The religious oppressing the LGBT community?

Or, maybe some gays could stop being so overt about being gay.

Without wanting to offend, an example is that "camp" act that some gays put on. I'm sorry, but it is extremely irritating and makes me want to slap them more than anything else.

I'm all for gays having equal rights and stuff, but to be treated like normal people, please act like one.

How many times you do see a British Asian walk around wearing a sari/male equivalent and ask you in an Indian accent if you want some curry. Or a Chinese guy come up to you in the robes of a Buddhist monk and tell you in a Chinese accent that he'll "kung-fu your ass". This is what some gays are like sometimes. They are literally in your face and love to put their camp/gay act on show.

There's no need to be overt about something that should be a private issue anyway.

Sorry, rant over.

So they should stop being themselves because others don't like it? Maybe those who don't like it should just grow up and get over it.

Than analogy is pretty ridiculous. I really don't see any of those as being in the same category as acting camp or anything else.

It's an interesting point you make, actually. Personally I have no issue with people who are naturally camp - for want of a better phrasing - whether they're gay or straight. But I can definitely see why it would be annoying if people were putting the act on.

Thank you. It's just rather annoying, that's all. I actually know a few gay people from my old school who themselves thought the "camp" act was annoying and didn't do it themselves.

I would emphasise the point, however, that it's not always an act.

Maybe, but I still cannot fathom how someone could just act like this normally.

Without wanting to offend, an example is that "camp" act that some gays put on. I'm sorry, but it is extremely irritating and makes me want to slap them more than anything else.

I'm all for gays having equal rights and stuff, but to be treated like normal people, please act like one.

How many times you do see a British Asian walk around wearing a sari/male equivalent and ask you in an Indian accent if you want some curry. Or a Chinese guy come up to you in the robes of a Buddhist monk and tell you in a Chinese accent that he'll "kung-fu your ass". This is what some gays are like sometimes. They are literally in your face and love to put their camp/gay act on show.

There's no need to be overt about something that should be a private issue anyway.

Sorry, rant over.

Why? Why is it normal people who have to conform every single bloody time? I'm sick of it. Maybe some of them should change their behaviour.

Well it is, because they're being very overt about something which they have no control over. Race is something one has no control over, but people aren't overt about it - they don't go prancing around with a stupid accent, acting out this stupid "identity", "being ourselves" crap. They get on with life.

In the same light, sexuality is something one has no control over, so why flaunt it?

That's horrible, I had no idea children (especially at a christian school, love your neighbour and all) could be so cruel. What did you do?

My bad, it was taken off the list of mental illnesses in 2001. Still fairly recent, and I don't think 13 years is a long enough time to reduce a lot of the stigma, especially when homophobia is still common in the West.

Homosexuality has only recently become a 'thing' that Christians in Africa have cared about. Before, it was hardly acceptable, but many African nations are criminalising homosexuality in response to the growing acceptance of homosexuality in the West- not religion. You have to remember that many of these nations are highly sensitive to colonialism and suspicious of values held by Western nations. Same with China and Russia, which are both homophobic nations with a high proportion of irreligious folk.

Are you talking about the camp ones or homosexuals in general?

Race and sexuality aren't the same thing, obviously. There are people who are overt about it though. Aren't there parades around the world to celebrate culture and race? Some people are open and proud of their nationality, some are open and pride about their culture, being open and proud about your sexuality isn't that different to be honest.