Is being gay a new trend in America? |
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 Aug 3 2006, 01:02 PM
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I was on a forum and we were asked; If you found out your child were gay, what would you do? People (Most of them being Americans) said that they wouldn't be surprised, considering the fact that being gay is the new trend.
Is that true or are they just being stupid? If there's a topic like this, please provide me with the link and close this. Merci beaucoup. |
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Aug 3 2006, 01:04 PM
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 show me a garden thats bursting to life Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,303 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 115,987 |
No...I seriously think it is the new trend.
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Aug 3 2006, 01:06 PM
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How's that?
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| *Freaky Krazer* |
Aug 3 2006, 01:06 PM
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Well it's either a new trend, or that more people are coming out. Ever since homosexuality started to be accepted (not that there's anything wrong with that), a lot of kids get so confused once they get hormones and think they're gay =x
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Aug 3 2006, 01:07 PM
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show me a garden thats bursting to life Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,303 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 115,987 |
^ Exactly.
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Aug 3 2006, 01:08 PM
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I don't really think of someone's sexual preference as a trend
i mean, some people don't WANT to be homosexual. |
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Aug 3 2006, 01:08 PM
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Oh. I watched something like that on Oprah.
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| *Freaky Krazer* |
Aug 3 2006, 01:09 PM
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QUOTE(Cake. @ Aug 3 2006, 2:08 PM)  I don't really think of someone's sexual preference as a trend i mean, some people don't WANT to be homosexual. well last year in 8th grade, a lot of kids were like, "I'm bisexual" whenever they're in a crowd or something. But when they go to parties and see a gay couple in action (whether it be TV or ..real action) they go like, "eww" explain that |
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Aug 3 2006, 01:11 PM
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QUOTE(Freaky Krazer @ Aug 3 2006, 8:09 PM) well last year in 8th grade, a lot of kids were like, "I'm bisexual" whenever they're in a crowd or something. But when they go to parties and see a gay couple in action (whether it be TV or ..real action) they go like, "eww" explain that I know. People are like 'I'm bisexual' but get grossed by watching same sex couples kiss? |
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Aug 3 2006, 01:11 PM
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 that's what she said Group: Member Posts: 848 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 436,512 |
QUOTE(Freaky Krazer @ Aug 3 2006, 2:06 PM) Well it's either a new trend, or that more people are coming out. Ever since homosexuality started to be accepted (not that there's anything wrong with that), a lot of kids get so confused once they get hormones and think they're gay =x I agree. Also, there are some kids *cough* who think that pretending they're gay when they're really not will make them seem cooler & give them more attention, so yeah, it kind of has become a trend in a sense when you think about it. But of course, there are those who are actually gay. |
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| *Freaky Krazer* |
Aug 3 2006, 01:17 PM
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Let's face it, Americans are obsessed for attention.
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Aug 3 2006, 01:18 PM
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 Tell your mom that I don't love her anymore Group: Member Posts: 214 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 2,659 |
Gays have been around for a while...
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| *Freaky Krazer* |
Aug 3 2006, 01:20 PM
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^we know but they didn't come out as much as people have these days. Don't you think?
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| *StanleyThePanda* |
Aug 3 2006, 01:30 PM
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QUOTE(Kristinaa @ Aug 3 2006, 2:04 PM) No...I seriously think it is the new trend. Yeah, me too.. or being bi, that was a big trend here for quite some time. Im not really sure why though |
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Aug 3 2006, 01:31 PM
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I think it is a new trend. Going around like on myspace, under orientation, i see alot of "Bi" now.
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Aug 3 2006, 01:32 PM
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I know fake bisexuals. What is so hot in saying you're bi/gay?
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Aug 3 2006, 01:33 PM
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show me a garden thats bursting to life Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,303 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 115,987 |
^ Thats what I wanna know.
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Aug 3 2006, 01:34 PM
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I wouldn't say it's a trend..I just think that more people are feeling like they're ready to come out about it now.
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| *Freaky Krazer* |
Aug 3 2006, 01:39 PM
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QUOTE(Born in a burial gown @ Aug 3 2006, 2:32 PM) I know fake bisexuals. What is so hot in saying you're bi/gay? well people are just dying for the attention they get. And some people give them credit for being brave enough to "admit" it. |
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Aug 3 2006, 01:41 PM
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 What the fack. Group: Official Member Posts: 6,164 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,519 |
Yeah this past school year, out of nowhere, all of these lesbians and bisexual people started popping out of nowhere. Like wtfrick?
