What If G.I. Joe Were Gay?

Ramin, shut the *** up, you *** ***-loving son of a bitch!

Not quite sure how further perpetuating stereotypes with the ???tights??? and ???dressing well??? comments is actually beneficial to anyone seeking recognition of homosexuals as regular people who are only different in their innate emotional (more importantly than sexual) attraction to others of the same sex. I find it's these kinds of untrue blanket expectations that make life harder for most gays (the list goes on about what else you???re falsely supposed to be if you're gay. This tends to drive many to seek sense of belonging to various gay sub-cultures/ghettos by morphing into stereotypes that often make fools, depressed and worse fakes of them than general society forces them to be. Others completely cannot relate or adapt to such gay ???norms???, finding themselves further alienated from publicly/privately identifying as the homosexuals they are).

Also not sure implying closet gays can turn into super heroes is either realistic or a healthy message to send gay children. Simply put: No powerful gay super hero would be a closet case after a certain age at least. Batman and Robin would be openly gay in their real lives, as it takes a level of courage and self-acceptance to be successful/strong human beings before becoming a super hero of any kind. Closet gays are not likely to develop that to say the least. A super hero would be out to the world as who he is, and not succumbing to pressures to play the role of a "stylish" tights-wearing basket case or muscle queen for example. Like other strong and self-adjusted gay men, he would just be himself.

It is more than high time to stop ignoring the realities of the vast majority of gay people who live under the visible tip of the gay iceberg. They are just no different from heterosexuals in any other way but one. Just like heterosexuals, they cannot be typecast and consist of varieties of mostly average looking guys with same aspirations and general work/friends/family lifestyles as everyone else. (only difference is even personally well-adjusted gays generally have harder time finding others to build long-term relationships with because most gays never heal or rise above socio-cultural pressures/traumas ??? making long-term emotional intimacy close to impossible).

Supporters of homosexuals developing normally into the people they are (and not what social and gay subcultures expects them to become), and of society recognizing gays as worthy of all basic and other guaranteed human rights granted to everyone else, would serve the cause a lot more by avoiding even ???positive??? stereotypes and focusing on reality: Most of us just want to be. To have the chance to grow up and live like heterosexuals get to do, with all the normal issues this entails, despite our sole incidental different trait.

What if GI Joe went into Victoria's Secret and tried on some bras and panties,and realized that he wanted to dress up like a woman. He could put on the prettiest skirt and earrings and dance all night long in his sexy fishnet stockings and 4 inch pumps. Most Cross dressers aren't gay, but have loving wife's that help them with their makeup. GI Joe could model different lingerie and lace corsets. He could paint his fingernails pink,and wear a curly wig, and some low cut blouse.
He could wear red lipstick and pretty panties.

"Who is going to watch Downey Jr. and Law make out? ...I don't think it would be appealing to women. Straight men don't want to see it." Exactly what planet is this dude from? There isn't a single woman I know, of any age, who wouldn't gladly watch Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law make out, and I know I'd damn well plunk down my $10 to see it. Has this dude ever logged onto the Internet? The phenomenon of slash fanfiction is prevalent in almost any fandom, and is almost entirely female-driven. Get over yourself, dude - most chicks love watching attractive people make out, and it gives us a special thrill if they're both guys.

This is so stupid i cant believe that newsweek paid you for this how do i get on this gig. GI JOE is a team not one person . SO you should of ask what if one person was gay? Well since its an elite team i dont think it matters unless you want to see someone act so openly gay and flamboyent that they wouldnt even be on the team . You dont know if anyone was gay or not they only showed a few people in realtionships so someone could of been gay. Like i said how did you get paid for this it made no sense and you didnt back anything you said up I WANT IN THIS GIG

Damn, this article still here messing with peoples insecurity of there sexuality.

I've always despised Michael Medved. He is a goof fraud of a critic with no taste.

This article was as boring as the movie.

Whatever happened to Newsweek? It never was the best news mag, but at least it used to be a news mag. When all a publication has to offer is "What If G.I. Joe Were Gay?" then it is time to close up shop. THe other recent editorial pieces are of a similar level of intererest and quality, which is to say none at all. Put the News back in News week or get out of town.

Here's a taste of what a gay G.I. Joe might be like, courtesy The Venture Bros.:

http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a25c3921a8130c6011a8241f5ce000c

Why are you even writing for Newsweek? Your article is pathetic and full of gay stereotypes. I am now convinced YOU WERE HIRED UNDER SOME SORT OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION program and/or your editors are so desperate to "fill" content, they are using your articles. Sad.