the whole point doesn't lie in how someone acts when they are gay. and it's completely stereotypical to assume gays are loud about being gay. when it's just seems that way because those who are proud, let it be known, and those who are not do not speak. but for obvious reasons no one sees those who do not speak.  if you want to talk about the serious matters of gays, does anyone not realize there are major genocides happening in places like uganda where all gays are being murdered, tortured, raped? seriously. to say a gay person has no daily battles is hysterical. come on people. what do you know about being different, being a straight, middle class male?  yeah everyone gets picked on, yeah everyone has a hard teenage years, or life growing up etc, but it doesn't change the fact, that there still exists discrimination, not only around the rest of the world, but in north america, and it's still very prevelant.  the day that someone is not discriminated based on their sexual orientation, gender, or race, is the day that these issues no longer need to be addressed.