Homosexuality

[WaderiAAA]

I don't mind them in theory - though I must admit I do feel a bit unconfortable when I'm in the gym showers and there is someone there who I know is gay.

But yeah, love is love, and nothing should be done about it. One of the scenes from a TV show that touched me actually involved a gay couple - in fact gay demons. It was from the season one final of reaper.

So I don't mind gays in general, but I did mind when one I know is gay made a pretty nasty joke. It was in the gym, and while I was taking a rest between two series, he came up to me and said: "Don't be frightened, but I'll be training behind you."

 

[fulano]

I am against Zoophilia and Paedophilia. That's the most I can enunciate right now.

 

[Snork Maiden]

. We need Gay Pride Parades as much as we need Black History Month, i.e. not at all.

While the roots of any modern Pride (at least in Western countries) still lie in the realm of being against homophobia and helping homosexuals, almost anyone who ever goes to one knows its just an excuse to have a big old fabulous time. A better parallel would be "we need Gay Pride about as much as we need Glastonbury Festival" - as in not at all, but its damn fun to have it anyway.

Granted the marches are straying into the "you'll take part whether you want to or not," but personally if people want to make fools of themselves marching down the street in assless chaps then I'm happy to let them.

 

[Tim_Buoy]

hey if gay people want to get married and be miserable like the rest of us im cool with it
my gay friend loves that joke
but seriously i have no problem with it

 

[Soxafloppin]

I honestly dont care that much, while the thought of man having anal sex makes my butt clench up with the force of Odin himself, i dont care what happens behind closed door.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

I don't think you'll find too many bigots here on The Escapist. If you're straight, cool. If you're gay, also cool.

 

[SturmDolch]

While the roots of any modern Pride (at least in Western countries) still lie in the realm of being against homophobia and helping homosexuals, almost anyone who ever goes to one knows its just an excuse to have a big old fabulous time. A better parallel would be "we need Gay Pride about as much as we need Glastonbury Festival" - as in not at all, but its damn fun to have it anyway.

Granted the marches are straying into the "you'll take part whether you want to or not," but personally if people want to make fools of themselves marching down the street in assless chaps then I'm happy to let them.

You make a good point. I'm not against the parades being held. I'm just a bit bothered that it's called "gay pride" and thus seems to imply that this is the culture of LBGT people. I think it would be better if, and correct me if this isn't already the way it is, there was gay pride week. They could honour the LBGT people that had success, hand out some awards, and then end it with a big bang with the parade.

 

[Mookie_Magnus]

Just a question to all of you who say that you don't like homosexuals "shoving it in your face"...

How many of you think you could live with a person who was an open homosexual, was in a committed romantic and sexual relationship with another man, and lived in the same house as you, as your house-mate.

Would him bringing his boyfriend over a few nights a week be "shoving it in your face"?

 

[oppp7]

I'm ok with it. I'm not gay, but I support their rights.

 

[Wardnath]

Fine with it.

I keep to myself most of the time, so I'm unlikely to see the extremists, deviants and attention seekers in real life any time soon.

Are you similarly adverse the "hey-hey-in-your-face-I'm-hetero-as-fuck-notice-me" attitudes?

As someone who bore witness to that for the entirety of his stay at high school... pretty much, yeah.

 

[yoyo13rom]

I was going to give my opinion on the subject, but after reading some posts, I don't think I have anything new and or constructive to say...
I mean there's no point in saying :"I'm homophobic(not quite in the true sense), but I don't hate gays. I just feel a little uncomfortable when I'm around those squeaky voiced homosexuals(they just seem so unnatural and fake about it)".

Oh, I could say this: "Gays in Romanian are still mistreated, but a lot less than a few decades ago."

And if no one minds I'll just say this opening statement joke at parties I use:
"I have to tell you guys something intimate about myself.
I'm homo...

Spoiler

sapiens sapiens. Fooled you! "

 

[Cain_Zeros]

I have no problem with it what so ever. I live in a little hick town, so as far as I know I've never actually met a gay guy, but a fairly good friend of mine is a lesbian, and I don't even think of her as "my lesbian friend", she's just "[her name here]".

