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- buddamus, on 06/05/2009, -6/+68Gay, Straight, White, Black, I treat everyone with the same amount of disrespect.
- mollysue111, on 06/04/2009, -1/+50I have a gay friend with mediocre fashion sense. I'm a rebel.
- OrangeTide, on 06/05/2009, -2/+45plus you can make out with him if things don't work out that night.
- inactive, on 06/05/2009, -1/+42so...
1. tell everyone i'm gay
2. then super fine ladies will just adore me
3. arrange a wine-addled night, with gay me and one or three of the super fine ladies
4. one thing will lead to another
5. then, after we do it, and she says "i can't believe i did my gayfriend" -- then, and only then, i'll have an "epiphany": "you know what super fine lady? i don't think i'm gay. we can do this all the time."
6. we date, maybe get married, maybe divorced.
7. repeat as needed.
the gay bait and switch. - hollywoodphony, on 06/04/2009, -1/+38"Do you like to get ***** in your ass or in your pussy?"
Also, someone send Millionaire Matchmaker back to the Horrible Nagging Woman Stereotype Country she came from. - lpalm10, on 06/04/2009, -0/+36so funny, so true, so gay.
- inactive, on 06/05/2009, -1/+27Gay guys make the best wingmen. It shows the girl your not a phobe, are secure in your sexuality, they're typically witty, good at helping putting her at ease, and you don't have to compete with them.
Forget women having gay best friends, every straight dude should have a gay wingman. - Sophles, on 06/04/2009, -1/+26pretty gay. the ass/pussy line was great.
- glinsvad, on 06/05/2009, -3/+24A ***** who doesn't like women. Makes sense.
- AmyVernon, on 06/04/2009, -1/+21I knew magic was involved in some of those cases. No gay man can be THAT naturally talented.
- DangQuesadilla, on 06/05/2009, -2/+22Oh man, I'm gay and I HATE HATE HATE when women ask for fashion or makeup advice. All the people I hang out with non-romantically are actually straight guys. I don't like lots of close bonding with women.
- kierucom, on 06/05/2009, -2/+21What a troublesome situation. On the one hand; I think every GLBT person or supporter WANTS to have better representation on TV and Film... but it seems the only way we are represented is by the stereotypes- effeminate fashion-centric gay men who a gaggle of straight girls in tow, or butch and abrasive lesbians who hate men.
Could you imagine if every African-American were portrayed as a thick-lipped uneducated person in some sort of household servant employment, or a street thug? People would be crying out against the racial stereotyping. Yet it seems okay to stereotype based on sexuality? - STBAT25, on 06/04/2009, -1/+19Where are the lipstick lesbian best friends?
- BenTheTank, on 06/05/2009, -3/+21I *very seriously* envy gay men in that they don't have to deal with women romantically.
Is being in a male-male relationship as awesome as I'm imagining it? Two dudes hanging out, lots of stuff in common, truly understanding each other, total equality, sharing of clothes, etc?
Because that sounds awesome.
-A married straight dude. - danwgre, on 06/05/2009, -0/+17Sometimes it's like that... but really its just a relationship with two selfish pigs instead of one.
-- recently single ***** dude - eom64, on 06/05/2009, -0/+15Two people truly understanding each other is not something just difficult because of gender differences. Its just a tough thing for all people.
And all relationships are different.... but mine involves lots of tv, beer, and video games. Along with all that love and mutual respect stuff.
-A married gay dude. - inactive, on 06/05/2009, -0/+14Well, that too.
Seriously, if the gay community advanced the idea that having a gay pal could help you get laid, they'd be able to get married in all 50 states by Christmas. - JoeMondo, on 06/05/2009, -0/+14Ben, here's what in my 19 years of marriage is cool:
No predetermined roles - you fix the car, cook dinner, drive, clean, do whatever based on inclination, not because you're the one who's supposed to.
Sharing clothes - well, sometimes.
Guy stuff - we both get the same guy references (Star Trek, video game, etc), don't fret about anniversaries*, like a nice big HDTV and so on. A lot less "processing" than we see het couples do.
