A Question on Homosexuality and Heterosexuality?

Question

Before I ask this question I have to assert that I am not homophobic, just curious about this particular aspect of the homosexual lifestyle.

Why do homosexual people find it necessary to announce their sexuality?

For example, I do not find the need to announce to the world I am hetrosexual or that a pub I go to is a hetrosexual pub (simple example, but I hope you get the idea).

Why does it seem, to me, that homosexuals feel the need to announce this.

Personally I do not care about someones orientation, just live your lives.

People, so far you answers are really good and honest. Thank you, I really mean it.

Answer 1

For the simple reason that there is someone in this world who finds it necessary to ask this question is why I find it necessary to announce my sexuality.

Answer 2

Trouble is, from a bent person's perspective there can be no winning sometimes.

I actually prefer bent fellas to come right on out and fess up to it. There is nothing wrong with being bent, but there IS something very seriously wrong with denying it.

If a bent fella is man enough to be honest about it you get the chance to point out that you're straight and strictly off limits, or simply stay away from him and make it plain you want nothing to do with him. Everybody knows where everybody else stands and everything can be cool. But the point is, the honest bent fella is decent enough to help you make an informed decision about the situation and that goes a long, looooong way toward forging good and healthy relations with him.

The same cannot be said of the slimey types who like to run with the fox when they're not hunting with the hounds. Their dishonesty can only ever be an effort to mask bad intent.

On the other hand, some of the homosexual community go too far, with their "Gay Pride" slogans daubed all over the place and their horribly queer ways.

Thankfully that sort seem to be the minority.

I think most homophobes actually appreciate honesty but object to the in-yer-face posturing of the flamboyant and idiot homosexual minority. Most homosexual people manage to get it right, or at least they do try. But it's good to cut them some slack too; it's no good expecting them to be fair with homophobes like me if homophobes like me aren't gonna be fair with them, right?

Thank gawd for honest homosexuals.

Answer 3

Firstly, if you don't care why are you posting a question about it? lol. Homosexual people don't find it necessary to announce their orientation at all.

The reason is because people automatically assume that you are straight, so if you are gay then you have to let them know you aren't - parents, friends, etc. I don't however go into a pub and shout out "I'm gay!".

As a homosexual I don't choose to live a separate life to a heterosexual person, just believe that people close to me deserve to know the truth.

Answer 4

Most people don't announce it first off. The ones that are 'flamers' it is just the way they are, they like to be very flamboyant,, they just happen to be more feminine. Second off, you don't need to assert your heterosexuality because everyone assumes you are straight, that bars are 'straight' and that everything in general is straight. Heterosexuals haven't been persecuted and demeaned for centuries...that is why they don't need to annouce their pride for their sexuality. Very few homosexuals reveal themselves unless asked...with the statistic being 1 in 10...people being gay, obviously they don't otherwise the world would know a lot more gay people, the fact is, only a small percent are very flamboyant.

Answer 5

The straight homophobes do more "announcing" than any gay person. Gay people do not run up to random people and announce they're going to " a gay pub". It's the straights who walk by these gay pubs and "announce" ...eeeww you effing poofs...blah blah blah.

Anyway, there are a few civil rights "pending" and if gay people do not "speak up" we'll never have those rights.

Most gay people could care less about what straights do in their so-called "lifestyle" while the majority of straights (51% in the U.S) apparently have issues with gays.

Answer 6

Putting things in perspective, you only know they're gay because they say they are. You don't know about the far greater numbers who are still closeted. The number who announce their orientation is probably no greater for gays than for the drunks in the bar bragging about how many dames they've bagged and less than the number of high school boys making the same boast in the locker room (no wait, most of them ARE gay and are just pretending not to be).

Answer 7

I don't 'announce' it, but if I never told anyone: would it be presumed I was straight?

Plus, let's be honest, if I never let anyone in on my sexuality what's the actual chance of a guy asking me out? Zeeero.

>>Your welcome. =]
The situation you described however, if a gay guy was to do that, it's pretty much like asking to be punched in the face (sad world we live in). Think of Matthew Shepard, for example. If you did 'announce it at the bar', people might be like "okay, alright"... and then be thinking "whatever, a little strange someone would say they're straight..."

Answer 8

Personally I think it is that some people enjoy being gay and like to shout it from the roof tops and think they deserve to be treated differently I am gay myself I don't go round shouting it from the roof tops but on the other hand I don't deny it if anybody says to me are you gay i answer them honestly and say yes I am personally I am not ashamed of my sexuality but on the other hand I don't expect special treatment the only thing I do ask is that I am treated like any other person and that is with respect as I would treat any other person regardless of their sexuality I go into both straight and gay pubs

Answer 9

The more of us that come out and stand proud, the more str8 society will see that we are not such a minority. I read somewhere that homosexuals only make up 2% of the population. No one will fight for the rights of 2%. When everyone gay is out of the closet, str8 society will finally see that there are great numbers of us all over the world hiding in silence and fear. Everyone that comes out makes it easier for the next.

Answer 10

Just Me forgets that some people aren't in a safe place to admit to bieng gay or they feel better to hide it as opposed to bieng open, his comments like about "queer ways " and other obnoxious remarks are also part of why people don't feel %100 safe to come out

As for the question, people admit to bieng gay because unless people are very perceptive then they assume that most others are straight