Richie Jackson and Andrew Sullivan disagree about how central beg gay should be to one’s inty.
Contents:
- WHY IS SUCH A BIG AL WHEN A GAY PERSON HS ON A STRAIGHT PERSON? WHY N'T WE JT ACCEPT PEOPLE FOR WHO THEY ARE?
- WHY IS BEG GAY SUCH A BIG AL?
- WHEN BEG GAY IS ‘NOT A BIG DEAL’
WHY IS SUCH A BIG AL WHEN A GAY PERSON HS ON A STRAIGHT PERSON? WHY N'T WE JT ACCEPT PEOPLE FOR WHO THEY ARE?
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WHY IS BEG GAY SUCH A BIG AL?
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Yet when you look at the mographics of baby boomers( the generatn most likely to be agast homosexualy, and most likely to be Christians), the rate of havg engaged premaral sex is over 97%. Why when a gay person hs on a straight person, ’s a big nflict.
WHEN BEG GAY IS ‘NOT A BIG DEAL’
A more rpectful way to handle the suatn is to simply say, “Sorry, I’m not terted, ” or “I’m flattered, but I’m not gay. Anyone — straight or gay — should always be treated wh rpect, pecially when beg turned down. Straight people who fear that other people may thk they’re gay need to know that ’s not an sult to be thought of as gay, and people don’t need to feel threatened or embarrassed or overly fensive to try to “prove” that they’re not gay.
In our society there’s a tremendo amount of fear and hatred of people who are gay, lbian, or bisexual. This fear is lled homophobia.
It’s ed by ignorance, or misrmatn and a lack of unrstandg about what gay, lbian, and bisexual people are really like. Most people who are homophobic are worried about their own sexualy and project that fear on others.