Someone recently commented on one of my Facebook posts, saying something like, \u201cI don\u2019t care if people are gay; I just don\u2019t want them shoving their sexuality in my face.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
This person isn\u2019t alone in this sentiment; I\u2019ve seen plenty of people express something similar. Except they\u2019re wrong: they do<\/em> care when someone is gay. In fact, that\u2019s the only time people like this complain about sexuality being shoved in their face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You never see straight people complaining about sexuality being shoved in their face when they see a man and woman holding hands in public, or putting arms around each other in public, or kissing in public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You never see straight people complaining about sexuality being shoved in their face when a man in a movie or TV show pursues a woman romantically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You never see straight people complaining about sexuality being shoved in their face when couples are portrayed in advertisements as a man and a woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You never see straight people complaining about sexuality being shoved in their face when a family with a mother and father is portrayed as the norm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They don\u2019t complain because they don\u2019t see it as sexuality. Because heteronormative sexuality is normal to them. And it\u2019s what they perceive as abnormal that they have a problem with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has nothing to do with sexuality. It has everything to do with gayness. They think by prefacing their statement with an apathetic declaration that it portrays themselves as objective and tolerant; they just don\u2019t realize that it actually underscores their homophobia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n