I think at least half of the people in my school think they are, and say so. But I don't think that just saying so makes you what you say. |
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Aug 3 2006, 01:51 PM
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that's what she said Group: Member Posts: 848 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 436,512 |
QUOTE(Born in a burial gown @ Aug 3 2006, 2:32 PM) I know fake bisexuals. What is so hot in saying you're bi/gay? I guess chicks think that it'll turn on guys. |
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Aug 3 2006, 01:59 PM
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 peace&love, earth flower Group: Member Posts: 651 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 398,938 |
Maybe they're just confused..or experimenting.
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Aug 3 2006, 02:02 PM
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I think saying you're bi is a trend. I seriously don't think I have really met a person that is ACTUALLY bi. I usually see them acting more like gay, but they "want" to like girls or something like that. So I think being bisexual is a trend, but not being gay.
People that are gay have just come out of it more than they have in the past. That's why they are "popping out" from nowhere. |
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| *disco infiltrator* |
Aug 3 2006, 02:07 PM
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I think the bi thing is definitely a trend; a lot of girls say they're bi even if they're not because it's "sexy" or something. I don't think too many people would say they were full-on gay if they weren't just to fit in or something...
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| *kryogenix* |
Aug 3 2006, 02:28 PM
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If by trend you mean an increase of people who are openly gay, then yes, there is an upward trend.
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Aug 3 2006, 02:28 PM
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the new trend is to be bi- in my hs almost everyone was bi..Most of them said they were but never did anything with a guy/girl.. its sad that sexuality is a trend but whatever it is what it is
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Aug 3 2006, 05:00 PM
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yeah like everyone is saying, being bi is definitely a trend nowadays. the xanga blogring "so what if we're gorgeous and bisexual" actually annoys me because it's such a call for attention.
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Aug 3 2006, 05:05 PM
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 Ninjas and Pirates agree, Cowboys suck. Group: Member Posts: 515 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 433,366 |
I am gay, and my father believes i am doing it as a trend, im not.
I think the reason more people are coming out now, is becuase being gay is becoming more excpeted among peers, JSUT NOT SILLY CONSERVATIVES LIKE BUSH but thats why more people are comng out now-a-days. But being Bisexual seems to be a trend. |
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| *This Confession* |
Aug 3 2006, 05:10 PM
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I suppose, I think its just more accepting with the media and such. So more people may be coming out instead of fearing what others may think as much as perhaps in the past?
Although it is getting a little to much out there so perhaps it is just another stupid trend. People may just be confused since its so accepting that they may think that they will be accepted more if their gay instead of straight which is a little weird to think of.. |
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| *Freaky Krazer* |
Aug 3 2006, 05:20 PM
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^but if you hear it from middle schoolers who contradict their.. newly found sexuality, you'd think it's a trend >.<
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Aug 3 2006, 05:23 PM
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im not sure if its a new trend...which i sorta doubt..but u never know...but i just think that people are coming out more...they arent scared of being gay i guess....im not sure...
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Aug 3 2006, 05:59 PM
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 You can call me Jon Group: Duplicate Posts: 878 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 9,806 |
Pffft. Posers.
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Aug 3 2006, 06:04 PM
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QUOTE(Freaky Krazer @ Aug 3 2006, 2:06 PM) Well it's either a new trend, or that more people are coming out. Ever since homosexuality started to be accepted (not that there's anything wrong with that), a lot of kids get so confused once they get hormones and think they're gay =x thats very true |
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Aug 3 2006, 06:05 PM
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^I like getting reminded
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Aug 3 2006, 06:18 PM
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it sure seems like it. i have nothing against gays/lesbian/bisexuals, but still, its rather awkward seeing someone you know just suddenly come out.
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Aug 3 2006, 06:48 PM
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i think its just more people are coming out.
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Aug 3 2006, 06:52 PM
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 All The Girlies Say I'm Pretty Fly For A White Guy Group: Member Posts: 1,944 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 400,858 |
I remember seeing a movie with my girlfriend once about these highschool kids and they have a "gay" group of people. One guy said he wasn't gay and everyone started to give him looks and they started to think he was weird. I don't know if this signifies anything. But I think people feel more comfortable coming out because many other people are.
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Aug 3 2006, 07:19 PM
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You can call me Jon Group: Duplicate Posts: 878 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 9,806 |
It's a good thing more people are coming out if they truly are. Living a lie that way was never a fun thing.
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Aug 3 2006, 07:22 PM
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I don't get it. What is the point in saying you are gay if you are not truely gay? It just seems meanigless since your not getting what you like.
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Aug 3 2006, 07:30 PM
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From my observation, especially among college girls in my area, calling themselves bi is a trend. It's silly really, usually their answer when asked why they are bi is because "they get the best of both worlds". When I asked one of my friends, who calls herself bi, would she ever seriously date a girl in a monogamous, serious relationship, she laughed and said of course not, that her feelings toward woman are purely sexually driven and nothing more.
