MechaPilot
Explorer
Thanks for sharing. Very good stories. Probably the most fascinating is your skinhead story. That's pretty amazing especially on your part as well and I firmly believe it was the right thing to do. It may make a difference in his life at some point... or not. But at least it has a chance to.
For rather obvious reasons he and I haven't kept in touch, so I'll never know, but I hope it does.
The public displays of affection is a thing. There is a different reaction to hetero people and homo people doing it. Just curious. Are gay people bothered by hetero public displays of affection? I mean besides the full all out get a hotel room type stuff that other heterosexual people typically don't even tolerate?
Because there is a difference if homo people are not bothered by hetero displays of affection but hetero people are bothered by homo displays of affection then that double standard isn't really a double standard anymore. Oh sure if you try to frame it as hetero vs homo you may can make that point but it's not. It's about each groups comfort level with the other and that's where the differences lie.
Caveat & Full Disclosure:
I can't speak for all gays, naturally. Also, I am attracted mostly to women, but there have been a tiny handfull of guys I've seen in my life who I have considered attractive. So, take what I say with the knowledge that all people are different individuals (of course) and that my perspective might not be indicative of someone who is exclusively homosexual.
With that out of the way, I am not offended by heterosexual or homosexual displays of affection on the basis of the sexuality involved. I do find it distasteful when public displays of affection are taken too far, but that's not a sexuality thing.