Very irritated by gay uncle

I think you blew your cover

Presumably he knows you're also gay? Maybe that's why he tells you so much - he feels you'll understand and appreciate where he's coming from. Especially as he's a Christian and probably moves in mostly church circles - maybe they're not as accepting of him as he would like, and he feels he can't talk to them about it all.

My uncle, who is old and has children and is an evangelical Christian, has recently come out of the closet and said he's gay. That's absolutely fine, I'm happy for him if that's what he wants.

But I've found that all he seems to want to do is talk about gay stuff, and how he feels about his own coming out and his own experience. And he's changed in ways that I really don't like, his sense of appropriateness and decorum is altered for the worse, he says things that are really too much information.

I was at a pre-Christmas lunch thingy yesterday (or today, as it would be in London... I'm in Sydney atm). I didn't hear the end of it for hours and hours, and he never once asked how I'm doing or how my law studies are coming along etc or how I'm finding being back in Oz for the holidays

Perhaps it irritates me more because I'm gay and have been for years now, I just think it should be one small part of your personality. I know he's still new to all this, but freakin hell, I don't really want to hear about every aspect of his gayness. I dare say, he has the zealotry of the convert, and probably the same enthusiasm as when he became a born-again Christian.

Has anyone else had this experience with people who are newly come out of the closet?

Sounds like he is too preoccupied with himself. Next time he gives out too much information, just tell him that there is really no need for that.
He needs to chill out a bit. I doubt the society cares about what he does in the bedroom.
I have never experienced that, but I saw what you're talking about on TV.

Well maybe now you'll see why people get annoyed with Gay Pride - including gay people.

As for you Uncle, I would place doubts on his sexuality if he's that concerned about the need to appear gay in front of others.

I would just interrupt him whilst he is talking and start talking about puppies.

He will just start talking about gay puppies. Lol.

Well maybe now you'll see why people get annoyed with Gay Pride - including gay people.

As for you Uncle, I would place doubts on his sexuality if he's that concerned about the need to appear gay in front of others.

I haven't experienced that personally, but I have heard stories about it before. It's rather odd, isn't it

It's the same as anything else that people consider to be a new-found part of their identity (especially angsty, attention-seeking teenagers, they'll find anything to set them apart and never shut up about it - I'm sure I was one at times); it'll become less of a big deal in time. Unfortunately you're going to have to tolerate it to a degree until then. I might say something to him about it but I'd be very careful not to piss on his bonfire. He's probably got enough of an emotional rollercoaster going on right now. Having too much of a stern word would be like kicking an overexcited puppy.

Yeah. I bet his uncle is a latent heterosexual doing this for attention.