Gay

I don't understand why people identify with a sexual orientation.

Every facet of pop culture points to vehemently opposing stereotyping, and everyone knows that stereotypes are bad. It simply doesn't make sense. Being straight and being gay suggest staunch definitions. There's no wiggle room. Supposing you've only ever been attracted to one particular gender, these two terms are too suggestive. Gay has certain associations and connotations, as well as straight.

Sexuality is no clear and distinct institution. It's a combination of psychological and biological factors. This suggests that it's a health issue, which is an odd thing to define yourself by. It's like having a social identity for type O blood possessors, which is a very silly concept.

Sexuality is a very suggestive thing in itself. Intimacy generally involves two people at a time. Having a sexual orientation is like an open invitation into one's most private part of life. This idea quite simply disgusts me.

From the ultra-gay to the unflinchingly straight: sexuality presents itself as an attempt to wrangle the unwranglable. It's an effort to gain control over a huge factor in our lives. Social sexuality is something that doesn't have a place in one's life.

Gay

Youtube user VentingWhatYouWant pontificates about his views on homosexuality in America. He tackles the tough issues; He doesn't understand why homosexual people are beaten up for their sexual orientation; He doesn't understand why religions oppress homosexuality. He ends up issuing tough but necessary love for those who don't support the gay community. VentingWhatYouWant has obviously validated himself as a just individual through his rant.

It's no stretch to assume that any logical person will find this video utterly trite. The fact that this sort of conviction still exists worries me. I don't understand why this gentleman has involved himself in something that he has nothing to do with.

Gay

From http://www.gaylife.org/gay-pride/

Gay pride is a "fixture" of counterculture in 2010, which raises the question, "is gay pride counterculture anymore?" Aside from legal issues which won't be discussed here, "being gay" is fine now. People don't care anymore. It's not edgy or widely accepted as morally off balance. Clearly, "gay culture" can't be cleanly considered counterculture anymore. This raises the question "why does gay pride exist anymore?"

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Youtube user Wickydkewl talks about, in his words, a "double standard" for homosexuals. In my mind, the sentiment expressed in this video is an accurate parody of an attitude that I've personally heard. He uses sarcasm initially to illustrate his views that it's okay for self identifying heterosexual people to publicly engage in heterosexual activities, but self identifying homosexual people experience negative reactions towards their sexual orientation. I think that public displays of affection, or any similar actions, are all somewhat misguided and disgusting. I say that in complete seriousness. For the most part, romantic affection is between two people, and I think it should be a private thing. Wickydkewl obviously exposes a double standard that shouldn't exist, but he's advocating publicly expressing something that is outdated. Shouldn't your sexuality be ambiguous to all but your romantic partners?

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http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/exhibitions/sw25/case1.html

The concept of gay pride seems like it originated out of circumstances that echo other historical forms of oppression. In 1969, New York police raided gay bar, the Stonewall Inn. Opposition enfolded the police over a series of nights and protests.

Historically, this event was one that triggered the gay pride movement. Prior to this, public "gay culture" was hardly existent. These series of events laid the framework for gay pride parades, and more social acceptance of the "LGBT community."

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Youtube user Adam Leroux spotlights the equilibrium between his biological urges and his social persona. This is something that pertains to all sexually active humans.

I've never understood how an individual could define their personality by what they sexually arouses them. It seems disgustingly self indulgent and almost glutinous. Societal expectations point to keeping one's sexual conquests a private thing, and I feel like people of all sexual credos are mistaken in being vocal about a very personal, and from my perspective, arbitrary thing. At the end of this video he makes the statement "You can't act gay, you are gay." I feel that few Americans understand this distinction.