Is gay normal?

The thing is...if you look hard enough...everybody has something about them that others consider "non-normal" or "weird". So really nobody's "normal". Of course being gay is "normal" because "normal" doesn't exist.

 

I've never added a picture so hopefully this works...lol

 

Well.... I think it's becoming more accepted in our generation. Which is awesome

 

Define Normal:

The statistical Base line. The center of the bell curve where at least 50% of the population lies. In that case, being as Gay is 10%-ish of the population, then... no.

However, I think your question should be, is being abnormal Bad?

There is a disease, it is called sickle cell anemia. It's quite deadly and drastically decreases the life expectancy of anyone who gets it. However, you have to have both parents carry the trait and give it to you. If only one parent has the gene and you gain it as a recessive trait, then you have enhanced immunity to a number of diseases, such a malaria.

Natural Selection is a weird thing. It doesn't give a crap. What is useful in the past, will kill someone in the modern world. Take for example our evolved desire for fat and salt. It's killing us. 20,000 years ago, it kept us alive.

You never know when the winds will shift. Humanities' greatest strength is the ability to adapt. That means you need "abnormal". You need people on the fringes. For example:

There are tens of thousands of Americans who are "Preppers". They have prepped for the end of the world. Now, if the world comes to an end, they will have an advantage over the rest of us. If it doesn't come to an end, they will have wasted time, money, and resources on a fool's errand.

But from the point of view of the species, it's good to hedge our bets. What's a hundred thousand humans when we got 350 million Americans? We got humans living in jungles. We got humans living in ice. We got all sorts of humans do all sorts of crazy things.

Homosexuality and all forms of "abnormal" sexuality are a good thing. It's good to hedge our bets. We should tolerate diversity because for all we know, there might a heterosexual killing virus out there. Or it might be simpler, such as if we are intolerant, we might discourage someone who is smart enough to cure cancer, to instead become socially misanthropic.

So, is Gay normal? No. Is Gay bad? No. It just is. Like The sky being blue, and water being wet, it simply is a property that certain people have.

 

It's unusual, but not at all beyond expectation. So yes, normal as it can be.

 

It shouldn't be considered innormal because about 1 in 20 people is an lgbt (or so i heard), so they're pretty much everywhere.

 

On that note, MarvinMinsky, it could very well be that homosexuality is God's way of cutting down on population, providing homes for unwanted children, and all sorts of things same-sex couples do that benefit society.

 

It's normal for ME. That's all I care about.

...no, wait, I'm also happy it's normal for other guys so I have guys I can date.

Lex

 

By the time my husband and I met we were both pretty used to not being considered "normal" by our family and society in general. I mean he had been the first person interviewed at his school when a local cemetery had been vandalized and people suggested satanism was involved. Why did they pull him in? Because he wore black clothes, leather, pierced his hears multiple times, wore strange jewelry, and had funky hair. Was he a satanist? No. Was he a vandal? No. Was he a criminal in any way? Well, he didn't always park in legitimate parking spots but other than that...

When we decided to have a kid we laughed about the fact that there was no way in hell that we would ever be able to raise a "normal" kid. We decided to instead try for a decent human being that was loved and respected for who they were. Also to have a lot of fun and raise a person we would enjoy hanging out with 24/7 for a whole lot of years.

We have a saying in our house "who would want to be normal - normal is dead boring."

 

It's all about definition. Normal is anything you want.
To me it is. I don't see anything abnormal about loving someone who is the same sex as you and it honeslty is mind boggling to me how people think that it even matters.
But even if you don't think it is normal, like other people say, going against the norm isn't bad.
Don't worry and be happy! =D

 

Personally, I don't think it's the 'normal' thing for people to be doing. But, it certainly isn't a bad thing. You are simply born that way. Even though some people claim they were 'changed', it is certainly not as easy as waking up one day and having your sexual orientation completely changed. The important thing is what YOU feel about your orientation. If you feel like it's normal, then be proud to be who you are!

btw, the word is "abnormal" not "innormal". (Sorry, I'm a bit of a grammar nazi)