Do we care if a person is gay or straight?

I can only about gender in that I desire to have sex with a male.... I am happy to play with a man gay or straight. Actually quite nice to give head to a straight man or feel how they like to do anal.... and many women have no desire to perform Anilingus while i love it. Very happy to do what they want to give them pleasure.

Personally, I don't care. But there are people on the site who only want to play with people of a specific gender. So if it helps alleviate confusion, then I'm all for it.

There are two types of people, good and bad. Colour, sexual preference, religion, male/female make no difference. There are good and bad in all groups. We get to choose what category we fall in to. I like to think I'm in the "good"

I don't care if a person is homosexual or heterosexual or anywhere in between.

There are plenty of other reasons I can state for not liking someone.

A couple of my best friends are gay. They are fun to go out with. I enjoy fine dining and many of my straight cohorts would prefer to g to hooters than someplace really interesting and good. Also my gay friends tend to not imbibe as much. I don't at all. I find that we have more interesting conversations and I don't wind up having to be the designated driver. I have one very good friend who is a real homophobe, and I have a hard time reconciling that. Than again he also has some political views that I find alarming for someone as smart as he is. So we just don't talk about some things. I had a friend who was a lesbian but she was too much for me. It was all she ever spoke about and she made it what defined her. If there was ever a disagreement etc, it was because she was a lesbian. That grows old fast. I hang with a lot of different people. The one common thread is in some way they are all really really smart or skilled or both. I don't think I would call any of them normal or average.

I, too, accept most everyone for who they are, what they are, etc, especially on this site. I am gay but I also enjoy wonderful friendships with those who are not.

This is called "tolerance to diversity" in accepting others for WHO they are, not WHAT they are or what customs, beliefs, habits, etc that they prefer, so long as they don't break laws or indulge in socially unacceptable behaviors. When I say that, I'm referring to spousal abuse, child abuse, killing of others, terrorism, and the like, and not to fun fetishes. As long as their social behavior is acceptable, I'm good with that.

Diversity is BULLSHIT.

The best way to celebrate diversity is to IGNORE IT.

I judge people based on how treat the people, animals, plants and world around them not who they fuck.

In regards to this place though, I'm too new to have noticed any homophobia (if it is here) but if you ended up here, you're probably not in a position to be pointing many fingers. 😉

People are people, it’s as simple as that. I accept everyone on that basis. Everything else is secondary.

I was the best man at my friends same sex marriage. I love them, equally I know some gay people I detest. Same goes for straight, bi, black, white, left, right etc etc

This site is open to all people whether or not they are straight or not. I have met many fantastic people here of all persuasions and their sexual preference has never been an issue. I have learned a lot from Lesbian Dominatrices as well as from guys that are gay. In the end we all come here for the same reason and have the same type kinks. I think that being rude here because of sexual inclination is a quick way to get a time out from the site. Be polite and stay safe.

Without the contributions of gay men and women, the world would be a poorer place!

Without the contributions of gay men and women, the world would be a poorer place!

Here is a basic one to contemplate while you sit at your computer ...

https://www.facebook.com/AtheistRepublic/photos/a.199993620087505/2003640783056104/?type=3&theater

I like that!

I knew he was gay, I'm even happier knowing he was an atheist!

I can't even see who it is. As soon as it shows up a big pop-up covers the screen telling me I have to join Facebook to see it.

You do NOT have to join facebook to see it.

Click "NOT NOW"

when atheist republic box comes up

I guess you never saw the movie "The Imitation Game."

Without the contributions of gay men and women, the world would be a poorer place!

A person's gaiety has nothing to do with their contributions to society.

A person's gaiety has nothing to do with hir contributions to society.

Ruthiney wasn't saying people's homosexuality had anything to do with their contributions to society.

She was saying people who were gay made contributions to society.

For me personally it makes no difference to me...you can learn something from someone who identifies as gay as well as from someone who is straight.

I agree with ruthiney, also. Gay people have given us a lot in this world. We are not talking about sexuality!

A person's gaiety has nothing to do with their contributions to society.

That is indeed correct.

But, there are many people who so hate and detest gays, that they ascribe all evils of the world and the setbacks of a nation, to the mere fact of there being gays in existence and their not being persecuted by law. And this often goes very far with homophobes.

But, there are many people who so hate and detest gays, that they ascribe all evils of the world and the setbacks of a nation, to the mere fact of there being gays in existence and their not being persecuted by law.

Alan Turing was convicted of being a homosexual and chose chemical sterilization over going to prison. This was after all the work he did in in the intelligence community in support of the war effort etc. Talk about hate and detest against gays!

there are many people who so hate and detest gays

Sad but true. I have known a few that were so brainwashed by their religious philosophy that they refused to go to their own sons union to his partner. Very sad circumstances but true nevertheless. I think that acceptance has made great strides in the last decade but there is still a ways to go unfortunately.

