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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

But to play a bit of devils advocate for a moment, because heterosexuality is the overwhelming majority, gays do end up having to be more overt about their "declarations" of their sexuality. If a straight man is hanging out in a typical bar, hoping to perhaps meet a prospective dating partner, they don't need to do anything in particular to attract the attention of said prospective partners. Whereas a homosexual man is likely to do something "out of the ordinary" to actively identify themselves as homosexual to be noticeable to their set of prospective targets.

People are assumed hetero by default, if someone wants to be quickly recognized as homosexual, it's going to take some sort of overt display.

This is just the reality of the fact that you're only about 10% of the population. It's a necessity of the circumstances.

That may be true, but I wasn’t talking about that kind of a situation. I was referring to everyday life. And implicit in your scenario is the same assumption that the only reason anyone would want to be open about being gay is for the purpose of eliciting sex.

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Afterall, wouldn't people look at someone who walks around saying, "Hi, I'm straight" pretty funny?

Do you really think that is the only way in which you call attention to your sexuality? I don’t walk around saying, "Hi, I'm gay", but I have held Bill’s hand in public; and gotten angry and disgusted looks for it. How about you and CP? Not so much, I expect.