A Show of Gay Pride

[John V]

When I was born the last thing I was thinking about was sex.
So, I guess I can't say I was born this way.

You know... I like beer. I really, really like beer. Dark, muscular beer. I didn't wake up one day and say, "You know, I think I will like beer from now on. It will be cool with my friends because they hate beer and prefer girly drinks, so being different will be cool. I have made my decision. I will now like beer. It's official." And then walked on out of my room all of a sudden craving it. I didn't "change" into it. Just like I didn't "change" or decide to be bisexual. The fact that you discover a side of you that you never knew does not mean it was a decision. I never tasted ceviche before. One day I did and now I'm addicted. It's faken good. Beer is faken good, too. I tasted it one day and discovered that. I also fell in love once with a woman who then broke my heart. I found her and in time discovered what I felt. One day I found my husband and in time discovered I loved him and he helped me recover from my pain. I didn't change or decide anything. Well, yes. To let me like, love, drink, fuck whatever it was that made me happy no matter what society thought was cool (or in this case, nasty). I was six the first time I found myself writing a girl's name over and over again in my notebook. I still don't think I was born with a sexual orientation. Sex was not on my mind. But it wasn't a decision, either. So, jstrodel... I don't agree with you when you say that being gay is a decision one should take at a certain time... you can't decide what drink to like just like you can't decide who to love. Anyway... this topic is dear to me, so... yeah. (sigh)

and to the gray pride at school... wear rainbow eye shadows! I always wanted to do that

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*gay... not gray

Actually, there is such a thing as an "acquired taste." Many people who like the tase of beer or coffee didn't like the taste at first, but they liked the way it made them feel, so they continued drinking, and eventually developed a like for the taste as well.