Day 21: “I hear gays will hit on anything that moves, recruit children, and have sex in public bathrooms!” What are your thoughts on these and other similar ridiculous myths of the LGBTQA community?
It’s absolutely ridiculous! All those things aren’t specifically ‘gay’. That could hold true for anyone regardless of their sexuality! It depends on the person. It’s as idiotic as saying ‘Hitler was German so it’s likely that everyone from Germany is a Nazi’ or like in the show I am watching currently, True Blood, if a vampire goes around killing everyone and everything in it’s path the entire race is to be treated as mass-murderers even though it was one particular one who did all those awful things and there are those out there who would never.
“Gays will hit on anything that moves” - Depends on the person, not their sexuality. There are people like that who are straight as well. There are straight people who do the same, there are gay people who do as well. There are straight people who are more intraverted as well as there are straight people who are more intraverted. Some gay people are extremely flamboyant and feminine, and some are macho and butch.
I hate the use of sterotypes and labels so much. Just because ONE person does something, doesn’t mean everyone else in the world with a similar characteristic to them (age, race, gender, sexuality etc) is the exact same way. Not all teenagers are rebeleous and rude. Not all black people are african americans. Not all women are weak because we tend to be smaller than men, feminists, or attracted to men for that matter. Just as not all men are attracted to women.
Just because someone is gay does not make them contageous to be around, or wrong, hellbound, or more prone to hitting on you. I am more gay than I am straight and unless I knew for sure that the other person was into me I would not even attempt to flirt with them. Yes there are those who are like that and keep pressing you, whether they be gay or straight, but just because I am somewhat gay, just because I’m into women doesn’t mean I will hit on or be attracted to every woman I meet.
The “they recruit children” thing is just idiotic. Quite laughable actually. Gay people are not recruited! They’re born!! I was not approached on the street one day by someone of the LGBTQA community with pamphlets and sweets saying “Come be gay with me, it’s awesome, and we have candy!” I was born this way! I was never recruited, nor did I wake up one morning and decide “you know what, I think I’m going to be bisexual today and be cast out by my family” and a genie popped out of a lamp, waved his hands, wiggled his fingers and yelled “No takesies backsies!” and dissapeared in a cloud of smoke leaving me “stuck” like this.
Now, with the “public bathrooms” thing… again, that’s not sexuality that’s due to personality. If two people decide they are going to engage in lewd behaviour in public it’s not driven by their sexuality it’s most likely driven by their lack of morality not their sexual preference; meaning, you could just as easily be straight and be inappropriate in public as you can being gay, and also that is not a generalization of all gay people. I would never do that and I’m gay (well ..somewhat).
I’ve always been terrible at explaining things and I have a huge tendancy to go waaaay off-topic, and surely that’s what I’ve done here, but *shrugs* ..meh ..this is my view on this.