Gay Culture 101

[yasuern]

Okay I have been following this thread and still no answer IS TOM CRUISE GAY - Need help here please.


Gay culture, African American culture, Native American culture and the list goes on and on - I am in favor of American or World culture - lots of different taste, lifestyles, religions, and this list could go on and on - Bottom line - we all have our traditions(although the bobsled image is burned into my memory forever), our likeness's(sp) and differences but deep down we are more alike than different.

I want to President - because I don't care what anyones sexually preference is or religion or race etc -People gay Bi straight everycolor of the rainbow and every religion should all have the same rights! Isn't this just simple? Why is it such a debate??? Guess I'm glad I don't understand why some people oppose others religion, sex. pref. etc so much -- Okay went way off topic and since I did I'll add a story hope it won't offend anyone

Last year......

A gay friend of mine recently dumped by his partner - was asked to move into his hairdressers home(alittle background hairdresser is gay and lives w/ his partener but BOTH have "flirted" with my friend intensely) no rent gave him a car to use his own MB suite in their home. They invited him to WDW Gay Days all expenses paid - Well my friend not knowing much about WDW asked(cause he's a fast ride freak) "Are there any good rides in WDW?" to which I answered "You are the ride at WDW"


Well lets just say everyone had a nice time at WDW



Sue(Who has had to much coffee and will be banned from the Disboards someday)

 

[ConcKahuna]

Okay I have been following this thread and still no answer IS TOM CRUISE GAY - Need help here please.

I hope not. That man has too much crazy for our side to want him.

 

[rpmdfw]

i can't tolerate extreme gay culture.. there are lots of ways of engaging into them but sometimes super gay people are irritating especially when their extreme behavior is shown in exaggeration..

super gay people?


You mean like gay superheroes?

 

[OrlandoMike]

Contemporary is definately relative, I suppose. I am 22, and have only been out for about 2 years. Most of the stuff on the first page in this thread is meaningless to me.

My first taste of gay 'culture' was from Queer as Folk.

OMG you totally missed a great guy....Paul Lynde! He was on Bewitched and later was the center square for Hollywood Squares! I remember this night watching the news....It was a pretty big deal in poor little Toledo Ohio, to have such a "outrageous guy" on local tv!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ7x6way2-M&feature=related

 

[rpmdfw]

OMG you totally missed a great guy....Paul Lynde! He was on Bewitched and later was the center square for Hollywood Squares! I remember this night watching the news....It was a pretty big deal in poor little Toledo Ohio, to have such a "outrageous guy" on local tv!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ7x6way2-M&feature=related

LOVED Paul Lynde! He was awesome! And SOOO funny!

 

[ConcKahuna]

super gay people?


You mean like gay superheroes?

Or, the real-life gay superhero, PARTHENON!

 

[TuckandStuiesMom]

I hope not. That man has too much crazy for our side to want him.

 

[TuckandStuiesMom]

And She is so "killer" live.
Go see her if you ever get the chance.
She's so unusual.

I think the whole family is probably pretty interesting/awesome -- she has a sister who is/was big-time into the Socialist Workers Party and who is openly gay.

 

[wallyb]

I think the whole family is probably pretty interesting/awesome -- she has a sister who is/was big-time into the Socialist Workers Party and who is openly gay.

pssssst - She's so unusual. - the name of her first album-

 

[TuckandStuiesMom]

pssssst - She's so unusual. - the name of her first album-

OoooooOoooooHhhhhhhh. Well DUH.

I was just grooving on her family cuz I've got a pretty interesting bunch in mine too -- many of whom are camping out here right now.

 

[wallyb]

OoooooOoooooHhhhhhhh. Well DUH.

I was just grooving on her family cuz I've got a pretty interesting bunch in mine too -- many of whom are camping out here right now.

Rat poison in the meat-loaf -
And just like that

the family problem is solved

 

[DVC~OKW~96]

Well, I don't know about all ya'lls but I'm of the opinion that all the gay people here are "super gay people!"

Paul Lynde. Oh gosh! Absolutely! LOL!

In so much as "feeling other" that can apply to anyone in almost any setting in which they are supposed to fit or interact and don't. Adoptive parents, stay at home Dads, etc.

However, I would argue (and yep, that means there will be differing points of view ) that being gay is a comprehensive "other" that is not by choice (as is adoption, staying at home to raise children, etc.) rather by existence.

It's not to claim a "greater" sense of disenfranchisement rather to acknowledge that I have a personal dislike for the tendency to to diminish the realities of being gay within a het society. When the topic is brought up, far too many times some non-gay folk will rush to point out how "they feel the same way for different reasons." Ummmm...nope. Those perceptions may provide empathy, but are not the same any more than my being of European descent and a lesbian gives me "the same" sense of being as a woman of color who is hetersexual. We may have empathy for one another's recognition of being "other" but we do not have the same "feelings" or responses to the "condition" of being other.

Being young (Under 30! ) and gay today is a great place to be for many reason, but not all by any means. There is modern history to look back on and learn from; to provide a sense of community; to provide a frame of reference that allows today's young person to feel connected, to have a "past" with which to associate.

Gay culture which encompasses gay semiotics is very real, very distinct and very much gay, and not heterosexual.

 

[ConcKahuna]

Gay culture which encompasses gay semiotics is very real, very distinct and very much gay, and not heterosexual.

I'm not exactly old, but I was discussing gay culture with a friend online who's 20, and when I mentioned Stonewall he had no clue what it was. It was kind of sad

 

[wallyb]

I'm not exactly old, but I was discussing gay culture with a friend online who's 20, and when I mentioned Stonewall he had no clue what it was. It was kind of sad

Even with Milk - last year?
They had a bit about Stonewall in the first part ... right.

 

[ConcKahuna]

Even with Milk - last year?
They had a bit about Stonewall in the first part ... right.

I still havent seen it. I'm poor, so I have to wait for it to find its way to the used bin at Blockbuster

 

[wallyb]

I still havent seen it. I'm poor, so I have to wait for it to find its way to the used bin at Blockbuster

Didn't you just see like 4 movies in one night at the theater?

 

[ConcKahuna]

Didn't you just see like 4 movies in one night at the theater?

On a free ticket I won at work

 

[wallyb]

On a free ticket I won at work

COOL!
Good for you.

 

[dis75ney]

Don't you dare give up "the keys to the kingdom" just for the asking!
If we let out all the secrets - Next thing you know -
Rush Limbaugh is prancing around in a rainbow tank top and hot pants.

That thought will give me nightmares for...oh, the rest of my life!!!

 

[SanFranciscan]

I have thought about an issue brought up on this thread. At first glance it might appear that adoption and gay rights would have no connection. I think that gays have much in common with the mothers called "biological mothers," as if they were just pieces of lab equipment and not actually related to their children and who should just deliver their commodities and then just get lost.

Like the mothers whose grief everybody wants to forget about or deny, gays have been voiceless for too long. Gays are heavily represented in certain professions and are welcome while cutting our hair, nursing us at our hospital bedsides, etc. by those who wish to deny gays marriage rights etc. Gays are expected to serve their purpose so to speak and then pipe down and go away the rest of the time.