Why do people still not accept homosexuality today ?

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Funny thing about me is I have been unaware of all the straight lifestyles being shoved in peoples faces but yet when I was in London, I went into the Soho area and wandered into this park and was unaware of the gay lifestyles being shoved into my face there. My mom thought it was funny because I was so unaware of what was going on around me.

Mom could tell people in that area were gay and I couldn't tell. All I saw were people together and just hanging out and I couldn't tell between a relationship couple or friends and I didn't see anyone making out. No hugging or kissing.

When I was a teenager, my sibs would often tell me that one girl or another was coming on to me, but I never saw it; only girls who wouldn't leave me alone.  "Why are they bothering me?" I would often wonder...

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Some people are afraid of anything different. Religion helps them back this up when it comes to LGBT stuff. But it's inherently an aversion to difference - for relatable eg look at how neurodiversity is treated in society.

There is nothing wrong with being different or showing your difference. With being flamboyant - whether as a gay person or as an eccentric straight person. I'm glad I was brought up into that kind of understanding of the world instead of a 'learn to fit in' understanding of it.

However. From both a straight and an lgbt perspective - not every presentation is appropriate everywhere. The guy in assless chaps? Fine for a nightclub or an adult only lgbt holiday or a kink club. Or his own home. Not fine for walking down the street in the middle of a Saturday afternoon. Same with a (true story I knew someone who did this) woman wearing a basque in public in the middle of the day.

There are ways to show you are a camp gay man without it being inappropriate for kids to see. Showing your butt isn't that.

I think gay and straight during the weekend day and during evening hours ought to be more obvious by romance or family groupings (two dads taking their kid to nursery) than by overt representations of sexuality (woman flashing her boobs). But I apply this to straight people too.

In my experience 'normal' or just ordinary camp gay guys and butch lesbians tend to come from accepting households. They're women who want to take their girlfriend to meet their parents. Or men who want to find the boy next door so the parents will approve the marriage.

Super sexualised type people tend to come from repressed backgrounds in my experience. I knew a lad growing up whose male family were orangemen, super strict right wing Protestants who hated anything 'different'. He came out later in life - ran off down to London & became a stereotypical fashion designer. All his fashion designs are really overtly sexual and BDSM and every time he's interviewed he talks about sexy guys or about sex in general. I think it's a rebellion thing. An admission his dad won't accept him no matter what, so why bother trying to find a wholesome guy and settle down, why not just have fun...

I know nobody, including myself, whose parents would approve a hyper sexualised lifestyle. If I was having a different guy or girl every night, my parents would worry. Accepting parents see their kids as eternal innocents, kids who have good bonds with their parents the same with parents - kind of grosses me out to think my parents have sex drives.

PS isn't it interesting that we see things in terms of the male gaze. So 'male butt' = gay and 'female boobs' = straight. A lesbian would enjoy looking at boobs. A straight woman would enjoy looking at a guy's butt. But we don't think about that when seeing people in revealing clothing.

Because it's not biologically reproductive. Males and females originally came together to reproduce. Mankind got used to this and established rules, both cultural and religious. Relationships can be neuro-centric as they were in antiquity as well. It's going to take a long time for homosexuality to be accepted. Future science may correct that. Also, it may be down to majority rule too - who knows. BUT tolerance should always dominate our attitudes.

Because they’re jealous of all the super hot sex we get to have and they don’t.

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I think it's fine to say "as a whatever" if you are trying to defy any stereotypes out there and any prejudice people have about a group of people because of some bad apples. People need to see the positive and only the negative will stand out so that is all people ever see so that reinforces their prejudice.


I never understood gay people who make a big deal out of their sexuality. I don't even care if you are gay. I don't see anyone saying "Hi I am Brent and I am straight."