Okay hang on I'm just going to ignore most of this topic and address one of the things bugging me.
Mer_Mer_Yes_Mer | Posted 9/10/2011 11:25:30 AM | message detail | quote
it's funny cause literally any gay guy in the world would admit that their life would be different had they been born straight >_>
Can you not put words in my mouth? There are things you can put in my mouth but words aren't one of them.
I don't consider homosexuality to be a very large part of my identity at all. I completely understand why you do, and I support it, but there are gays who take a different approach to this. I consider being gay to be more of a tertiary quality of who I am, and honestly the only reason I haven't really come out in real life is because I don't really want a big deal to be made out of it.
Would my life be any different if I was born straight? Not especially. I live in a gay-friendly environment, there's nobody who would persecute me if I was gay, and I understand that you're not in the same situation as I am, but everyone is in a different situation and in mine, my sexuality doesn't matter. It's about as important a part of my identity as what my favorite food is. In fact, it's less important, because I've never had sex but I have eaten a lot of food.
So when straight people say that their sexuality isn't an important part of their identity, I understand what they mean, because it's not that way for me either. I think it's for the better anyway, because I don't think gays will be treated as equal until we forget that it's even important at all.