Gaga nixxes deal with Target over recent donations to anti-gay political groups

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Originally Posted by markolas

Ugh. Don't get me started on this. This idea that gay folk are supposed to be as vanilla as humanly possible so as to not upset the heteros annoys the living crap out of me. Then there's that whole "straight-acting" BS. You can drink all the beer and watch all the football you want - if you suck d&ck, you're not "straight-acting." And it doesn't make homophobes hate you any less.

I sooo don't drink beer or watch football . But that's not what I meant, anyway. I just meant that my life is pretty boring and average outside of the sex of the person I'm dating. I don't spend my life in nightclubs, I don't do drugs, I don't have promiscuous sex, I don't dress up in pink boas in parades... I just pay my bills and live life like everyone else. I certainly don't hide who I am (everyone who's ever known me knows I'm gay), and I don't change who I am around anyone.

I guess people like Gaga and Adam Lambert just bug the crap outta me because they seem to be the only examples of what gay icons are like. They just seem to be crazily heightened stereotypes. Meanwhile, I have gay friends who build cars, who are dentists, realtors, attorneys, teachers, bankers, etc. Gay people aren't just glitter and drama... they're as diverse as any other group. THAT'S all I was getting at.