Some gay thoughts early in the morning

I’m friends with some people for a long time and everything’s all right, we have fun and stuff, but then they tense up when the gay topic comes up. Eyes bulge out and eyebrows rise as they make it known that the topic is taboo. What is it with homosexuals that make people go like that? I have no idea actually and think that it’s perfectly fine. Heck, I’m a fan of yaoi/shonen-ai themes in anime and manga, how could I not be fine with it?

Right now, I’m going to concentrate mainly on male homosexuality. It’s more of an issue for me since I’m friends with heterosexists who fear for my sexuality. And also, the male population doesn’t really condemn lesbianism, as long as it’s the kind where both girls are hot and are willing to let a guy join in the fun.

So what is it about two men kissing and playing with each other’s swords that some people find really, really wrong? I’m not going to delve into judeo-christian scripture since it could be interpreted in a bajillion ways and most of us don’t follow everything in the scriptures to the letter (Would you own a slave? Would you circumcize a baby 8 days after it’s born?). I’m just going to stick with what I know and what I see, which wouldn’t be much since I’m still but a wee lad still finding his way out in the world.

I asked a close friend of mine about why he’s not too cool on the homosexual thing and he couldn’t really say anything but the cliche "People are afraid of what they don’t know."

I asked him, "What, you mean that they’re afraid they might like it?"

He replied with "Well, yeah, I guess."

So is that it? Men are afraid that they’d enjoy a homosexual experience?  Well, that could probably be the case since for males, sex is sex is sex in whatever form. The penis lives its life independent from the main body. Any male would agree that it would seem that junior has a life of his own. If it positively responds to a homosexual situation, even if the superego raises bloody hell, then what would it mean for mister man-male? Would it mean that he’s gay as well? And what if he is? He enjoys homosexual experiences. He’s gay. So what? What’s so wrong about being gay? If he’s gay he’d be rejected by society that views homosexuals as evil. And being rejected by society is sad. But social rejection doesn’t answer why some people think homosexuality is wrong.

One of the thoughts I have is that of the battle of the sexes. When I was a kid, everything was about the segregation of boys and girls. Blue is for boys, pink is for girls. Boys play with action figures, girls play with dolls. When it came to games played on the streets, the teams would be girls against boys. Everything was about the rivalry of the sexes. Now what if we have a girly boy? The boys would cry bloody murder and call him a traitor or something. They’d then subject him to harsh abuse only kids can do. I guess this makes sense in the sometimes black-and-white and sometimes chaotic unwritten laws for kids. Boys hate girls, and girls hate boys. It’s simple. But when the two sides hit puberty and adolesence, lower their arms, and start interacting with each other; when you don’t hate the other side but start to love them, why should the in-betweener be reviled?

I may have to ask Reighben about this since his ethics paper is on homosexuality. He might know what the big deal is. 

Another thing I’m wondering about is the distinction between a homosexual and an effeminate man. Today, homosexuals are people who have sex and romantic relations with members of their own sex. One can be a homosexual without being effeminate. One can also be effeminate without being a homosexual. The two aren’t mutually inclusive. You can have one without the other. Why should we then persist in the idea that all homosexuals want to chop off their dicks, have boobs, and be women?

Whatever.

It’s 3 in the morning and I still need to get up early. I’d appreciate some answers though