He beme a viral sensatn, g the phrase, "I don't like mens no more!" Andrew Caldwell liv Missouri, but he reached out to NBC12 to clear the air about the vio, his “gay nversn” experience and the backlash he has felt.
Contents:
- HOW TO BEHAVE AROUND GAY PEOPLE IF YOU DON'T ACCEPT THEM
- HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
- I LIKE GAY MALE PORN, BUT GAY MEN REAL LIFE EAK ME OUT.
- I LIKE GUYS BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE GAY. HOW DO I STOP BEG GAY?
- HOW DO I KNOW I’M NOT REALLY GAY/STRAIGHT?
- HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY
- CAN SOMEONE BE HOMOSEXUAL AND NOT GAY?
HOW TO BEHAVE AROUND GAY PEOPLE IF YOU DON'T ACCEPT THEM
In our society today, people have many posns when to gay people. Some people offer acceptance and shelter om hatred and will work towards human rights. Others take the attu of "they're happy and not hurtg anyone," so... * i dont like gay *
Others take the attu of "they're happy and not hurtg anyone, " so they don't md gay people. If you dislike or don't unrstand gay people, and you have gay people your life, here is how to handle . If you strongly dislike gay people, here is how to practice basic human cency.
If you feel extremely negative towards gay people, the bt thg you n do is stay away.
Studi show that gay people are no more likely to be child molters than straight folks are. Furthermore, gay dividuals aren't particularly any more promiscuo than straight people. Stop seeg gay people as praved and oversexed, and realize that they n be ordary people who do ordary thgs.
HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
Th, if your relign prohibs gay marriage, you are wele not to marry someone gay, but you nnot e to stop other people om marryg. This sectn appli to Christians and offers help for acceptg all of God's children, cludg the gay on. Several quot om J show that he believed that some people were born gay and that there is nothg wrong wh this.
J suggts that some men are "born nuchs, " an ancient term for beg gay, that the people are part of God's natural orr, and heterosexual marriage is not the right path for everyone.
In one passage, J heals a gay man's lover, and shows them acceptance, whout cricizg their love. There are many gay men who say "I'm not part of the scene" -- men who hate gay bars and, prumably, crowds of queer people general. Internalized homophobia -- self-shamg, self-hatred -- leads many gay men, and many queer people general, to recreate their closets long after they're "out" by shunng others, particularly those they nsir "flamboyant.
I LIKE GAY MALE PORN, BUT GAY MEN REAL LIFE EAK ME OUT.
" Y, there are some good reasons to rce your participatn gay bars (time, money, health). But you mt spend time wh others, whether that means havg a group of gay movie iends or queer gamers or playg on a gay sports team.
This parable piece by lbian wrer Sarah Prager go through the lp of great gays who changed the world -- om ventor Alan Turg to Tchaikovsky, the poser, to the Renaissance pater and ventor Leonardo da Vci. AIDS vastated muni of gay men and transgenr women, particularly gay men and trans women of lor. Read the numbers: In four years, more than 5, 596 people the Uned Stat had died of AIDS, many of them gay men and transgenr women.
But if I hadn't experienced all that adversy, I wouldn't be so furly proud to be gay. Fd a gay elr who's been where you are and r for your well-beg, someone who unrstands you and never pass judgment, someone who lets you make the mistak you need to make.
I LIKE GUYS BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE GAY. HOW DO I STOP BEG GAY?
Tmp has repeatedly attacked transgenr servicemembers, and gay men are still beg hunted and murred Chechnya. There would be no ternalized self-hatred if no one had ever told you that beg gay is wrong, or that gay sex is disgtg, or that gay men n't feel real love, or that beg transgenr is fake, or that beg nonbary is a mental illns or a ll for attentn.
If you thk a word like "gay" or "queer" works for you right now (aga, don't have to work for you forever -- labels do not e wh lifetime ntracts) and you're not ready to tell everyone, simply say out loud to yourself.
HOW DO I KNOW I’M NOT REALLY GAY/STRAIGHT?
Now, this is jt my opn, but I will give you reasons as to why I have e to this, there are the gay pri paras. Dog that would also benef gay teens; then would be appropriate for them to attend the paras.
HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY
And that if you do not like another gay/bi man bee they are too feme (both appearance and/or have feme mannerisms), you are a bigot. Gay dividuals are romantilly or sexually attracted to people who are the same genr as them. If you’re more aroed by people who are the same genr as you, you might be gay.
Keep md that experienc of sexual aroal are extremely nuanced, and aren’t ncrete proof that you’re gay. For stance, you n be aroed by gay adult media whout necsarily beg gay yourself.
If you tend to velop csh on people who are the same genr as you, uld be a sign that you’re gay. If you often fantasize about relatnships volvg specific genrs, you may be queer or gay.
CAN SOMEONE BE HOMOSEXUAL AND NOT GAY?
You may be gay, but you uld also be pansexual or bisexual if you sometim thk about the other genr.
You’ve probably heard stereotyp about what mak someone gay, but none of the are te.
Keep md that even if you have a sexual experience wh someone of the same genr or another genr, that don’t necsarily mean that you’re gay. Thgs would be so simple if you uld jt label yourself as gay and be done wh , but may not be that easy. While “gay” is a totally valid label to intify wh, isn’t the only LGBTQ+ label out there.