 

[SeniorDingDong]

Just a question to all of you who say that you don't like homosexuals "shoving it in your face"...

How many of you think you could live with a person who was an open homosexual, was in a committed romantic and sexual relationship with another man, and lived in the same house as you, as your house-mate.

Would him bringing his boyfriend over a few nights a week be "shoving it in your face"?

No. Due to my limited english vocabulary, I am going to post my "in your face"-scale as short as possible:

- overly femimine behavior
- faking their voices
- offensively erotic clothing
- talking all the time about it
- doing things beyond regular kissing or hugging in front of my eyes
- always feeling as a victim

Most of them can also be used on straight couples.

 

[Jonabob87]

There's a difference between having a problem with homosexuals and having a problem with homosexuality. One of my friends is gay, she's brilliant and she knows that I'm against it but she also knows that I still think she's awesome. Just because you hate something about someone, or something they do doesn't mean you hate that person.

For example, my wife hates that I'm really forgetful. She doesn't hate me because I'm forgetful, but she does hate that part of me.

The bit that is always missed by religious leaders when talking about homosexuality (this applies to Christian, Muslim and Jewish) is that while God hates the sin he doesn't hate the sinner. Thus providing a horrendous example. Of course it doesn't help that in the modern world "That thing you did upset me." equates to "I HATE YOU AND YOUR WHOLE FAMILY." So how does one put "I think what you're doing is wrong" without accidentally attacking someone?

 

[DannibalG36]

"Homophobic" is an amusing appellation. It suggests that a person is afraid of homosexuals as he or she might be afraid of spiders.

And do you know what I do to spiders? I smash them with a rolled-up newspaper, crushing their pathetic, revolting little lives into nonexistence.

 

[ThePantomimeThief]

While the roots of any modern Pride (at least in Western countries) still lie in the realm of being against homophobia and helping homosexuals, almost anyone who ever goes to one knows its just an excuse to have a big old fabulous time. A better parallel would be "we need Gay Pride about as much as we need Glastonbury Festival" - as in not at all, but its damn fun to have it anyway.

Granted the marches are straying into the "you'll take part whether you want to or not," but personally if people want to make fools of themselves marching down the street in assless chaps then I'm happy to let them.

Bingo, I live near Brighton, a city with a massive gay community. They have an awesome festival each year, it's great fun if you're not too uptight. Most of my friends and I are straight, but we usually head down every year and have a great time.

As for the topic itself: homosexuality is fucking brilliant and there's absolutely nothing wrong with it whatsoever. Gay folk, lesbians, bisexuals, whatever, they're just people. Normally really cool, fun, nice people at that.

Also, random point: aren't all chaps assless?

 

[Caligulove]

It's your your own sexuality, it doesn't really affect me. Feel how you want to, all right by me.

 

[A Raging Emo]

I support the civil partnership and marriage of homosexuals but Im against children adoption.

Why's that, may I ask? (This isn't trying to be rude by the way, I am genuinely interested)

On Topic: I myself am Bisexual. I prefer women (I can say I find it better with women, as I have spent... *Ahem* Time with both Women and other Men), but I'll bat for both teams; naturally, I shall have no problems with Homosexuals.

 

[mklnjbh]

If "God hates fags," why did he create them? For the religious people out there, not everything Leviticus, where most of the argument against homosexuality comes from is an old law code that died out centuries, possibly millennia ago. Nowadays, we should all have an open mind. I am 100% for equal rights to anyone and everyone. Let them marry, let them adopt, let them live their lives happily.

 

[Kermi]

Firstly, I'm offended that you apply the label homophobic to anyone against homosexuality. Please invest in a dictionary.

What? Please explain?

"Homophobia is a range of negative attitudes and feelings towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and in some cases transgender and intersex people. Definitions refer variably to antipathy, contempt, prejudice, aversion, and irrational fear. Homophobia is observable in critical and hostile behavior such as discrimination and violence on the basis of a perceived non-heterosexual orientation"

How can you be against Homosexuality but not be homophoibc?

It's possible to be against an idea without hating it, fearing it, or holding it in contempt. Homophobia is a very specific label, and there are more shades of grey in personal morality than "approval" and "fear".