I have known a few that were so brainwashed by their religious philosophy that they refused to go to their own sons union to his partner.

My best friend in high school turned out to be gay. He was a good looking football star and every girl was after him. He moved to the bay area after college in the 70's, contracted AIDS and died alone. His parents refused to go to his funeral. They just couldn't deal with it - most likely due to their religious beliefs - which seem to be conflicted.

One of the most powerful speakers I ever heard was a mom who once upon a time told her homosexual son that he was welcome to come home for the holiday celebration as long as he came WITHOUT his same sex partner. Years and life happened and that same mother later matured to invited her son and that same partner to a welcoming loving home where they both could live their final days as AIDS claimed both of their lives within months of each other. That woman's final words were, "I wasted so much time hating homosexuality that I almost lost the joy of caring for my son and the man he loved. Acceptance of someone who chooses a life different from mine is what caring is all about and I had that learn the hard way. I am just thankful my son knew how to forgive me. May we all know such love and forgiveness!"

Our recently retired High Court Judge in Australia was openly gay and probably the most high profile person to admit his sexual orientation. He did more good in his time on the bench than words can say. I am proud that my country recognised his great works.

I never thought much about gay or straight people growing up. Back in the 50’s and 60’s you just didn’t hear much about it. Maybe everyone was in the closet back then like a lot of us here are about some secret (enemas in my case) that isn’t openly discussed.

My first real experience with gay/lesbian people happened when I worked for a large insurance company in Los Angeles. The underwriting staff had a large number of gays and lesbians working there. Some were very open about it and it ranged from couldn’t tell to very obvious. Some guys were the rugged, good looking, very masculine type to very feminized, make up wearing, almost stereotyped gay guy. The women also ran the gamut from having crew cut hair and men’s clothing to very attractive, feminine, I would have loved to date. It really never bothered me and I became lifelong friends with a number of them. Maybe it was growing up in California where things are a bit more open and acceptable.

There was a movie with Cuba Gooding Jr. about a gay cruise called Boat Trip. The movie wasn’t very good except for two scenes for me. One was Cuba Gooding Jr. doing a stage show with ‘I’m coming out’ as the theme song. The other more memorable scene for me was a talk Rick (Horatio Sanz, playing a straight guy) had with Hector (Maurice Godin, playing a gay male). You can see it on YT ‘Boat Trip – Social View of Homosexuality’. It was one of the most simple, moving and straight forward talks about gay people I have ever seen and was very memorable.

To me being straight or gay is an individual choice and I don’t have a problem with that. If a guy was to hit on me, I would just politely say 'no thanks' and treat it as I would if a woman were to do the same. I don’t believe people are born gay, it’s a choice they make and that is their choice. No different than mixed marriages or blondes versus brunettes. I only know people as friends, lovers, strangers, co-workers, associates or whatever they are in my life. I judge people by their actions and couldn’t care less about their sexual preferences. It’s just one part of their life. I use other, more important things to determine what kind of person they are and how close I want to be to them.

I believe the answer lies in the acceptance of each individual. There are many in the world who would perceive the Zity community as perverse and sick and should not be allowed in society. But we are simply people who have a proclivity for interests that are a bit outside the box. But we're not "sick", we simply have our interests that don't follow a straight line, but we are just people looking to share with "our kind" and not looking to hurt anyone or force anything on anyone. So do we care or should we care if someone is gay or straight, no, no more than anyone should care if WE like anal play, enemas, or any other "none normal" sexual desires.

I answered this question before but I had another slant on it tonight. I don't consider myself homophobic. A couple good friends are gay and we have gotten very close over the years. I am not into men, but I will admit I am curious as to how that "side" of the world works. I would have no issues with voting for a gay politician if their positions on important issues aligned with mine, and I have always been in favor of gay rights. I am iffy on the entire hate crime thing though, but that is not gay centric.

On the flip side though, I will admit if I say needed blood, I would prefer to get it from one of my non gay friends. I also would not want it from an intravenous drug user. By the same token I would not want a liver from any of my friends who are sot's or a lung from any of my friends who chain smoke.

I'm mainly straight, but I consider myself a latent bisexual. Many of my fantasies involve sex with another man, mainly receiving anal sex. I fantasize too about becoming a trans-woman, but that one will stay a fantasy, unless doctors figure out a way to make sexual reassignment surgery reversible.

I love to read discussion posts by gay and bisexual men and women who describe how they enjoy having sex with someone of the their own sex. I would never think of saying anything negative to anyone on Zity based on their sexual preferences. I haven't seen any such abuse so far. If I do, I'll report it.

It doesn’t matter to me whether a person is gay or straight. Nothing else to add