There are so many different camps about what being gay means. The danger comes when each one is so rigid that it sees itself as the true picture.
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Heterosexuality is dangerous. It tempts you to aim at a perfect duality of desire.
A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia and fear of their own capacity to be gay themselves.
I'm not saying that being gay is what defines me, but at the same time, if you feel like you have to hide it, then it becomes what defines you. You keep it hidden, and the secret becomes you.
I think a lot of people are projecting their own troubles and fears concerning sexuality onto those around them, and it does result in the perpetuation of a lot of hateful notions. As long as I can remember, I've felt really horrified watching those dynamics play out.
Actual gay people can make many others feel uncomfortable and paranoid because they don't know and can't articulate what makes a person gay, and they worry that maybe they themselves are gay.
If public figures came out of the closet, then the LGBT kids who saw them on TV would feel safe before they even knew why they felt dangerous. Maybe if enough people came out of the closet, gay kids would never feel dangerous. Maybe we could have a world where we could all just live. We may not all agree, but why can't we just all live?
Gay culture is surviving and thriving. Some activists believe the recent rise in homophobic violence might be a gauge of the success of positive gay images.
If you have an issue with homosexuality, then it comes to your own fear and your own darkness.
Gay people are the sweetest, kindest, most artistic, warmest and most thoughtful people in the world. And since the beginning of time all they've ever been is kicked.
As anyone who is gay will confirm, being that way is not something you become, it is a set of emotional and physical responses that just are.
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