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Originally posted by Dessy Fenix
IF he was actually a gay person then this situation is too complex for me.
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Originally posted by SinterFold_
This! A heterosexual on Twitter actually said yesterday how do we know whether or not the shooter was gay. I got so offended and ended up unfollowing him. This news of him possibly being gay is very unsettling. I hope it isn't true. Yes he was married to a woman but that doesn't mean anything these days.
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It's a generation disconnect, I'm suggesting. I am assuming you two are around 18-21 years old? Guys at your generation don't have compelling reasons to be shameful of your own self, because you grew up when LGBT rights are now at the stage where it is normalized into Western society. Coming out in your time is no longer seen as taboo.
I grew up, and the shooter in a time before this normalization was taking place, and coming out was a right of passage that takes a lot of guts to do, and is seen as coming of age kind of thing in the context of "whatever you are, we support you". During this time, being gay was different, so there was reason for people of our generation to feel shame, even to this day. It's because we grew up in the time where the "fight" for our rights were just starting.
And even if in today's world, we still feel bit of shame to come out, because of the culture we grew up in years ago, whereas in your time, no one needs to come out anymore because they no longer feel differentiated from society. Amazingly enough, you guys start to view coming out as tacky because people are milking their story for their worth.
So it's definitely a generation disconnect more than anything.