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Originally posted by ChaosDST
I do not think the issue of the homothug has anything to do with whether or not the African American community is accepting of homosexuality. If someone chooses to hide their sexuality, that's their business. Do not play the heterosexual during the day...and go out to gay male bars at night. That is as, or even more, deceptive as a man who messes around with other women. NO ONE should lead a double-life...and homosexuals are no different. Whether they are forced into secrecy or not, that is something they will have to deal with. You can not force others to accept, or have to deal with, your lifestyle.
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I concur...
This might ruffle some feathers, but I am one of those people who believe that homosexuality is about SEX and nothing more. It is a choice.
The line betwen heterosexuality and homosexuality is not crossed UNTIL the act is realized, or becomes physical. I have found females to be physically attractive, but I have never been ATTRACTED to them. I LOVE all of my friends dearly. And I can admit that some of the females are quite attractive. However, this is not homosexual behavior UNLESS anything that deals with a physical consumation of said relationships occur, then it crosses the line.
As far as the homothug goes, this is not new. I think that it boils down to homosexuals needing to play into society's "gender roles." Masculine, feminine.
It is all about labels. "Homosexuality" itself is a label. I am not too big a fan of those, because I think that labels are nothing more than tools of classification anyway.
Homosexuality has been around since the beginning of time, and it was not nearly as shunned in previous eras as it is today (in America, anyway). In fact, in Ancient Rome and the Elizabethan Era in England, it was pretty passe. So I agree to an extent with BrandNubian when she said that part of it is America's (or the black community's) oppression. That is justification for some, I am sure. But I am more inclined to say that it is simply due to societal definitions of gender roles.
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