This is so gay Options

[impala454]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17388702/?GT1=9145

when is this crap gonna stop?

[Mommy]

you know, all growing up people called me "weda" (the real spelling im unsure of) which means Whitey. If you think about it, thats offensive, but if we all get soooo hurt by what people say then we are losing our backbones. There are things that should not be said.... racial slurs meant demeaningly, but in this context she was not demeaning gay people. If she walked up to a queer and straight up called him a faggot, then yes. People need to change their diapers and grow a backbone. She wasnt ridiculing anyone; in fact, quite the opposite...she was being ridiculed. Kids have no shame. I will not ever send my child to a public school. The school system in America continues to decline. We wonder why kids commit suicide? SHUT UP PEBKAC! Its not because children fear expressing their sexuality. Its rather because children are ridiculed for their looks and their personality. Most kids dont come out until after high school anyways which is a good thing. Thats a grown up decision in my opinion...because yes, it is becoming more and more of a fad

[theIncredibleEdi...]

We wonder why kids commit suicide? SHUT UP PEBKAC! Its not because children fear expressing their sexuality. Its rather because children are ridiculed for their looks and their personality. Most kids dont come out until after high school anyways which is a good thing.

This comment I have to slightly disagree with. Gay teens are shown by studies to have higher rates in suicide than heterosexual teens. It is a VERY difficult thing to grow up hearing how wrong, and dirty and foul you are. I have a friend who was exorcised....yes, i said exorcised as in what the Catholic Church does to get Satan out of your ass...and it fucked him up majorly. I don't know too many straight teenagers who are told they need to be sent to a counselor because they like the opposite sex.


As for the gay for fad thing.....that's just laughable. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and all those shows are BAD BAD BAD examples, because they show gay men as asexual fashionistas. Guess what...fags like sex just as much as heteros, and there are PLENTY of gays who don't know shit about what shoes look good with your purse and what paint will accentuate your furniture. Hell...my ex decorated his loft with airplanes and sports memorabilia...and he sucked cock. So, while there may be A FEW who choose to act gay for the attention and to be fashionable, the majority of gays are that way because they just are...

[Mommy]

This comment I have to slightly disagree with. Gay teens are shown by studies to have higher rates in suicide than heterosexual teens. It is a VERY difficult thing to grow up hearing how wrong, and dirty and foul you are. I have a friend who was exorcised....yes, i said exorcised as in what the Catholic Church does to get Satan out of your ass...and it fucked him up majorly. I don't know too many straight teenagers who are told they need to be sent to a counselor because they like the opposite sex.


As for the gay for fad thing.....that's just laughable. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and all those shows are BAD BAD BAD examples, because they show gay men as asexual fashionistas. Guess what...fags like sex just as much as heteros, and there are PLENTY of gays who don't know shit about what shoes look good with your purse and what paint will accentuate your furniture. Hell...my ex decorated his loft with airplanes and sports memorabilia...and he sucked cock. So, while there may be A FEW who choose to act gay for the attention and to be fashionable, the majority of gays are that way because they just are...

this may or may not apply to you or pebkac... that is not part of my point so please dont take offense to what Im about to say:

Suicidal rates among homosexual males and lesbian girls might have little to do with their sexuality and more to do with their upbringing. Many openly gay people will admit to sexual abuse when they were younger. Maybe thats what causes a rise in suicide rates? You see what Im saying?

You cannot make a correlation like: Being a gay teenager means you are more at risk for committing suicide... unless you take into account the upbrining of said gay teenager. Im sure studies have been done regarding this, but I havent read up on them. Maybe there is a solid correlation between the two, but I havent heard that.

In the example you gave, yes, it was the ridicule associated with being gay that caused higher stress, but like I said many out of the closet gays have admitted to being sexually molested as children. *please note that I said "many" not "most" or "all"*