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Originally posted by I Am Music
What some gay men have a hard time getting is that not all gay men operate the same way when it comes to that subject. You can be out and not tell every single soul that you're gay especially when it's irrelevant to the discussion at hand.
If asked you will tell them but you wont make it a priority to tell every single person you're gay.
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Yea I remember having a discussion with my gay friend once and he said that if everyone doesn't know then you're in the closet still and I'm like
. There's no problem telling someone when they ask, but I don't want to go babbling my sexuality to every person I talk to when it's not even relevant to the conversation.
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Originally posted by J a y
While you're in education, it's no one's business. No one should feel the need to explain themselves.
I know what you mean, though. But I always didn't answer people's questions in school. Unless they want to date me, is it really necessary for them to wonder? It's strange that girls are most acceptive of it than men (from my experience anyway).
I've been comfortable in my own little world for 7 years now and not once have I faced discrimination.
I do feel bad for those who are more feminine than I am and perhaps don't fit the "norm" of a male and are therefore subject to abuse and continuous questioning. They're the brave half of the homos, and trans too. I have the utmost respect for them all.
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I feel like I'm lying to people when they ask me "do I have a girlfriend" and I just say no. Of course, it's true but I feel like I could be saying a bit more. I want to be at some point where if someone asks, I can tell them without beating around the bush. I think it'll be better when I'm college since I don't plan on dating anyone (not like I could find one in my school anyway) while in school because it would get in the way of my studies.
I have huge amounts of respect for pretty much anyone that comes out, esp. in school. There's only a few that I know of that are out in my school and they have to go through piles of crap with these insensitive brats
it breaks my heart.
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Originally posted by helloDer
Thankfully my school is really really good about this. It's annoying when a few kids use the words "****" or "thats so gay" as discriminatory without thinking, but no one really picks on anyone for actually being gay. I just wish my parents were more accepting, then I'd come out. Honestly id rather be bulied at school if my parents were cool with it and accepted/supported me. But I guess you can't have the best of both.
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It doesn't bother me much when I hear ****** or "that's so gay" since I use it when I'm joking with my friends, but it is a bit disturbing to hear kids at my school when they get into their homo-rampage. I came out to my parents maybe two years ago and neither are very accepting. It just seems like they shrug it off rather than accept it
. My mother told me she doesn't approve, which I didn't expect to hear from her considering she has two siblings that are gay themselves.
I met up with a guy once (20 years older than me :rip) and I regret it so much
