Sorry ACNA, We’re Callg Ourselv Gay | Ey Claire Schmt

Contents:

• SORRY, I'M GAY
• HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY
• CHRISTIAN'S OUTREACH TO GAYS: I'M SORRY
• HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU’RE GAY, STRAIGHT, OR SOMETHG BETWEEN?
• SORRY ACNA, WE’RE CALLG OURSELV GAY
• SORRY WE ARE GAY
• THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
• SORRY GAYS, YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE FREE FROM DISCRIMATN

SORRY, I'M GAY

When a loved one tells you they don’t re that you’re lbian, gay, bisexual, trans or any of the other many scriptors of people our muny, they are tryg to, wh words, wrap their arms around you and give you a big hug.

This trope is meant to be genr-ntral but for some reason, "Sorry, I'm a lbian" ually jt don't work as well (not that "Sorry, I'm gay" works all of the time for men eher).

HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY

See also Inpatible Orientatn, when the person is actually tellg the tth, and Have I Mentned I Am Gay?, when the person claims they're gay but is never seen showg attractn towards anybody of the same sex.

Two occurrenc The Gentlemen's Alliance: Takanari tells Hae and his many female admirers at school that he's gay (and that Maguri is his lover) to dissua them om pursug him; this isn't te.

CHRISTIAN'S OUTREACH TO GAYS: I'M SORRY

After some nfn as to what the words "gay" and "straight" actually mean, she explas that no one regards sexualy that manner anymore and everybody jt do everybody. She seeks to get back together wh him, and he rattl off a short list of reasons why he didn't want to, endg wh "Also, I thk I might be gay. In Stormwatch 46, a rare Breather Episo, Fahrenhe, Jenny Sparks, and Flt are at a rtrant Paris, and Fahrenhe has already picked up a hot guy, but when she lls Flt over to translate what he's sayg, turns out what he was tryg to tell her was he's gay.

He won't take "no" for an answer, so she tells him exactly why she hat guys like him who only see her as a Trophy Girliend and nclus wh mentng she's gay before slammg her door his face.

HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU’RE GAY, STRAIGHT, OR SOMETHG BETWEEN?

She tri to dissua him by tellg him she's gay, but he isn't put off bee, his words, "there's a first time for everyone". In The Specials, Amok mak a pass at Power Chick, who thks he's jokg bee she's openly gay, even brgg up that she was on the ver of The Advote. The barista chas him up afterwards and mands to know why he's been avoidg her ever sce, puttg to him that he "mt" be gay bee he talks and thks like a woman.

In Hamburger: The Movie, the ma character is about to be molted by a female character, so he pretends to be gay so she'll leave. When one guy fally approach her, she sudnly be horrified at her "fily", puttg the rg back on and shg to an explanatn of why she took off—only for the guy to cut her off wh, "Yeah, I'm gay. She repli "Sorry, I'm gay, " which don't entirely dissua the man she's talkg to, who tri to fd out if she and her fict partner would both be willg to- you know.

When Bill tells him that she's only terted women he accepts easily enough as he's bisexual (which he suggts is the norm for Roman society) and one of his fellow soldiers is gay.

SORRY ACNA, WE’RE CALLG OURSELV GAY

In The First Shop of Coffee Prce, Han Kyul hir Eun Chan to pretend to be his gay lover and show up durg the dat his mother has set him up on, to sre away prospective girliends. Inverted on My So-Called Life, as when Rickie fds out that Delia has a csh on him, he tri feebly to ask her for Delia to tell him that she knows he's gay and that she only has a csh on him bee she wants one that "n't hurt so much". "Oooh, he's cute, you'll have to tie the sock on the doorknob when he around, " she os, and he s, sticks out his hand to shake, and says, "Hi, I'm gay.

He mak var foolish exc as he tri to fd the least upsettg way of dumpg her, and claimg to be gay is one of the first thgs he tri. At a bar, Cameron (played by Eric Stontreet, whose real-life heterosexualy ma this more amg) succsfully bets his partner Mchell and another gay iend that he n get an attractive woman at the bar to give him her phone number. When he hs off amazgly well wh the girl, he later eaks out over how to break to her that he's actually gay, as he believ she's fallen love wh him.

Lowell says this to Liv after they've been datg for a uple of episos and then has to clarify that 's only bee he ate the bra of a gay guy. Sam Malone, The Casanova nng Cheers, had this as his Plan Z: If a one-night stand ever beme too attached to him, he would have one of his guy iends pretend to enter a gay relatnship wh him.

SORRY WE ARE GAY

In other words, stead of sayg "Sorry, but I'm gay, therefore I n't be a romantic relatnship wh you, " they're sayg "I'm sorry that I'm gay and I want to be a romantic relatnship wh you, heterosexual male iend. In The Longt Journey, when April tri to get past a secury guard by actg cute, all he says is "Sorry, ma'am, but I'm gay".

Another female example Vampire: The Masquera - Bloodl, where one woman n turn down a male Player Character by tellg him "I jt remembered, I'm gay.

Dorian also has a variatn of this; if you flirt wh him as a female Inquisor, he do actually flirt back, believg to be a joke between iends — he clarifi this once he's e out to you as beg gay, however, puttg a dampener on whatever romance the player may have thought was brewg. Elan tried to get out of prison by temptg his guards wh an illn of a woman — only to fd that one guard was married and the other gay.

THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH

In Geo Prcs Creamy Beamy, the gay alien-posg-as-exchange-stunt X Hoshibana beiends Cheeke St Cherrywell, much to the annoyance of The Girls Of The Class:. The entire premise of Girl's Only is a group of guys a school wh too many aggrsive femal pretendg to be gay so the girls leave them alone.

On The Simpsons, "I am gay" was Homer's suggtn to Bart as to how to let Bart's teacher down "easy" after Bart sent her a seri of prank letters pretendg to be a man rpondg to her personal ad. He drops this on her when she tri to kiss him when he tak her home (her vatn to the movi was que ambiguo, and he got the imprsn that she knew he was gay, and that she meant 'as iends'). Pop star Ricky Mart, who me out of the closet as a gay man 2010, has remarked that spe havg publicly stated both that he's gay and that he is a relatnship wh another man, women still proposn him.

Most people the LGBTQ+ muny know om experience that acceptg your sexualy will lead to your beg a happier, more open this gui, the term gay has been ed to clu all forms of non-heterosexual attractn, whether that be people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, queer, pansexual, or otherwise not straight.

SORRY GAYS, YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE FREE FROM DISCRIMATN

There isn't any need to change yourself - beg gay is jt another way of simply existg, and there is nothg wrong wh at all.

Beg gay do not necsarily make you any ls mascule or feme, and there is no need or prsure to nform to stereotyp that don't feel right to you - bee you are who you are. The laws the Bible were maly for health purpos - shunng homosexualy is right next to not gettg tattoos, not eatg pork, and not wearg mixed lens, but you n bet your bottom dollar all your neighbors do those thgs.

It is important to note that the Amerin Psychologil Associatn has clared that groups claimg to cure homosexualy are dangero and unhealthy. If you are still beg supported by parents whom you are que sure would disown you for beg gay, may be pnt to wa to tell them until you are pennt.