Do you stand up for gays and lesbians?

i stand up for whoever i think is right in the argument, so if the person is gay or somthing, and they're in the right, i'll stick up fo them. and if people start saying homophobic things i'll step in. well mostly because i am gay so y'know.

I wouldn't...

Situations Usually Arise With In Some Of My Classes With Gay Bashing Etc, I TRY Sticking Up For Them But I Get Called A Gay Myself

How Mature ..

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Originally Posted by BOSELECTABHOY

Situations Usually Arise With In Some Of My Classes With Gay Bashing Etc, I TRY Sticking Up For Them But I Get Called A Gay Myself

How Mature ..

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well i'm glad that you at least try. As i was saying before that is probably the most common reason people won't even try. So for being courages +rep :)

I used to till i started to think i was bi :s now im to scared to incase people think im gay/bi [Im not out]

as long as your not homophobic its all good. :)

Of course i would.

You would stick up for someone if they had been called fat or a ******, so why not stick up for someone if they're called a ******.

We find comfort in numbers.

I don't see why a lesbian would be offended by the word "lesbo" any more than someone from England would be offended at been called "English" - They're both just abbreviations of a word. It depends on the context and the connotations you have of the word. Most people have this crazy thing of assuming that a certain group of people will be offended by something, when actually the group couldn't care less. (E.g. Christmas, where we go out of our way to make it as neutral as possible so that we don't offend Muslims, when in fact 99% don't care).

I don't see why minority groups need sticking up for more than anyone else. In fact, in terms of gay and lesbian people, if they didn't make such a big deal about themselves when 'coming out' then every one wouldn't make such a big deal when they do, because society would learn to see it as normal. But we can't see it as normal if they feel the need to make a huge thing out of it...

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Originally Posted by Seacat

I don't see why a lesbian would be offended by the word "lesbo" any more than someone from England would be offended at been called "English" - They're both just abbreviations of a word. It depends on the context and the connotations you have of the word. Most people have this crazy thing of assuming that a certain group of people will be offended by something, when actually the group couldn't care less. (E.g. Christmas, where we go out of our way to make it as neutral as possible so that we don't offend Muslims, when in fact 99% don't care).

I don't see why minority groups need sticking up for more than anyone else. In fact, in terms of gay and lesbian people, if they didn't make such a big deal about themselves when 'coming out' then every one wouldn't make such a big deal when they do, because society would learn to see it as normal. But we can't see it as normal if they feel the need to make a huge thing out of it...

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that's utter crap. how the HELL would you know? it takes a hell of a lot of courage to come out to friends & family, somthing you OBVIOSLY don't know anything about. a lot of people don't want to make a huge thing out of it, but it's others reactions that make it a huge thing? jesus christ..

No I don't, they can stick up for themselves. However, if they are really defenseless and it's really getting to them I will.