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crowwitchThis is what annoys me.
Whenever a celebrity comes out as gay, homophobic bigots pretending NOT to be homophobic bigots always say the same thing:
"I don't care. Why can't they just get on with their lives like the rest of us? Why do they have to announce it? What, is being gay what you build your identity around? Why can't you just keep quiet about it?"
Yes. How DARE homosexuals "flaunt what they do in the bedroom" by coming out as gay. How dare they! How dare they! How dare they talk about what they do in private!
It's not as though HETEROSEXUALS get married, wear wedding rings, have pictures of their spouses and children on their desks at work, take dates to office parties. It's not as though heterosexual celebrities have million dollar weddings on television, splashing their pictures all over every magazine and newspaper and webpage possible.
So, homosexuals should keep what should be private, private... just like heterosexuals.
Wait... what?
Whenever a celebrity comes out as gay, homophobic bigots pretending NOT to be homophobic bigots always say the same thing:
"I don't care. Why can't they just get on with their lives like the rest of us? Why do they have to announce it? What, is being gay what you build your identity around? Why can't you just keep quiet about it?"
Yes. How DARE homosexuals "flaunt what they do in the bedroom" by coming out as gay. How dare they! How dare they! How dare they talk about what they do in private!
It's not as though HETEROSEXUALS get married, wear wedding rings, have pictures of their spouses and children on their desks at work, take dates to office parties. It's not as though heterosexual celebrities have million dollar weddings on television, splashing their pictures all over every magazine and newspaper and webpage possible.
So, homosexuals should keep what should be private, private... just like heterosexuals.
Wait... what?
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Date: 2012-07-25 07:32 pm (UTC)Out of curiosity, is this regarding Anderson Cooper?
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Date: 2012-07-25 09:00 pm (UTC)Sally Ride in her obituary recognized that her lifelong friend was indeed her lesbian partner. Cue morons going "OH NOES Y U DO DAT!"
But yes, Anderson Cooper too.