Fuck it I'll waste this post in a shitty thread. I personally hate the gay culture. I understand it but I don't support it. Honestly I think it send the wrong message. Especially to kids who realize they aren't straight but don't see any common ground with these ridiculous people in the gay scene. It sort of leaves you in this middle ground where you don't feel apart of anything. To me personally that made it harder to deal with things. Being told for years that people chose to be gay had be knowing that there was no way I could be. It wasn't possible, it was just a phase. As time passed by things still hadn't changed and I wondered more. At the same time I saw these ridiculous clowns out their making a scene in everyone's face and felt I had nothing in common with them. Eventually I finally realized there was no changing who I was, I could try to wish it away and feel bad for myself like I had for years, but nothing was changing. I decided that it was alright to be gay, and nothing was going to change for me personally. I was still going to be the same guy regardless of sexuality.
To me sexuality shouldn't define somebody. Just as though I don't define somebody by them being black or white. People are complex characters with massively different interests, characteristics, backgrounds etc. I feel as though the gay culture is fine with gay being the defining part of their character. It's a damn shame because as society has become more accepting, kids are coming out younger and younger. They're outcast by other kids for not being straight, and feel they don't have a place to belong. Those kids see this gay culture and they dive head first into it. I think it's sad honestly. When you try to become something else to find a place to fit in, you lose part of yourself, your life becomes fake to an extent. Gay people will often talk about how hard it was making sure that their friends never found out they were gay while they were in the closet. How their life was acting and not really them. I feel many of them end up back in that same boat when they join the gay culture.
FTR I have no problem with feminine guys gay or straight. I just feel there is this push to embrace your inner gay and get weird. Dressing up in ridiculous clothes, being a dick to people and trying to out gay the next guy does nothing to progress society. If anything I think it's regressive. IT helps to back people beliefs that the whole thing is a choice and kind of a joke.
The media will push those images though as that's the kind of gay that sells. Nobody wants to see a movie with a gay dude that's like everyone else.
There are a ton of completely normal guys out there that live their lives without trying to be something else. So they happen to prefer men to women, big deal, who cares. It sucks that some peoples problems with gay people as a whole are due to this stereotype that is always getting pushed.
When I saw phish in chicago. I met up with a friend and some of her gay friends. I was hanging out with them on lot after the show for a little bit. The one guy in mid conversation with the people parked next to us told the guys girl friend that she should watch out because he'd like to try to steal her bf.(It was something along those lines) I was like WTF? Dude was obviously creeped out and this guy keeps going along those lines. There are gay people that really think that everyone is gay and they're just pretending to be straight.
Idk, to me people like that and the over the top put on a show gays are giving gay people as a whole a bad name.
I like dudes, but I think the gay culture is fucking ridiculous.
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Yes their are gay park skiers, no their aren't a ton of them that are out. Let's all just stop hating and get ready for some hot laps in a few months.
To the young kids that think it's awesome to hate, you'll probably end up knowing somebody close at some point that's gay. You might feel like gay people are some entity from another planet, but wait. When some of you have a good friend come out I really hope that you'll have matured, and won't be a total prick.
/goodbye