The Gay Thread

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by JWBear

I've told this story to several of my gay male friends. Every single one of them had the same reaction. "Gay!"

You know nothing of being a gay man or of growing up as one.

And you know nothing about growing up as a straight male and having your sexuality questioned any time you made the fatal error of not acting properly machismo. You're showing empathy? GAY! You like something that isn't blue? GAY! You like flowers. GAY!

And then everyone wonders why straight male culture is so destructively chauvinist, machismo, and vilifies any display of caring or sensitivity. Either you fit into the perfect little box of being a straight dude who doesn't cry and doesn't have empathy, or you like dick.