts as a friend.

Uhhhhhh....so many questions....