Reuben wrote:
> This whole thing got me thinking...I made a flip comment about Streisand=gay a couple of days ago, and several people got up in arms about stereotyping. Maybe irked was the wrong word. Maybe confounded would have been better, or perplexed. Grace Jones, Madonna, Boy George, Cyndi Lauper, (and the one the made my dad the most uncomfortable) Bette Davis...I later realized as I grew up were often labeled as "gay icons", and I figured oh well, makes sense to me. Grace Jones--- never really figured her out. Boy George- didn't care too much for him and thought he was an embarrassment to the gay world. I felt as if he was a definite step back for homosexuals and that the straight world would assume that all or most homosexuals were like him. Cyndi Lauper- Kind of liked her but not enough to buy her music and didn't even know she had a gay following. Bette Davis- I didn't know she was a gay icon either. She was okay, pretty good actress. Diana Ross and the Supremes- never wanted to be Diana but loved their sound. Their harmony, the words and emotions, and the whole package. Show tunes- some are pretty good, some are pretty bad. Judy- nough said Barbra- ditto Bette- never really dug her that much until the rose and that was because of Janis. Now, really like her a lot. chick flicks- like some, not others. Never wanted to be a woman or dress up like one. Love to play basketball and tennis and haven't been averse to throwing an elbow or two when needed, or smacking someone in the face while they were at net, if they deserved it. Like Colin, not that great of a housekeeper. Like it relatively neat but no Felix Unger. Don't cook. Don't want to and definitely don't want to have to clean it up afterwards. Don't want to have sex with EVERY SINGLE MAN that I see. Has always amazed me that some really gross guys think that homosexuals want them. You must be kidding. Don't like to be called gay. Not gay, homosexual. Hate that word. Don't have a designation like top or bottom and hate those kind of terms too. Just a person. I like tenderness and sweetness and moments together. Not interested in who is sleeping with whom and wonder why everyone is so interested in who I might be sleeping with. Just a person like anyone else who happens to get turned on by some men. Everyone is different, including homosexuals, and those images and preconceptions are just stereotypical. Mack
