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I am bewildered as to why we find it necessary to classify ourselves as "out" or "closeted". These terms have always pissed me off to no end. I myself am neither. If anyone has ever SERIOUSLY asked me if I was gay, I would have told them I was, but nobody has every asked other than the rhetorical question people (mostly as kids) ask when you do something stupid. However, in those cases they are not asking your sexual orientation but rather making a derogatory remark not requiring an answer.
Nobody has every walked up to me and introduced themselves and then added "and by the way, I am straight", so I have not found the need to add "I am gay" when I introduce myself. Obviously the males that I have been with know, and as far as I'm concerned they are the only people who need to know.
Today I was helping my best (straight) friend of 24 years do something he desperately needed completed. After finishing, he put his arm around my shoulder like pals do, gave a quick squeeze and said "thanks". An acquaintance standing nearby turned and said with a smirk "what are you guys, gay?". I answered him in the same way I have always answered such ignorant remarks, neither in the affirmative or negative, by turning it back on him with "That sounds like wishful thinking. Why, are you planning to ask one of us on a date?". That shut him up, but my point is why the fuck do people do that? Is it just human nature to want to know anything that they feel is negative, like rubber-necking at an accident to see if you can spot a dead body? Why in the world is it anybody's business what your orientation is unless they want to hit on you?
Damn it, if I want someone to know I'll tell them, otherwise it should be no concern of theirs. By the way, I'm gay.
Needed to vent. I feel much better now.
I prefer guys that don't come in a box.
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