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What is most angering with the "gay is a choice" rhetoric is that it sets the stage for discrimination and bullying.

Whether there is a new bullying epidemic or whether we just, now, hear about it and raise hell over it. the fact remains that kids and some adults are bullied because it is thought they choose to be gay.

To be "different".

Combine that with the age old hate generator of explicit sex talk or acts, often labeled "blatant" or "flaunting". "I don't care what they do I just wish they wouldn't talk about it". HomoSEXuality brings ancient heterosexual fears and insecurities to the surface. We remind them of what they most want to suppress.

So yes. It is angering and hurtful to hear this shit from the mouths of public figures. The pandering to hate, prejudice and fear.

But understanding all of this does not mitigate the damage of such talk.

Now that it is OK for gay people to call them out even in the crudest ways, there is a way to retaliate. We have won enough of our rights to feel secure in fighting back.

Labels: gay identity, gay politics, gay rights