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Why you have interest in gays you have gay friends or you study gays?

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I don't have an interest as such. It just seems like common sense to me, since every culture has gay people.

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I see you talk about this in a next place and you also make this one to talk so yes you are want to know about this subject. It scares you? You have girlfriend?

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Yes I strongly believe that Trinidad is indeed a homophobic society. This can be blamed mainly on lack of education where sexually transmitted diseases are concerned. The majority of Trinis that I have spoken to, believe that AIDS is a homosexual disease. There is a lot of misconception where sexually transmitted diseases are concerned. Some people believe that homosexuals are responsible for all of the sexually transmitted diseases. I suspect if people were more educated on alternative lifestyles and sexually transmitted diseases, then they may become more understanding where homosexuals are concerned.

And you are correct when you mentioned that religious values also play an important role in shaping people's opinion about homosexuals. Or perhaps we may go as far back as in the biblical history where homosexuals are concerned. Remember God frowned upon homosexuals; they were considered as those who were lost or strayed off the path of righteousness.

I believe that before Trinidadians will become more receptive towards homosexuals, they must become more educated about alternative lifestyles and sexually transmitted diseases. Even though I have read literature (as a child growing up) whereby emphasis is placed on the fact that, sexually transmitted diseases should not be considered as "a homosexual disease!" But for some reason, this crucial piece of information seems to escape many individuals. But I think that Trinidadians are too hypocritical. They are quick to judge and condemn others but they never practice what they preach! It is almost amusing that when Sir Elton John was invited to perform in Tobago's famous annual Jazz festival, many people were outraged by the fact that Sir Elton John was a homosexual, or rather, a bisexual. I remember reading a few articles in the newspapers where people were concerned about sending a negative message to impressionable minds. One person even sarcastically wrote a letter to the Editor, indicating that he went to the Jazz festival and saw Sir Elton John perform live on stage. He even explained that he watched the entire performance, went to bed and woke up still a heterosexual. That was very funny! But as I mentioned previously, Trinis are too hasty to condemn others. Imagine we are condemning a man for his alternative lifestyle and yet, Trinidad is rated as the number one Third World country, with the largest number of AIDS cases. IF you ask me, "people who live in glass houses, should never throw stones at others!"

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Ok I will not argue about the term homophobic or homophobia, that is another discussion. If you are referring to that Trinis 'fear' gay people, then I will have to say no we are not but even fear is such a strong word that has varying degrees. If you say we have a strong discrimination against said gay people, then I would say yes we are. Trinis have a strong belief that a gay man is a weak man, less than a man who should not be called a man but shouldn't be called the beautiful word woman either. We think that gay people are the ones in between, pretty soon I'm sure I will hear, "ladies and gentlemen... and those in between". We discriminate too because if you ask men about gay men, they quick to be repulsive and say that is nasty and stuff. If you ask the same men about lesbians (strange we don't say gay women here) they will say yeah no problem once I could watch or better yet join them. What you call hypocritical. So to answer; homophobic for gay men, yes we are. Homophobic for gay women, no we are not.

P.S. Women too seem to quicker accept gay women than men. They say that women are more in touch with their feelings... uh whatever that means.

Edited: lordryoko on 1st Oct, 2008 - 6:04am

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hermosa:

So being curious about how a society views something means I'm interested in it? That is a non sequitur.

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Lordryoko, I had the pleasure of reading your post and I must admit, you raised some very interesting points, especially concerning the "attitude" men have towards gay men. I suppose when a man is gay, he cannot be qualified as anything else except being considered "the fairer sex." Not a very flattering perspective where women are concerned. When we "fear the unknown" we have a tendency to speculate about what we don't know about. This is why people say all sorts of horrible stuff where homosexuals are concerned. I guess when people are too afraid to learn about something that makes them feel very uncomfortable, they begin to create silly stuff because in their minds, this is how they could understand something that they know nothing about.

I remember using a ladies bathroom in a restaurant and I saw a woman walking out in disgust. So I inquired what was the problem, since I thought the toilet was not working. Do you what she said?

"Yuh better leave while you can. They have some lesbos inside of there. If you use the toilet, you could get Aids you know!"

I am not sure where in the world people learn that AIDS is transmitted from a toilet seat. Why would she think that because a lesbian is using the toilet, this automatically means that other heterosexuals are at risk?

I disagree with the fact that women are more receptive to lesbians than homosexuals. Some of my friends have told me that they enjoy having a homosexual for a best friend than a female. For some odd reason, they claim that homosexuals are more understanding, sensitive and have better taste than heterosexuals. Now that is peculiar, if you ask me!

Do you know what puzzles me the most Lordryoko? Why do people ask this bizarre question where homosexuals and lesbians are concerned. "Which one is the man and which one is the woman?" I suppose it makes sense for those to know who is assuming the role of a woman and a man in the relationship. What do you think?

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The buller (bullah) man is alive and well but he hiding in plain sight.

I used to see those fellows crossdressing and talking like they have a roti in their mouth when they would lime by the savannah or in the back of Belmont some time ago.