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Ten ways to reveal your lover: coming out the easy way

Jack Vance: (a) I am truly sorry that you are unable to attract the right kind of people as friends around you. I do not blame you for your generalisations in such case, because they are based on your experiences. (b) Perhaps you may have already given this some thought, but do you not agree that the extreme and "spaced out" personas you have come across are actually symptomatic of a much larger issue of social marginalising? I hate to delve into "chicken or the egg" conversations, but maybe it's because of people like you, who insist on continuing the trend of associating homosexuality with amorality and lewdness that self-esteem (which is at the base of drug abuse and wreckless behaviour) amongst homosexuals remains statistically lower. (c) I'd encourage you to also to reconsider your comparison between alcoholism and homosexuality. I know it's rather unfortunate that the US still lags significantly behind on such social issues, but that is no excuse for a well educated "senior associate at a large US firm" to jump on the bandwagon. I hope you do not find this as offensive as I found your post, that honestly is not my intention. I hope that at the very least this inspires some alternative thought in you.

6-Jan-2010

10:11 am