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I think it's gay inferiority complex, where straight men are "real" men, !
Ugh I agree, it so sickening to have discrimination in our own community. Its one thing to be attracted to a guy that happens to be straight but when being straight becomes an attribute that attracts you then you are subconsciously degrading yourself and putting heterosexuals on a pedestal and therefore promoting more segregation between homosexuals and heterosexuals. There is no feature on a straight man that you can't find on a gay man. So there's not excuse for not finding something in a gay man you like about.
Sorry, just had to vent here.
I've seen so many threads dealing with the topic of straight men and how we (as in, we gays) can seduce them, how we can somehow enter their minds and suggest things, how they can be manipulated for the sake of our own pleasures, etc. I just find it incredibly revolting.
I don't understand why we, as gay men, cannot be satisfied in pursuing relationships - sexual or otherwise - with our own out, proud, self-identified gay men. There appears to be this pervasive obsession with tapping into the alleged curiosities of men who are, by definition, off-limits. I feel this illusion has been bolstered by sexual iconography, namely the phenomenon of "gay-for-pay" and its many permutations. I don't think this helps gay men at all; I feel it is actually responsible for so many recurring divisions and hostilities that the gay community has internalized. We don't want ourselves - we want forbidden fruits. We are self-loathing, and are disgusted with what we are to the extent that we exclude others just like us in favor of what we cannot acquire, but try to anyway.
Lusting after and doggedly pursuing that straight guy won't make him any gayer; it will, however, provide a debilitating fantasy that many gays, unfortunately, have grown comfortable with.
I can understand if all a gay man is interested in is sex - in that case, pursue as many straight guys as you wish, as there is no emotional distinction between sex with a gay man and that of a straight man. However, as someone who is not and never has been motivated by sex exclusively, I find the idea of pursuing straight men to be little more than a self-defeating dead end. I want and demand reciprocation.
I can't articulate all of my thoughts on this matter because it would take pages and pages of text that would be a little overboard for a forum thread. I will say in closing, however, that I identify as a gay man. There is power in that identification, and a mutual affirmation with my fellow gay men of exclusivity and history, however divisive and segregated the GLBT community is. I won't allow that to be compromised by being a willing cum bucket for straight men and their "curiosities." I'm worth more than that, and so are you.
I don't think there's anything particularly wrong with the "straight goes gay" fantasy as long as it remains as such.
