Being gay/bi made you more accepting?

[Jack2009]

Does being gay/bi made you more accepting of others?

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I think I'm accepting to most people, except extreme moral wrongs.

[sapphicvariety]

i'd say so. as a result of being gay i've met a ton of people i wouldn't've met otherwise. and there is a big difference between meeting/getting to know someone different from you than just being told to accept differences en masse.

[Sarah]

um i think so. but there are some people (not on here) that are gay/bi but dont accept anyone or anything else and are just really bitter

[Ronnie92]

Yeah, it always happenes when you are minority you are more sensitive to what goes on around you. Able to see things others wouldn't you can help out more and assuage the pain others feel. Or as previously said you could use that special sensitivity to seriously hurt someone because you know what would hurt them the worst. Though back on track be it race wise or sexuality wise if you are a minority you are just a bit more sensitive.

[Twentysomething]

It definately has made me more accepting of others differences and choices. I personally believe that as long as someone is happy and not harming others who are we to judge how they live thier life?

[revolutionrock]

For sure. I think I'm the most open-minded person I know. Not overly modest though, obviously.

I think when you see the world from this point of view you can't help but be more willing to open your mind to different ideas. That is one of the real perks, I think.

[Greggers]

For sure it has, because i know what it feels like to be the one on this side of the fence. When your the "White, Heterosexual, Male, Christian" majority you dont have alot to be accepting of. Its sad that it is that way though. Id love to think that because im a human and your a human we have enough in common right there to respect eachother with some common decency. I dont shit in your pool, you dont pee on my laundry? Something like that?

Granted, im not always accepting at first. I think what being gay has taught me though is to re-think things after the fact. If i find myself not being accepting of someone because they are different than me, all it takes is a quick reminder "I fight for people to accept me as i am, i can at least extend that courtesy to this person too". All i can do is hope that its not too late The human condition is to not accept someone who is different, and i don't think being gay can change that, but im sure it has to help.

[musican]

Originally Posted by Ronnie92

Yeah, it always happenes when you are minority you are more sensitive to what goes on around you. Able to see things others wouldn't you can help out more and assuage the pain others feel. Or as previously said you could use that special sensitivity to seriously hurt someone because you know what would hurt them the worst. Though back on track be it race wise or sexuality wise if you are a minority you are just a bit more sensitive.

I wouldn't say that just being a minority makes you more aware of and accepting of differences, there was one kid in my class that was African American and he complained about one of the songs we listened to because it was racist. This is the kid that said "Having all that media attention messes people up, look at Lindsay Lohan, she's a lesbian now". Needless to say I freaked and asked what drugs he was on to think that the stress of the spotlight 'made her gay'. I was pretty happy with myself for standing up for myself(even though people didn't really know and it shut him up for a while ) /end rant

[starfish]

I don't know I've met some pretty closed minded judgmental gay guys before. The term hetrophobic comes to mind.

I've always been the live and let live viewpoint, even before I figured out I was gay. I also know a few conservative christian types that have the same view.

[Ronnie92]

Originally Posted by musican

I wouldn't say that just being a minority makes you more aware of and accepting of differences, there was one kid in my class that was African American and he complained about one of the songs we listened to because it was racist. This is the kid that said "Having all that media attention messes people up, look at Lindsay Lohan, she's a lesbian now". Needless to say I freaked and asked what drugs he was on to think that the stress of the spotlight 'made her gay'. I was pretty happy with myself for standing up for myself(even though people didn't really know and it shut him up for a while ) /end rant

Well, there is some outliers I know but I was saying some are actually nice. BTW Great job with him HE deserved it

[Lizz K]

Hell yeah it does! Because I know what it's like to have people not accept me for who I am, and I know the repercussions of that. I'm super accepting.

[Lexington]

I don't think so. I think having tolerant, open-minded parents made me more accepting.

I know far too many closed-minded, racist, sexist, religionist, beautyist, whateverist homosexuals to think being gay is a surefire mind-opener.

Lex

[Daniel6]

I think so.
Since accepting being gay, I have been more accepting others and tolerant.
I always try to treat all people the same

[waitingsucks]

More accepting, not more tolerant though(I was already very tolerant). If that makes sense

[Janvier]

I've always been very open-minded and accepting and maybe even more now

[BeautifulStranger]

Eh... not really. I'd say I'm tolerant. I'm not accepting of everyone.

I won't go into detail though.

[Gumtree]

I don't think so, coming from a really open and liberal community I doubt I would have had any prejudices anyway.

[musicgirl112233]

I think that I have aways been accepting. I have also met some racist gay people before.

[Wander]

Not entirely, no. If anything, being gay has shown me that people can do horrible, vicious things to other people with the most ridiculous justifications. It might have made me more tolerant, but it's also turned me into a hard-bitten cynic.

[musican]

Originally Posted by Ronnie92

Well, there is some outliers I know but I was saying some are actually nice. BTW Great job with him HE deserved it

Thanks, he really frustrated me because nobody supported the racist song and he went on and on about it and then turned around and said that. Sadly, I didn't quite get through to him because he made another comment in class and I just glared at him.