I've been hit on by 2 lesbians, by mistake. Because I wasn't in the usual highly public soap opera relationship miasma the rest of the staff indulged in they presumed I wasn't interested in dating any moron who asked me because I didn't like men. Wrong, men yes, morons no. They were sooooo embarrassed. I was quite offended the first time, but the 2nd time I saw the funny side of it and ended up assuring her it was okay to have made the mistake. Talk about soap operas!
I think that's why the histrionics and intensity of the 'in your face' type of gays puts me off a little. They are totally 'relationship' and emotionally into life, and I'm not a soapie fan and don't treat 'relationships' as the be all and end all of life. I don't mind a bit of 'romance' as dessert, but never pinned the future on a usually fleeting emotion as many do. I don't 'get' why the marriage thing is so damned important to them. Strangely enough my gay friend didn't either, he thought they were mad. Why would they want to ruin a perfectly good friendship with marriage?
My one and only complaint concerning gay males...for God's sake if you are gay, go with it! Don't marry some innocent woman and expose her to your lifestyle and perhaps death! Man up, get outta the closet and live your truth!
With you 100% on that one Katy, the swing hitters are the ones that are a danger and give the rest of them a bad rep.
There are lot of categories that sexual preferences can be sorted into and most are nobody's problem but the individual's, but when those preferences involve the unsuspecting and put them in danger then a line must be drawn.
For a bi man to knowingly infect an unsuspecting woman with AIDS, or even risk doing so, is equivalent to those who prey on children in my book.
Those sexual preferences put into practice deserve the same degree of mercy and understanding from society. None!
No one's preferences entitle them to over-ride the rights of others to reject them.
We are all entitled to hold opinions of others' lifestyles etc, as long as they're are held as personal opinions only and don't materialise into physical action.
Those who hate gays are entitled to do that, they just aren't entitled to bash them or berate them for it.
Gays who hate homophobes are entitled to do that too, but they aren't entitled to lump all heterosexuals into that bag and denigrate 'breeders' as luddites, and shake their bums in our faces. It's all a matter of degree isn't it?
Tolerance is a two way street. Traffic can negotiate it perfectly safely if the rules are followed and they stay on their own side of the road. It's only when people try to force others to do U-turns that collisions occur.
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