Date: 2007-06-26 12:21 am (UTC)
Well said, like Mikey stated, I've had plenty of people say "I didn't like gay people until I met you", because they just have been force fed crap all their lives by the church, by their families or friends and don't know any different. The media mainly portrays gay men as drag queens or "queenie", never as someone who likes sports, or is in the Military or is just being themselves and acting like everyone else. So when you have a younger person who doesn't see this they not only struggle to accept it as normal but if they are in fact gay themselves it makes it that much harder for them to come out and be happy and not live in fear of god, or being beaten to death, or whether or not their friends or family can accept them. Staying closeted is a choice, but finding the courage to be "Out" does potentially put a "face" on the gay issue and forces loved ones to deal with their own fears of homosexuals, and many once they have that opportunity come to the realization that we're no different then they are, and help to combat other people's hatred of it. At least this is my personal experience from it and others I know.
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