(*Our anniversary practice is to go to a store we both like and we each just buy what we want for ourselves.) - SpinningHead, on 06/05/2009, -2/+15I realize its somewhat stereotypical, but I love my gay friends for being guys who don't make me talk about sports.
- MrIcee, on 06/05/2009, -0/+12Well BenTheTank... I'll give you my perspective.
I was (actually still am) married (to a woman) for over 25 years. About 12 years ago we separated (though we still are good friends). I have lived with a man for the last 9 years and consider myself at this point to be gay (though I'm probably bi, I don't ever intend going back to a woman).
First, I'm lucky in that I fell in love with a wonderful man who is very loyal. The gay dating scene is NOT easy and tends to be very shallow. I think you will find just as many problems in 'gay relationships' as there are in 'straight relationships'. Maybe even more.
HOWEVER... there are some wonderful advantages. YES... you tend to know what the other person wants and needs. YES... you can tell when they cum! YES... they don't (normally) have major monthly mood swings. YES... you can do guy things together and you probably either both LOVE or both HATE shopping.
NO... we don't share clothes (wouldn't work anyways). However, we share plenty of other things (wink wink wink).
In short... I personally find it wonderful.
Your mileage might vary... - Lain1k, on 06/05/2009, -0/+11It's sorta true. Whenever a girl finds out I'm gay they get all giddy and say "OMG! We have to go shopping, clubbing in West Hollywood, and then watch Sex in the City. I'm such a Miranda." Only to their dismay to find out that I can't because I'm playing D&D, watching anime, or fixing a computer. I don't understand women usually. The sad combination of being a gay geek (a minority within a minority).
- forcedfx, on 06/05/2009, -2/+12Your friend needs to come out of the closet already.
- lemur, on 06/05/2009, -0/+8Not only do you not have to compete with them, but it makers HER feel like she needs to compete with them, so while you're relaxed and secure, she's desperate to get into your pants before he does.
- cosmo22, on 06/05/2009, -2/+10i want a gay best friend. OH WAIT.
- piieerrrree, on 06/05/2009, -0/+8This is the best anniversary ever!
- JoeMondo, on 06/05/2009, -1/+9The anti-gay people think more about our sex lives than we do.
They're obsessed, and it reveals itself. - scarth, on 06/05/2009, -0/+7we're still in the early days of gay representation, people will come around, at least the characters are shown as friends and protagonists more than deviant foils for a righteous character to encounter when walking into the wrong sort of bar on a 'the more you know' episode.
- Nickolassc, on 06/05/2009, -1/+8Gays are Wizards!
- Hypomanic, on 06/05/2009, -1/+8It's funny how it's simultaneously satirical and reinforcing. The double talk is like that of an unwilling prisoner.
- Mejari, on 06/05/2009, -1/+8hehehe either he's gay or he wants to ***** you hehehe
- inactive, on 06/05/2009, -2/+9Anybody else notice how that people who oppose the proliferation of gays on TV use some VERY interesting choice of words to express their disdain?
"The media's force feeding us gays.....They're shoving it in our faces...I'm tired of them ramming homosexuals down our throats....." - inactive, on 06/05/2009, -0/+7Plus dudes like to do it more than women so there's never the "not tonight dear I have a headache/am menstruating/feel like a huge bitch today/am not in the mood because the sky is blue" moments. And the added benefit of there being no pressure to marry since it's illegal most places really makes being gay a sweet deal.
- daschupa, on 06/05/2009, -1/+7Please, being gay doesn't make you a frickin woman with a gifted insight to their inner workings, that's a stupid stereotype. Gay men are just as clueless about women, only women prefer their company because they're not trying to screw them all the time.
- scarth, on 06/05/2009, -0/+6agreed, she is her own stereotype of shallow gold digging bitch. why do people trust someone like that to introduce them to people?
- scarth, on 06/05/2009, -4/+9omg i know, and black people and jews, do you know how small the percentage of blacks and jews are compared to normal people? i can't believe they want to cram that down our throats all the time. like, enough is enough!
