I’m a long time lurker (maybe not the best turn of phrase for the topic!!!), but I had to come and join in this one.
I saw the subject title and thought ‘oh here we go again’, but you’ve really surprised me, where’s the torrent of abuse?
I’m gay, I’m ‘out’, but I don’t go broadcasting it to the world (just internet forums being read all over the world ) it doesn’t affect the way I work, so why do I need to go around telling everyone, I don’t often get people telling me they’re straight.
You’d never guess, we’re not all the camp, limp wristed screaming queens you generally see on telly - I’m the complete antithesis of what you’d expect, I’m an ex army, long haired metalhead! I’m not a ‘gay man’, I’m a person who happens to be gay, it’s not something that defines me.
I’ve never cottaged (toilets), cruised (parks), picked someone up on the internet, although I did meet my boyfriend in a gay pub - 8 years ago (another stereotype out of the window). I haven’t been in one since, the ‘scene’ isn’t for me, I was just having a hard time coming out to myself (I didn’t want to believe it, I thought being gay was ‘wrong’) and having others around really helped.
I would put money on the fact that you’ve met several (unless you’ve spent your entire life in a cave). If there weren’t lots of gay truckers, there wouldn’t be so many rent boys in the truckstops - take a closer look…
It’s not a choice, disease, mental illness or any of the other things that people come out with - personally I think of it as mother nature’s take on population control
Teaching it in school? If it saves someone the crap I went through I’m all for it, it’s not going to make kids gay, if you’re straight you’re straight, but for the gay ones to actually have an understanding of what’s going on in their heads? What’s worse, a kid knowing and understanding what they are, or a confused married man with kids coming out in later life?
implants tongue firmly in cheek
And as for the bumming, just don’t think about it - how do you think I deal with you breeders? Lesbians give me nightmares!!!
Removes tongue
Nice to see other gay guys on here, I have to admit I was surprised at that one, it takes some bloody big balls to come out to your peers, no matter how many times you’ve done it.
And just a question for the straights - why is it that gay women are so much more acceptable? (I think we already know the answer to that one…) Trust me, if she really is a lesbian you ain’t getting any!