So yes, I said my piece on the unspoken implications of the "they choose to be gay" argument. But let's step back a bit. Why would someone even choose to be gay in the first place?
No, seriously. Let's imagine an hypothetical soon to be gay person. He's grown up in this society, he knows the stigma attached to homosexuality. He's heard "gay" used as a vague, almost meaningless insult. He knows that even to not dress in an adequately masculine manner is grounds for abuse from his peers. He is used to living under the microscope, with his every action judged by a conformist peer group. Any example of not fitting in is met with some manner of abuse.
So then this hypothetical individual chooses to be gay. For the love of god, why? Why choose to paint a giant metaphorical bullseye over your head? Why say "ya'know what, I'm attracted to girls, they're all well and good, but nah, I'm going to date other dudes just to make my life a living hell"?
It's hard enough finding a single individual you want to spend the rest of your life with as a straight person. Why on Earth would you choose to pick from a much smaller pool of potential mates?
I'm not saying that people always make the most logical choices in their lives. But this idea that homosexuals choose to be that way, that they choose to join a marginalized minority where they'll face constant discrimination, is just dumb. I mean, really, they choose to become so persecuted that some end up committing suicide just to make the pain stop? The implication really is that gay people are thinking "well, I could decide to date Suzy instead of Adam and make all this stop, but nah, I'll just kill myself instead".
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