Category: LGBT Discussion
It is so good to have a place to go and talk and find others who are similarly interested. Yay!
Why would folks want this board topic?
because they do? sutch topics were requested, so therefor, people will now make good use of them.
Ray
Because there's nowhere else they can really go where they feel like they have something imcommon with others like them. You know you can skip it just like any other board on here if you feel the need to.
Omg wow trevon, thats just so stupid of you to even write.
We want this topic so we can share our feelings and talk to others
Teens to me are to young to be thinking if their gay or not. Men being it that's straight nasty, but it's life.
Most of us begin strugling with and recognizing things like "gayness" as teens or even pre-teens. Before I knew the word for it, I knew that I was attracted to boys and men.
Indeed, Dave,
I was only eight years old when I noticed something new and different about myself. Granted, I was precocious at that age, but I definitely knew I wanted more from my best friend than a bike riding pal. Oldskoolrapper, it seems obvious to me, and forgive me if I'm jumping to conclusions about you, that you personally disapprove of those of us with a certain type of genetic predisposition. But since it doesn't actually effect you, why do you care if we have a place where we can converse? If you have questions, I personally would be more than happy to answer them so long as you keep it civil and are genuinly seeking to learn about a section of the population with whom you have not had many dealings. Ask away, good sir. But if your comments are meant to shame us, make us feel wrong or bad for posting here or any such nonsense, then I reject your posts as nothing but bigotry, and would ask you to ignore this place.
To the rest of the zoners, gay, Lesbian, bi, transgendered and straight allies, I'm glad to meet all of you and glad I finally feel comfortable posting. And I want to thank the admins for seeing and addressing this need. You have my profound gratetude.
Um, I thought bashing was not allowed on this board. As OldSchoolrapper's posts are saturated with disgust and intolerance, I think they qualify.
I agree with the suggestion that others have made: if you don't like this topic, then you have no business posting to it.
Bashing is indeed not tolerated, and the individual in question has been dealt with.
Thanks.
I remember the old days when this board was not in existance... and it being asked for time and time again. I am glad to find it here now. It certainly is a lot more peaceful than it was when the topic existed in the dating and relationships category. Thanks to those who made this board a reality and now maintain the peace by having a zero tolerance policy. :)
amen Amber :)!!
agree with chelsea
Um, that is nonsense. Children as young as three can be noticed. When I told my dad I had lesbian relationships last year. He said that when he was growing up, there was a friend who had a three year old brother. Everyone noticed that there was definitely something different about him, but nobody could pinpoint it. He did not like being masculinized and all that stupid crap. I don't think that people need to masculinize boys anyhow. They should be themselves. So long story short, when he got older, everyone found out what it was. The boy was gay.
It pisses me off when people say that someone can turn gay. Last year, I was babysitting my mother's friend's son. I disagree so much that they get mad at him when he cries and stuff and tell him to toughen up. For God freaking sakes, the child is only five. So, one day, I was with my mother's friend and my sister. The boy was playing with one of my baby dolls. His mother asked coldly, "Why do you have a doll." I could take it no more and said, "Well, boys have to learn to be father's too, and this is a good way to learn. He can role play like girls. Children at this age, up until the age of nine to be exact, copy adults in play. It would be nice to see him push dolls in a stroller, change their diapers, and pretend to feed them. This way, he'd learn his fatherly role early."
"Well, you don't want him to be confused and turn gay," said my sister.
Hmmmm. I was not confused at all. From a very young age, seven to be exact, I knew what I wanted. I was angered at that statement. Feeling that I had to correct the misconception right away, I said, "It is impossible to "turn" someone gay or "confuse" them. That is only a myth. This is a biological disposition. It is genetic. People are born that way. Despite masculinizing the boy, if he is gay, there will be nothing you can do. He might put up a front to keep his mom for spanking him for crying too much or not displaying behavior appropriate to a macho boy. After all, he is a baby and does not know how to defend himself. So, out of fear, he will supress his feelings and be the boy his mom is trying to make him. This is not at all emotionally healthy. Many psychological professionals disagree with not allowing boys to express themselves. It is no wonder we have a high number of heartless men around because they were tought from a young age not to feel. And you wonder why boys grow up to be men who are clueless about sharing in the care of a baby because they are discouraged from acting out such things as boys." Amazingly, both the hotheads, my mother's friend and my sister, had no response.
They don't have to worry. I see no indications that the boy is different. He is an ordinary boy to me. So, they won't have to worry about crapping their pants when they find he is different. So, they can let up on him a little, for God sakes.
Geek woman, good for you for reinforcing normal child behavior... as well as setting those people right about someone "turning gay".