‘Invisible And Overlooked’

Same sex behavior by definition can never be "equal" with male/female behavior and does not merit equal status. Children deserve a mother and father. We must stop lying to our children. Behavior is a choice and always will be. Read what those who lived the life say in their own words.
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When I look back on my life in the gay community, there was always a sense that ???You don???t question your same-sex desires.??? In fact -- it???s rule number one. As soon as you join the club, that???s the first rule. You can go ahead and examine any other thing???s cause, except for homosexuality. It is like a cult.

Of course, as puberty takes place, the body is full of sexual energy, and already, I???m craving the masculinity, because I obviously need to have it in myself. But at the same time, I don???t want it, because I???m afraid of it. All that makes perfect sense-- and yet the real clincher there, when I look back on it, is this fabricated gay identity [offered by society]. I can remember very clearly when I was 14, a friend of mine coming to me and explaining to me that I was gay. And that???s the problem, right there. If we continue to feed this identity to people, they???ll never solve their problems. It???s like a sugar coating. And it???s really insidious, when you realize that in my work as editor of a gay magazine for young people, I was doing this to teenagers! That???s what made me eventually stop. I had been slowly gaining an understanding about my gay identity, yet I just didn???t want to say anything about that yet, at my job. But then, I would read stories about gay-affirming books going into grade schools, and that???s when I realized that this had to stop.

(Michael Glatze, A former gay activist, decided at the age of 13 that he
was gay and eventually founded Young Gay America, a nonprofit
media outreach project. Through a series of incidents,
however, Glatze slowly began to realize that he was not gay at
all but was dealing with fears about his own masculinity. He
has since rejected his gay identity.)

To all those saying that being gay is a choice, when did you wake up one morning and decide that you would be straight?

Never? Didn't think so.

And as for all of you saying that it's a sin in the Bible, if you want to live in a Theocracy you can go to Iran. Last I checked this country was a nation of secular laws, not one driven by one particular religion. We're all equal here and deserve equal respect.

Why "gay & aging"? There are MANY single persons who are not "gay & aging" who just so happen to be aging quite "gay-fully". Whether you're with or without - aging alone has nothing to do with being gay, so I don't see how these two descriptives can go hand in hand. "As for "who cares what the Bible says" HA! Well, obviously you need to do more reading up above and "redirect" your message to the editor who started off Mr. Bobby McCoy's pitiful situation as "He sings in his church choir", which presumably indicates Mr. McCoy is a "church-goer". Whether or not he's a "bible-reader" or God fearling loving Christian, that's yet to be told. Regardless, the message clearly indicates he is a church goer, in fact even sings in his church choir. I can't imagine Mr. Bobby McCoy would be singing about He and Bobby McGee now...can you! On the flipside of things, Katherine Hepburn lived alone for quite some time up until her death and I never heard her wine about it. Sounds like Mr. Bobby McCoy needs to send a clearer message to the gay senior citizens group in Brooklyn, N. where he and regularly attends his social gatherings about his fears of being alone!

Homosexuality is classified under sin in the Bible. There's no way around that as far as I've been able to tell. While I don't agree that the Bible justifies homosexuality as morally acceptable, I do find that that is a greyer area than, say, religious bigotry. I find it far more despicable that the so called Christians on this are resorting to name calling and self-righteous, sanctimonious psycho-babble. I don't think you can find one thing about Jesus condemning homosexuals in the New Testament. You can find passages upon passages of him vehemently shooting down the religious leaders of his day, which share the same sentiments as some of you self-righteous prigs.

When did being gay become NEWS? Who cares? We live in America where you can be gay without being shot in the head. It's not news.... It's whinning about so called normal people excepting gay. I do, shut up.

God bless you for such informative and needed report. As evidenced by the prejudiced comments posted, reports like this are needed to raise awarness of people with differences, not only in race, ethnicity, but sexual
orientation as well.
Me and my partner, who is a senior citizen, have been married by our church and been together for 20 (twenty)
years now. We are an example of what marriage should be: an interdependency based on love, respect,
communication and just plain "getting along". Yet, so many non-gay couples end up in divorce (approx. 50%),
and are a far cry from the love, respect and good comunication there should be between spouses.

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ill

Christlike777 - too funny - you are being really Christ Like in your judgment of gays and homosexuality. Seems like you might need a short refresher on the person Christ was. Christ accepted all who chose to embrase him, including the whores, tax collectors and thievesand still does today, whether gay, african american or anything else. Do us all a favor and re-examine your faith and gain a better understanding of Christ before you claim to be Christlike.

I just want to clarify. Surgar is spelled S-U-G-A-R not S-U-G-A-H. Apparently some people are as ignorant to correct spelling as they are to everything else.

I just want to clarify. Surgar is spelled S-U-G-A-R not S-U-G-A-H. Apparently some people are as ignorant to correct spelling as they are to everything else.

To all those saying that being gay is a choice, when did you wake up one morning and decide that you would be straight?

Never? Didn't think so.

Who cares what the Bible says? Why is that even relevant? The Bible is a rulebook for Christians that they CHOOSE to follow. I am not a Christian so quit pretending like the Bible has anything to do with me. It is YOUR rulebook, YOUR choice, stop trying to cram it down other people's throats.

who cares if they happend to have the same problems as everyone else? Typical for this web site to bring attention to homo's as if they are special and different from anyone else.

who cares if they happend to have the same problems as everyone else? Typical for this web site to bring attention to homo's as if they are special and different from anyone else.

brownsugah...you spelled sugar wrong.

Please be more specific and post those verses...I would like to respond to them. Thanks!

I could have gone all day without seeing that picture on the front page of MSNBC website, don't need to see two gray haired lesbians trying to kiss...................give me a break will you...............