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Aug 3 2006, 08:41 PM
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Ninjas and Pirates agree, Cowboys suck. Group: Member Posts: 515 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 433,366 |
well
I jsut thoguht of this people cpuld jsut be calling themselves bi because they want to experiment with the same sex. |
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| *xcaitlinx* |
Aug 3 2006, 09:02 PM
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how is being gay a new "trend" in america? that makes no sense and i think that gay people would take offense to that. yeah, a lot of people might get confused during their teenage years about what their orientation is..but i dont think that they'd choose to be gay because "everyone's doing it" (which i doubt is true in the first place).
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Aug 3 2006, 09:11 PM
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 what do you think it says....if so obvious. Group: Member Posts: 1,838 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 52,420 |
^ ....too some degree yea , theres a difference between doing with with the same sex for fun then having a relationship ....i dunno about gays , but bi`s seem its just "talk" . i hated that i always was considered to be bi - or gay , im not gay i love women . im just not a "tough guy" arrghh
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Aug 4 2006, 01:12 AM
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Yes.
People are starting to be more open-minded and/or ... becoming more "open" to the society to accept the facts. however, it's not always true when people claim to be one. which MOSTLY happens to teens due to "hormones"(sp?). |
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Aug 4 2006, 03:23 AM
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QUOTE(Stefan The Sex God @ Aug 4 2006, 2:22 AM) I don't get it. What is the point in saying you are gay if you are not truely gay? It just seems meanigless since your not getting what you like. That's the question I'lld love to know the answer to. What is SO hot in being gay? Do people just crave attention SO much that they'll actually stoop that low (lying about their sexuality). Where I live, Bisexuality is more accepted than homosexuality. I am bi, probably the first bisexual to say it out loud in my school. People don't mind, actually they think I'm straight. There was a metrosexual in my school, everyone thought he was gay, he had a really tough time. Why are things in America so different? |
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Aug 4 2006, 03:26 AM
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because ... we're shallow.
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Aug 4 2006, 04:17 AM
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QUOTE(Freaky Krazer @ Aug 3 2006, 1:09 PM) well last year in 8th grade, a lot of kids were like, "I'm bisexual" whenever they're in a crowd or something. But when they go to parties and see a gay couple in action (whether it be TV or ..real action) they go like, "eww" explain that That's excactly how it was at my school this past year. I swear, at least 4 of my friends "came out" and told everyone they were bi-sexual. 1 of them even took it back around the end of the year, which really told me something 
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Aug 4 2006, 04:46 AM
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what do you think it says....if so obvious. Group: Member Posts: 1,838 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 52,420 |
QUOTE(lolita kitty @ Aug 4 2006, 5:17 AM) That's excactly how it was at my school this past year. I swear, at least 4 of my friends "came out" and told everyone they were bi-sexual. 1 of them even took it back around the end of the year, which really told me something this provesooo wow ...imvery sleepy .... HEY you live in sacrament-o  how is there ? im planning to move there .
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Aug 4 2006, 06:13 AM
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QUOTE(xiMiJix @ Aug 4 2006, 11:46 AM) this provesooo wow ...imvery sleepy .... HEY you live in sacrament-o how is there ? im planning to move there .Cool. Please, PM her for more info on that. |
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Aug 4 2006, 07:20 AM
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QUOTE(Born in a burial gown @ Aug 3 2006, 1:32 PM) I know fake bisexuals. What is so hot in saying you're bi/gay? People prolly say it for popularity. Get attention...because they see the real ones do. |
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Aug 4 2006, 08:20 AM
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QUOTE(Born in a burial gown @ Aug 4 2006, 4:23 AM) That's the question I'lld love to know the answer to. What is SO hot in being gay? Different circles or social groups have different things they admire. High schools are chock-full of them. Some people find it admirable to be gay just because it's "different". High schools (at least in America) are full of this sort of one-upmanship. Everyone's trying to be more different. I'd say the reason that some groups admire homosexuality so much is the same reason that some groups admire people who profess to love the most obscure movies or bands—because it's "different". |
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Aug 4 2006, 08:25 AM
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QUOTE(mipadi @ Aug 4 2006, 9:20 AM) Different circles or social groups have different things they admire. High schools are chock-full of them. Some people find it admirable to be gay just because it's "different". High schools (at least in America) are full of this sort of one-upmanship. Everyone's trying to be more different. I'd say the reason that some groups admire homosexuality so much is the same reason that some groups admire people who profess to love the most obscure movies or bands—because it's "different". Nice analogy =] I agree. Some people (mostly females) claim to be bisexual in my school. It's quite odd, though. They'll admire guys, but never turn their heads for a girl. Trend? Heck yeah. |
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