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Well done there Dante, I take my hat off to you. *Buster Swords*
One thing that does annoy me is the amount of 13 year olds (no offense 13 year olds) that are desperate to label themselves as gay to fit in. It used to be people were harassed for being gay which of course was unfair but now the whole Myspace generation seems to automatically put gay if they've ever had a homosexual thought. Like Aimen said they have to wait for all the hormones to die down to decide and experiment if they want. I can't believe I just agreed with Amie.
Holy crap I just sounded like one of those "back in my day" old people!
One thing that does annoy me is the amount of 13 year olds (no offense 13 year olds) that are desperate to label themselves as gay to fit in.
Desperate to label themselves as gay? I've never seen that situation, but then again, I don't really hear the word gay used a lot (in a derogatory sense or even in a proper sense) where I live. It should be the opposite, rather, hence the phrase "hiding in the closet".
Well the straight people still hugely outweigh the people labeling themselves as gay here but there still are people who rush into assuming they're gay.
People need to slow down and think for themselves what they are I'm in a cynical mood tonight :/
Ah. I understand your point, but I've really never encountered this rushed preconception of a person's sexuality before.
Where do you live? That might have some sort of factor, because Texas is pretty sheltered in terms of urban culture and consequently chances in meeting gay people is rather low. Honestly, I've only encountered, in terms of physically meeting, a gay person once, and he goes to my school.
If you say "gay" in my school everyone starts acting all stupid. Though they do think it's funny to write that stuff on peoples' backs. It drives me insane. How immature everyone at my school is. Stupid middle school, when I leave you it'll be the best day of my life....and then I'm off to high school! YAY!....Boo....? I really don't get what the big deal about "being gay" is....someone wanna tell me?
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I think that gay is still viewed as "sinful" and "unwanted". After all, humans have been emphasizing the importance of a good heterosexual marriage for the last thousands of years since we've been existing. As seen by the moral dillemma on what exactly IS natural, the various political debates on whether to allow gay marriage or not, and of course uncertain religious perspectives on the gay issue, being gay is probably a strenuous situation, especially because it's a lifestyle and not a choice (that's another debate: lifestyle or choice?).
Imagine, if being gay was considered natural for your whole lifetime - your parents are gay, and you were born from gay intercourse - even though it's impossible - but you think that you're heterosexual. What kind of pressure would you feel, this feeling inside of you that goes so wrongly against the given culture and world you're living in? I'd probably feel angsty, as if I was a misplaced soul and a mistaken birth.
Or think about it through a racial perspective. I'm Asian, but I'm constantly surrounded by white, Christian, very culturally American people. Especially when I was younger, I actually wished (not out loud of course) that my parents had stayed in Taiwan to raise me, rather than bringing me here. Now that I've realized what a fortune it is to live in America, with so many different kinds of people - Blacks, Latinos, Gays, etc. - I'm thankful for my lifestyle as an Asian American. I get to learn about many unique cultures and experiences because of the wide variety of persons I meet everyday.
Honestly you could say I had no choice to moving. I was adopted so I'd be here one way or another. I was raised in a mainly white church (I love it to pieces). So I was taught that gay/homosexual relationships were wrong. But what I don't get is why kids around our age make such a big deal about it. If you're gay honestly I'd like to know (No not in that way you perverts! ), and I'll tell you I think being gay is wrong but I'm not going to downsize you by saying you're wrong. If you believe being gay is okay or whatever then go ahead. Nothing's stopping you and the world should either.
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I was raised in a Christian home too, so I don't really think it's right, but I don't think it's horrible or anything. I guess it's up to the person to do what they want, but I don't really approve of it. Meh.
TRUE DAT!
I never went or actually go to church, despite being a christian myself i dont have any standards or beleifs, people where not essentially born to make judgements among others as nothing about who we are is going to change, if somebody prefers a partner of the same sex, then nobody shouldnt have judgement upon it, its that person and their partners choice, but unfortunately we all live in a barstadising society so we do have very judgemental people.
It drives me insane. How immature everyone at my school is. Stupid middle school, when I leave you it'll be the best day of my life....and then I'm off to high school! YAY!....Boo....? I really don't get what the big deal about "being gay" is....someone wanna tell me?
