Stereotypes about Gays Debunked
Stereotypes about Gays Debunked
- By Leonel F. Domingo
Stereotyping gays are destructive to both how society sees us, as well as to how we see ourselves.
When society makes fun of and degrades gay men for things that are patently untrue, young gays are left without proper role models, failed by a society that describes them with generalizations.
Stereotypes may be grounded in the truth or be complete and utter falsehoods, but they are dangerous regardless of where they come from.
Stereotypes are used in a way to dehumanize and make being gay something people can only be “comfortable with” or “cope with."
When is society going to accept we are human beings, not objects?
No one should never feel pressured to subscribe to the watered-down societal tropes history has attempted to serve us.
After all, every human being are different.
Whether you like men, women, both or neither, you deserve to be yourself.
The media claims we are all sissies, sex-crazed maniacs and haters of sports.
I'm tired of being labeled something I'm not.
So, friends, let’s get to debunking gay stereotypes:
1. All Gays only want S E X
This is the most stereotype I am really tired of. We don't only want Sex, we also want to be loved. When we are in a relationship people thinks that we as couples are doing something even if we aren't really. I'm not saying this to offend anyone, but most of Gays are more educated than straits nowadays.
2. Gays are Woman
People keep asking me, especially when I am having trouble with them, "Do you have a vag**a?". I can't hep myself laugh when I am hearing that to them. I don't know if it is not really obvious that I have the physical properties of a man. Gays are not woman, we are Gays.
3. All Gays have Aids
HIV can be transmitted during unprotected sex; through sharing injecting equipment; from mother-to-baby during pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding; and through contaminated blood transfusions. Try reading number 1 again and you'll understand.
4. We only have Female Friends
Don’t get me wrong; I love my gals, but I have plenty of male friends.
5. All Gays are Weak and Delicate
Perhaps we are weak Physically, but we are strong Emotionally. Do you think we can survive all these discrimination and stereotypes if we are not strong?
#RiseOurFlag #LGBTQ++ #PromoteGenderSensitivity
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