Poll: do you have any gay or lesbian friends?
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Well, I know (and am rather good friends with) about a dozen gay/bisexual people online (I even have a theory that, despite popular belief, homo/bi sexual people outnumber heterosexual people online), but in real life, you'll be damned to find anyone willing to admit to being gay in my town. I go to a sporty school, where "gay" is an insult rather than a sexuality. As in, we aren't even taught about it in "health" (or "two months of sex-ed"). I do think one of my best friends has a homosexual "crush" on me, however. Not that I care, he's still a good friend, and one in an extreme amount of culture shock after moving from India, so I don't care. Just as long as we're friends.
EDIT: Just remembered, there are two lesbians at my school. Sad part is, I had a crush on one before learning, so... that was awkward.
EDIT: Just remembered, there are two lesbians at my school. Sad part is, I had a crush on one before learning, so... that was awkward.
Most of my friends are some flavour of GLBTQ.
Simple truth is this - most of you know/are acquainted with/friends with someone who is GLBTQ. It may be that they are not out to you yet (or indeed, not out to themselves yet) but I can pretty much guarantee that you know at least one. I am not sure that I understand why it is necessarily an issue - sexual orientation is just one part of a person after all. We are all multi-layered creatures, that is what makes us so darned interesting.
Simple truth is this - most of you know/are acquainted with/friends with someone who is GLBTQ. It may be that they are not out to you yet (or indeed, not out to themselves yet) but I can pretty much guarantee that you know at least one. I am not sure that I understand why it is necessarily an issue - sexual orientation is just one part of a person after all. We are all multi-layered creatures, that is what makes us so darned interesting.
My dad once told me that "all gays and lesbians should be lined up and shot".
Obviously I don't agree with his blatant homophobic attitude and disregard for human life, but I do believe that homosexuals are redundant, at least in an evolutionary sense. Please don't take what I'm saying the wrong way; I didn't know whether to post this or not, and I 100% believe in equal rights and social acceptance for all non-heterosexual people... it's just the way I see the issue.
Many people resent homosexuals, however such dissent is cause by instinctual "programming", not because of some meaningless label instituted by the rest of society. Homophobes dislike homosexuals because of what they represent: social and cultural outliers, their defining characteristing being an abnormal (as in, non-standard) attraction to others of their gender, and thus, a significantly-reduced reproductive rate. It's a classic case of the "normal" vs. the "other", in the same vein as other forms of discrimination against minorities.
It's the age-old "survival of the species" mentality.
Tribes of cavemen destroyed rival communities because it opened up new hunting grounds and expanded their territory, improving their chances of survival. We attack homosexuals because it weeds-out the minority with less reproductive potential. It's ultimately a subconscious and deceivingly-simple instinctual reaction that will never truly be remedied... a product of ruthless and self-serving human nature that will last for as long as humanity does. After all, no matter how advanced and superior we'd like to think humans are, we're only beasts at heart.
I just want to make it clear that I do not condone discrimination against ANYBODY, regardless of gender, culture, race, sexual orientation, etc. I am merely stating my honest opinion on the matter. This is NOT flamebait, and I am NOT trolling.
- OT: To the extent of my knowledge, none of my friends are gay (though it definitely isn't beyond the realms of possibility).
Obviously I don't agree with his blatant homophobic attitude and disregard for human life, but I do believe that homosexuals are redundant, at least in an evolutionary sense. Please don't take what I'm saying the wrong way; I didn't know whether to post this or not, and I 100% believe in equal rights and social acceptance for all non-heterosexual people... it's just the way I see the issue.
Many people resent homosexuals, however such dissent is cause by instinctual "programming", not because of some meaningless label instituted by the rest of society. Homophobes dislike homosexuals because of what they represent: social and cultural outliers, their defining characteristing being an abnormal (as in, non-standard) attraction to others of their gender, and thus, a significantly-reduced reproductive rate. It's a classic case of the "normal" vs. the "other", in the same vein as other forms of discrimination against minorities.
It's the age-old "survival of the species" mentality.
Tribes of cavemen destroyed rival communities because it opened up new hunting grounds and expanded their territory, improving their chances of survival. We attack homosexuals because it weeds-out the minority with less reproductive potential. It's ultimately a subconscious and deceivingly-simple instinctual reaction that will never truly be remedied... a product of ruthless and self-serving human nature that will last for as long as humanity does. After all, no matter how advanced and superior we'd like to think humans are, we're only beasts at heart.
I just want to make it clear that I do not condone discrimination against ANYBODY, regardless of gender, culture, race, sexual orientation, etc. I am merely stating my honest opinion on the matter. This is NOT flamebait, and I am NOT trolling.
- OT: To the extent of my knowledge, none of my friends are gay (though it definitely isn't beyond the realms of possibility).
I can understand that I guess, I have a friend who I would never come out to if I were homosexual. He'd never understand. I would feel sorry for any of our mutual friends if they ever came out to him as it wouldn't be an enjoyable experience.Diddy_Mao said:
But I can see where your friend is coming from, I know where almost all of my firends stand on all these sort of 'could potentially have an impact on our life' sort of things for example, figure out you're actually gay, have a kid, sleep with their sister etc. etc.
It helps to discuss these things that seem to be pretty polarised in our society, some people care, others don't. I know one guy for example who won't (this is a wierd one though) hang out with someone who's in a monogomous relationship. Weird but it helps to discuss what sort of things you would and wouldn't be ok with hearding from your firends.
What I'm getting at is that all of my firends know where I, and each other, stand on homosexuality, ie. feel free to come out to me and I'll try make it easier to tell any possible family members/friends who can't understand. Don't tell Pete[footnote]Name changed for privacy, none of you probably know him anyway[/footnote] because he's a dick and will make sodomy jokes and tell you that you love saggy balls etc.
I know a girl who's bisexual. She wants to keep it a secret, though. Just so she won't cause nasty rumours.
Her dad told her to keep it secret but I think she's old enough to open up to it a little more. It's making her sexually confused and not attracted to anyone. Or at least that's what I think the reason for her 'asexuality' is.
Her dad told her to keep it secret but I think she's old enough to open up to it a little more. It's making her sexually confused and not attracted to anyone. Or at least that's what I think the reason for her 'asexuality' is.
