Seriously, you guys have no idea how many times people post on threads like "if there were a pill that would turn you straight, would you take it?" and upwards of 25% of the time, people don't want to be gay or even bisexual.
Can I ask, what is it about being gay that you feel is great? I really don't mean that as to imply it's not. I mean more, what do you find is the best thing about being gay? Happy days
No risk of unplanned pregnancy is one huge plus. Although at this point, I'd say the thing I appreciate the most is that the process of self acceptance has been a huge growth experience that I might not have had otherwise.
I think gay pride is not bowing to social pressure and some bazzar thaught of what is "normal" and saying we are who we are were proud of it and we dont feel as if we should hide because we may offend or disgrace some narrow minded simpletons we are just as normal as anybody els on this earth!! Pride is just being yourself and not hiding anything if I want to kiss a guy in public I will its no diffrent to a guy kissing a girl or a girl kissing a girl * same love *
I think there's an awareness of what it's like to be pushed out as a gay person. In my experience in many--I would even say most--gay people it leads to a level of empathy and self-awareness that is truly remarkable. When I am asked that old chestnut, what do you gays have to be so proud of? I always think of what my father once told me about why he's proud of me being gay. He said: "I raised a child who the whole world lined up and told him who he wasn't alright, that he would never be happy, that he would never find love. And he stood up and said screw you all I'm awesome and I'm going to be just fine--who wouldn't be proud of that?"
I love being a lesbian because I'll be honest I can stand a straight man in a romantic situation for more than 5 seconds . I'm fine with them as friends but I really don't know how straight girls put up with some of them . Plus girls are so beautiful and hot you know :icon_redf
I suppose what's awesome about being part of the LGBT community is the "coming out to yourself" part. In realising that our sexuality or our gender doesn't fit the norms, we are forced to face it, and to come out to ourselves. In accepting those differences, we also accept who we are as a whole, with our flaws and qualities. I think anyone in the world, gay or straight or whatever, would need to come out to themselves and just accept themselves as they are!
Living around a bunch of gay guys who are so hypocritical and full of bs makes it really hard to feel anything good about it. The only decent thing is because of the obvious physical attraction and it being something 'different' feeling nice; aside from that it's been mostly a nightmare. This isn't about anything being necessarily any easier, I honestly just, at times, wish I had these same feelings for girls because of the above. @stocking I ask myself that same question you did in that second sentence. >.< Is that a lesbian pill I see? Ha...
Well, it's certainly nice to see someone the OP's age saying so. Since he also asked, i suppose people say otherwise because when they were your age, they were assaulted on a regular basis and so on. However, despite all the ordeals, in the end what could beat liking guys? I like guys so much and so deeply that to try to resist...may as well just give up on life. So i'm bound to agree with you, OP
Yeah it is... There was such a struggle of being in the closet I felt for the longest time, but in the end, I broke through the tyrannical doors that trapped me in the closet. I am proud of who I am, and NOBODY can change that.