- BooBooBaron, on 06/05/2009, -0/+5Gay stereotypes need to stop along with the Black and Latino tokens. end this *****
- spritom, on 06/04/2009, -1/+6That's hilarious!
- Angostura, on 06/05/2009, -4/+9Yeh. Also they keep showing people on TV who wear *glasses* What is it with that? They'll be showing ginger people next.
- kierucom, on 06/05/2009, -0/+5You sure do hate a lot of things, not to mention you're quite the misogynist.
- priegog, on 06/05/2009, -4/+9Women are annoying, no matter what you sexual preference is. And if they don't even provide the benefit of sex, I can only imagine them being MORE ANNOYING to gay guys.
/Only slightly kidding - SpinningHead, on 06/05/2009, -2/+7Yes, television is a perversion. Maybe you should read a book or go to a gay nightclub and meet some nice people.
- HasturGA, on 06/05/2009, -2/+7Oh yeah, I hate it when I'm forced to watch certain TV shows. You know, you get home from a long day at work and then out of the 638 channels on TV, you just have no choice but to watch the show with the overly stereotypical gay man that somehow never actually has sex with anyone at all and his straight "girlfriend".
And the perversion... sheesh. Can't we all just get back to a simpler time when you could beat a woman to death if she mouthed off to ya? You know, those good times they talk about in the Bible where if a woman was raped, you'd stone her because "she was askin' for it". Of course that would mean you couldn't get head any more (that's a no-no) but then you'd get all the sex you want when you want it because you could beat your wife or even get a new one if your wife said "no". Gotta take the bad with the good I guess. - ZenMojo, on 06/05/2009, -0/+4...It's not the same thing. If you saw early portrayals of homosexual males it was as tragic, aggressive sexual deviants and child molesters bundled together with a huge chunk of effeminate hand-flailing weakness. And that was as recently as the 80's.
Gay men are facing the exact same problem with television representation as black males.
The black male on television is often limited to three "positive" portrayas 1) The clean, perfect gentleman that the white main character has a fling with and then breaks up with because Blair Underwood has to go and play the same role on a different station next week. 2) The magical negro who solves all the white peoples' problems, has no actual self-motivation of his own, and then vanishes into the mist. 3) The sexless best friend of the white jock.
To say that gay males are stuck being 1) fashion designers who take constant abuse or 2) handy sexually fluid penises that will wait patiently for an up-and-at-em modern girl to open that door and take a handful is because gays in Hollywood are just getting on television is pretty inaccurate.
The fact is, both groups of people are just passing out of the long dark night of myopic pigeonholed negative portrayals into the long, gray twilight of myopic pigeonholed backhanded portrayals. - Nickolassc, on 06/05/2009, -1/+5That doesn't work, once you tell them you aren't gay, they are all like "Oh, what I have I done! I've turned my GBF into a breeder!"
- idoj, on 06/05/2009, -2/+6You're being forced to watch TV?
- Zindrix, on 06/05/2009, -0/+4You would be surprised by how many gay men are just as emotional and crazy as straight women. You have it partly right though, there is much more in common in man/man relationships and at least at the end of the night there is no "trying" to get into your dates pants because you both want the same thing.
- FyberOptic, on 06/05/2009, -0/+4Adding in token gay characters is about as bad (or worse) as adding token black ones. It's like whoever writes a lot of those shows has no idea of how they mix together in normal society.
- thefox84, on 06/05/2009, -0/+4truth
- ZenMojo, on 06/05/2009, -0/+4It's called sarcasm. It's why he says "Thank you Hollywood" and shakes his head at the same exact time. It's only reinforcing if you presuppose that all gay people like being portrayed this way.
- HasturGA, on 06/05/2009, -1/+5Some of it works the way you're describing although since I'm #135 and my partner is #350, we don't share many clothes. But then there's no "that time of the month" to deal with and we're not that wrapped up in gender roles (which by the way is why I think a lot of straight women like hanging out with gay men).
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