Ever sce middle school, people have asked Thomas Lloyd the same qutn repeatedly. "If I had a dime for every time I was asked, 'Why am I so gay?' I uld probably pay for one cred at Geetown." In this humoro talk, Lloyd explor the trici of social "verg" as a gay man, fdg muny and the importance of inty ownership.
Contents:
- 17 SIGNS YOU'RE ACTUALLY GAY (AND JT DON'T KNOW IT)
- AM I GAY?
- I LIKE GUYS BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE GAY. HOW DO I STOP BEG GAY?
- HOW TO COPE WHEN YOU'RE GAY AND LONELY
- WHY AM I "SO GAY?"
- HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY
17 SIGNS YOU'RE ACTUALLY GAY (AND JT DON'T KNOW IT)
Are you qutng your sexualy? Fd out if you’re gay, straight, bisexual, or asexual. Learn what the terms mean and if they apply to you. * im so gay reddit *
Everyone I meet thks I’m gay.
So ’s been a mon trend ever sce I was highschool that everyone always asks one way or another “is he gay” or “ are you gay” and ’s gettg irratg.
AM I GAY?
* im so gay reddit *
So my cursy got the bt of me and I started lookg up gay porn. So I'm totally a closet bi/gay. TL;DR - I thought I was straight, got cur, started chattg wh a guy 3 hours away, met up, did everythg together, talked everyday sce we met, velopg feelgs for each other, need to take slow, not sure how but termed to figure out, never been happier, both closet bi/gay.
So here's the thg about g the word "gay" sultgly. I know that "words change meang over time" and "everyone says so 's jt part of the vobulary now" and " meant somethg else before meant homosexual" and "herp rp ee speech rp.
" I unrstand that when you ll somethg "gay, " you're not nnectg to actually experiencg a same-sex attractn. I also unrstand that you believe that gleang a "homosexual nnotatn" om your pejorative e of the word is jt "oversensive" and "vigilante thought policg, " which you fd obnox.
I LIKE GUYS BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE GAY. HOW DO I STOP BEG GAY?
Here's why you shouldn't e gay as an sult: mak you sound like a douchebag. Wh that md, please make the mute chang to your vobulary necsary to avoid offendg the gay people you support and/or "tolerate" and/or "don't mean to offend.
" And jt bee 's not offensive to your "gay bff" don't mean:.
your gay iend isn't actually offend by your e of the term, and he's only keepg his mouth shut so that he don't make you feel awkward (spe the fact that you may be makg him feel awkward).
HOW TO COPE WHEN YOU'RE GAY AND LONELY
Your support for the muny other ways "allows" you to pejoratively throw the term "gay" allowed. I don't re that you don't mean to say that somethg's homosexual when you sultgly refer to as "gay.
WHY AM I "SO GAY?"
I intify as a gay person.
HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY
So when you ll somethg "gay, " you are referrg to our LGBT inty, whether you mean to or not.
And if you philosophilly disagree wh my takg offense to the term, is beg offensive on prciple worth alienatg iends of yours who might be gay? Do you really thk 's fair that your sistence upon g a word a certa way should tmp other people's wish that you stop g that word that way bee mak them feel like sh and they al wh that om heteronormative society enough so they really don't need their so-lled "iends" to spew latently homophobic nonsense at them as well?
In your se, Sir/Madam Heterosexual, you have straight privilege, which means that you don't have to swim agast the current of homophobic bullsh that greets jt about every LGBT person every day. So I gus what I'm askg you to do is take the 3 sends to acknowledge that your pejorative e of the word "gay" offends members of the LGBT muny. Homophob of Redd, why are you homophobic?