Gaydar or it pays to advertise

[Alex]

Cos they weren't constantly in our faces and feted on tv like they are today.. Whatever is said, in my mind it isn't normal and never will be.

It isn't normal and never will be 

[-Oy-]

Some people are Gay - and it's always been normal. Just not accepted in our culture. Look at the ancient Romans and Greeks. Also a big part of Japanese Samurai culture. I firmly believe that it's everyone's right to be who they are and love who they love.

[GrannyMac]

I agree Oy. I'm glad they are no longer openly persecuted in our society. I do wonder how people who say its abnormal and perverted would cope if their child or grandchild came out?

I have a couple of gay acquaintances, one is a woman in her 60s who was married in her young days. She's so much happier now. The other is a man, who is quite camp. He's no more likely to proposition a straight man than he is a woman. He and his partner live happily just like lots of middle aged couples.  And they take great care of his mum.

[Alex]

"  glad they are no longer openly persecuted in our society "   I too am happy they're no longer persecuted, but that still doesn't make it the norm.  You're not alone in having gay acquaintances  so do I, but I just don't think about what they get up to in the bedroom 

[klondike]

One thing we do know is that whatever leads to it isn't hereditary. The odd thing is that it persists. I recall reading that it's common in animals too.

[GrannyMac]

"  glad they are no longer openly persecuted in our society "   I too am happy they're no longer persecuted, but that still doesn't make it the norm.  You're not alone in having gay acquaintances  so do I, but I just don't think about what they get up to in the bedroom  

Me neither. Of course they are in the minority, just differently wired somehow.

[crabbyob]

i remember the horror when our Alan who had migrated to Los angeles came home for his first holiday with several pals who had done the same we were sat in the boozer when he mentioned Rock Hudson was gay, it floored me, then he said Cary Cooper was his boyfriend..no it wasnt Cooper but another old grizzled coyboy, i can picture him but cant remember his name, i was struck dumb...