"It's okay for girls...but guys it's something different. That's nasty!"

Me at Pride 2011 in Manhattan

This has always been an underlining problem for me. I never could quite grasp the meaning behind those words. I always wondered why people would be more comfortable with me having sex with the same sex, and not my gay male friends. As vulgar and inappropriate as that seems, it's true. Things just seem so much harder for a gay male to be himself in a society like this. Why? Is it because a masculine figure is really not so masculine? Men throughout the years have indeed put more strain on this problem. Straight men are so uncomfortable with gay men. Do they fear what a gay man will "do" to them? But wait, what the hell! What are gay people to heterosexuals anyway!? Do they think all homosexuals are predators looking for the next kill? Why would straight men have to be worried? Anybody real and gay knows that you don't go for the straight ones; especially if you're a man. It never works. So again, what's the fear? Not every gay man is just oozing inside for another man in a 5 mile radius. It doesn't work that way. It's the perception of homosexuality that gives some of our community a bad rep. If I can just tweak that perception and misunderstanding of LGBT people...do you think I can change the world? Ok, that might be a stretch. But someone has to dream, right? Let's treat our whole variety of humans the same way. Let's start with just the variety in this country first. We could use some unity. Don't ya think?