I
use the term gay inclusive. This isn't the only understanding of the
word, some use it to refer only to male homosexuality, but my use of the
term is also legitimate. For me the term expresses a unique aspect of
the LGBT community. The term gay originally meant happy, carefree, or
cheerful and in that definition I see something very important about gay
people. The fact is that gay people are being discriminated against
throughout the world and that binds then into a group with a very strong
identity. Just like gay people struggle outside of the community; they
are cheerful and carefree within the gay community.
Gay people share the same kind of problems. At first they struggle to understand what is going on within them, and then they realize that people reject others with the same issue, and then they have to decide how they are going to respond. They have to decide whether they are going to keep it a secret, whether they are going to live out their sexuality, whether they are going to share their secret with straight people, and who they are going to share it with. Gay people have to learn how to survive rejection, hate, and discrimination. They have to learn unique skills of meeting other gay people, understanding gay relationships, and friendship. The have to face the chance of being cut off from their friends and family - sometimes when they are still very young. Even finding information about yourself or others like you can be difficult. In the past it was even tougher. You couldn't surf the internet to find information, you had to find your information elsewhere, or you had nothing and nobody to turn to. These and other similarities between gay people bind them into an international family that straight people will not understand. Most of us have friends throughout the world because we have so much in common that it transcends borders and boundaries.
Unfortunately you also have to learn the hard way that similarities do not mean that you will always be friends with everybody in the community. Like all communities we are a diverse group of people with different faiths, personalities, philosophies, morals, ethics, social economic status, and tastes. Thinking that everybody within the community will have your best interest at heart is a serious mistake that have hurt many gay people. As usual your family can hurt you much more than strangers can and it is an eye-opener to realize that you also get gay serial killers, thieves, crooks, and criminals. Not everybody is your friend. Like young girls who were abused at home and left to find somebody that will look after them just to find the nearest pimp with empty promises; gay children also run away from the abuse at home just to run into a predator that do not really care about them. Humanity in its foulest form is also present in the gay community.
For some reason the media like to portray gay people as rich, white, gay men and strong, white, professional, rich gay women. This is but another stereotype. The gay community is just as diverse as the straight community. The community is even similar in the proportions of rich/poor, male/female, white/black or what ever other boundary you might think of.
Therefor it would be best if you do not see the gay community as all good or all promiscuous. They look and act just like straight people and the so-called gay community are just as varied. Just like everybody else we make friends that we can relate to and it wouldn't even necessarily be gay people we befriend.
Gay people share the same kind of problems. At first they struggle to understand what is going on within them, and then they realize that people reject others with the same issue, and then they have to decide how they are going to respond. They have to decide whether they are going to keep it a secret, whether they are going to live out their sexuality, whether they are going to share their secret with straight people, and who they are going to share it with. Gay people have to learn how to survive rejection, hate, and discrimination. They have to learn unique skills of meeting other gay people, understanding gay relationships, and friendship. The have to face the chance of being cut off from their friends and family - sometimes when they are still very young. Even finding information about yourself or others like you can be difficult. In the past it was even tougher. You couldn't surf the internet to find information, you had to find your information elsewhere, or you had nothing and nobody to turn to. These and other similarities between gay people bind them into an international family that straight people will not understand. Most of us have friends throughout the world because we have so much in common that it transcends borders and boundaries.
Unfortunately you also have to learn the hard way that similarities do not mean that you will always be friends with everybody in the community. Like all communities we are a diverse group of people with different faiths, personalities, philosophies, morals, ethics, social economic status, and tastes. Thinking that everybody within the community will have your best interest at heart is a serious mistake that have hurt many gay people. As usual your family can hurt you much more than strangers can and it is an eye-opener to realize that you also get gay serial killers, thieves, crooks, and criminals. Not everybody is your friend. Like young girls who were abused at home and left to find somebody that will look after them just to find the nearest pimp with empty promises; gay children also run away from the abuse at home just to run into a predator that do not really care about them. Humanity in its foulest form is also present in the gay community.
For some reason the media like to portray gay people as rich, white, gay men and strong, white, professional, rich gay women. This is but another stereotype. The gay community is just as diverse as the straight community. The community is even similar in the proportions of rich/poor, male/female, white/black or what ever other boundary you might think of.
Therefor it would be best if you do not see the gay community as all good or all promiscuous. They look and act just like straight people and the so-called gay community are just as varied. Just like everybody else we make friends that we can relate to and it wouldn't even necessarily be gay people we befriend.
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