No flames here OP, I know exactly what you are talking about. I think people (gay & straight) wear shirts to get a reaction from the public, lets face it thats what those shirts are all about. If they didn't want people to re-act to them they wouldn't be wearing them for everyone to read. Just as a person has the right to be offended by someone's reaction to what their shirt says, a someone has every right to be offended by what the shirt says.
I have a question for any homosexual that wants to answer. If you know that there are people out there who think negatively of your lifestyle, why would you flaunt it. If the argument is that there is no difference in who you are, except that you love the same sex, then why the need to advertise that fact? If you want to be treated the same, then why not act the same. Heterosexuals don't have days to celebrate their sexuality, why do you feel the need to? I never got that because doing those things makes the haters come out of the woodwork (this is not directed at the OP), and if all you want is equality why would you act so "different"?
I'm not trying to start anything, I am genuinly curious? I have a gay family member and a few gay friends. None of them ever felt the need to make it a point, or flaunt that they are gay because it doesn't make any difference.
Not all gay people flaunt it. I think a lot of it has to do with personal choice and pride. It's kinda like asking, why do we have black history month? It's to celebrate those african american pioneers that made significant differences during the civil rights movement.
For many many years it being gay was wrong, through the years people in general have become more tolerant. That being said, I think that with that tolerance, we've felt more comfortable being who we are, and we are proud of it. June typically is the month of gay pride celebrations all over the country, not just in Orlando, it's that time of year that the gay community comes together and celebrates the accomplishments over the past few decades.
Every culture has it's mark in history , and they celebrate. You don't see people complaining about the Puerto Rican Parade in NYC, or the St. Patricks Day Parade in Chicago. It is what it is, people being who they are and celebrating what it is that makes them a person.
Now granted there are extremes to every group. There are people in my community that make me shudder, does it mean that I'm any less proud of who I am? No. If you met me you would never know unless I told you. I'm not the flag waving type. I do support my community in other ways, like volunteering, etc. but, I feel I don't have to wear a t-shirt to be supportive. (am I making any sense?) Then on the flip side, we have those people that wear the shirts, & wear the colors, to annouce who they are. It's okay, there's nothing wrong with that, it is just who they are.
As far as PDA, well that's a whole other subject. Yes I think there is a time and a place for everything. Making out in public is just gross, straight or gay. YOu know it makes me think of a scenario. A straight couple making out on a bench, old couple walks by, and says "awww look they are in love" a gay couple doing the same thing, "gross look at those perverts." It's all about perception I suppose. Persoally I don't want to see ANYONE playing tonsil hockey in public, it's gross. But holding hands and an occasional peck on the cheek or lips, it is what it is. Two people in love, staight, gay, black whit or purple, it's love.
I hope that explained it a little for ya. I'm just a person like everyone else. I have a good job, I have a house, with a fenced in yard, a couple of dogs, some really cool neighbors and a partner I love, who has been by my side through thick and thin for the last 5 years. What happens in our house, stays in our house, out in public, we look like two best friends going shopping, or hanging out at disney, that's who we are. 2 middle class Americans who work every day, to do the things we enjoy.
and spread hate, and it is now closed.
