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area are "fairies" from his own word. He's one of the more masculine types.

One example would be Real World: Philadelphia where there were two gay men: Willie and Kuramo. Willie was the more feminine type but wasn't colorful. However Kuramo was way different. He wasn't part of the gay stereotype. Kuramo was one of the guys. The movie Brokeback Mountain made a lot of money because it shed homosexuality under a different light. That movie alone was a stepping stone to breaking that stereotype of the gay male.

Overall we need to learn that whatever a person's sexual preference is, it's none of our business unless you're trying to hook up with that person. You still don't have to accept the lifestyle of a gay person if you don't want to. But at least show restraint.

A lack of tolerance is definitely a big cause of problems. You don't have to agree with it but you don't need to be using hateful remarks nor causing acts of hate. It's like one person votes Democrat and another person votes Republican, though they tend to disagree on a number of subjects, it doesn't mean they're going to hurt each other. The more radical members tend to use hate and violence but those people have been singled out and kept a good amount of distance from. It shouldn't be any different from heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual.

You can deem homosexuality is wrong, but at the same time you can deem a whole bunch of other things as wrong. Keep in mind that there are far bigger issues to be concerned about than a person's sexuality. A group of people can hate on another group of people that are gay, but it's not going to do anything to solve the problems of the world.

Is hating on a person that's gay going to stop global warming? Is it going to stop the constant outsourcing of jobs to India? Is it going to speed up when the troops are going to come from the Middle East? Asides from teaching tolerance and understanding, there are other topics far more worthwhile to talk about than a person's sexual preference. Hey, they are both gay and straight people against the War in Iraq, that's one example of common ground. With understanding and tolerance, try to find as much common ground as possible. It also helps that we do away with the stereotypes associated with gays and lesbians.

Stereotyping tends to put groups of people under a very harmful light.

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