The good folks over at BuzzFeed have done the world a favor with a short film debunking misunderstandings about the gays just in time for Pride and, with any luck, marriage equality.
Related: Five Straight Guy Myths About Gay Guys In The Locker Room
The video answers the most common (and ridiculous) questions some people maintain well after they have been debunked: Are gay people more promiscuous than straight people? Are lesbians repulsed by men? Do gay parents produce gay children? Can a person be gay and religious?
Related: Is It True What They Say About Black Men?
How about we take this to the next level?
Our newsletter is like a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.
Check out the video below. And feel free to send it along to your crazy Uncle Jim who dwells in the right-wing echo chamber.
AtticusBennett
http://littlekiwilovesbauhaus.blogspot.ca/2015/06/the-church-i-grew-up-in.html
there are plenty of religious groups that fully 100% support and welcome LGBT people, just as they are.
this was a good little list, though. alas, it’ll get lost on the Fox News Crowd, but everything that has to do with facts is lost on them.
Merv
Yes, there are plenty of pro-gay heterosexual Christians. Here is a video of their last get-together.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79j8q5Ndbig
Captain proton
ah, but you see, these myths were debuked by pro gay people who are “obviously lying to push their demonic agenda”.
Bauhaus
One study found that gays have a lower divorce rate? If that’s true, it’s gonna make conservative heads explode. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s true, though. We are better at negotiating sex, work, child care, and home life. Straight couples seem to separate and divorce over the slightest indiscretion in their relationships.
Clark35
@Merv: Actually there are. You won’t find them in the Roman Catholic church though.
Masc Pride
First one is a bit misleading and probably inaccurate:
1. People lie about how many people they’ve really been with, especially gay guys who fear “slut-shaming”.
2. Maybe the community as a whole isn’t more promiscuous, but how about if only gay and bi MEN are surveyed? And how about instead of OKCupid, we use Grindr (which is waaaaay more popular with GB men) as the basis for this “fact”? May present a totally different outcome. Most of the GB guys I know have had more than 20 by their mid-20’s.
The rest seem pretty true though.
Giancarlo85
It’s misleading and inaccurate because you say so and because of personal things you saw? Your viewpoints are misleading and inaccurate because you hardly know any gay people at all.
Xzamilio
Ah, I remember making a post about gay sex myths a long time ago
http://shallowvoices.blogspot.com/2014/01/gay-sex-myths.html
Amazing how after all this time, the fringe has not varied from the script.
patricko
The promiscuity statistic is a little odd. You can flip it around to say that 2% of lgbt people have had more than 20 partners while only half as many straight people have had that many. IMHO it would have been better to compare how many from each group have had 5 or more different partners. I don’t really care if we’re more promiscuous as a group than straight people though — but my money is still on us being a bit more uninhibited than are straight brothers and sisters.
Clark35
@patricko: True.
Masc Pride
@patricko: Totally agree. Gay men probably are more promiscuous. So what? Promiscuity isn’t against the law. I don’t get why so many LGB writers have this obsession with going tit for tat with heteros on everything. I’m 32, and if counting girls and guys, I’ve had more than 20. Straight girls might think I’m a player, and gay guys might call me a choirboy. I don’t even think 20 is all that much (depending on age).
Giancarlo85
@Masc Pride: 20? Was that 19 that you had in your dreams? LOL. Dream on man.
Masc Pride
@Giancarlo85: “Like anyone would be I am flattered by your fascination with me.”
-Alanis Morissette
wpewen
It is realistic to say most gay men in the United States will tend to have had a couple hundred sex partners over their lifetime, mostly with other men. At 57 I’ve observed a few patterns: Guys who quickly find a lover in their 20’s and don’t still play the field will keep a very small number of partners over a lifetime. A few decades ago monogamy was kind of trashed by a lot of guys. Maybe not as much now. Don’t think for a minute that lots of straight men don’t have these kind of numbers, before AIDS there was even some envy about how much sex gay guys were getting, they have to go to a hell of a lot more work to do it.
Giancarlo85
@Masc Pride: I said 19, because the 1 would be your hand.
Masc Pride
@Giancarlo85: Corny! I just saw the, “Dream on man.” I take it you’re a boy today? Not convincing. Keep trying.
Giancarlo85
@Masc Pride: Sorry. Dream on gurl. Who says I have issues with my gender? You really don’t know shit about androgynous people.
Masc Pride
@Giancarlo85: Who says I give a shit, man? Don’t want to know shit about androgynous people, man. Save it for your obviously ineffective therapist, man.
Giancarlo85
@Masc Pride: You are the one who needs a therapist. Gurl… It must suck being a fake masculine self hating closeted gay man. You can’t even admit you are gay. You hate gay people.
Masc Pride
@Giancarlo85: Again, it is disturbing to see you were still up at 5AM obsessing over me. I get that self-loathing is clearly the only argument you’re equipped with, but maybe it’s time to take a look at the ladyboy in the mirror? It’s YOU that consistently goes around this site attacking and picking fights with other gay men simply because you have an issue with something they’ve stated. You get hostile and personal very fast (and with little to no provocation), which is indicative an extremely malicious individual. YOU’RE the one who hates gay people.
BTW even if I was closeted, it really wouldn’t matter because guys like you make out look just as miserable. You’re supposed to be happier and more pleasant after coming out. lol
Giancarlo85
@Masc Pride: I wake up at 4AM to go to work. That’s fucking life. Maybe you should try that for once? I was checking the morning news on my computer. And I just remembered your stupidity. Ladyboy? Go ahead and call me that. I’m honored.
You pick fights and attack other gay men all the time on here. You even called me a ladyboy, which is ridiculous. What is it? Do you think I’m on HRT or something? You’re the one that is extremely malicious and nasty. You always makes things personally when I make some valid points about your disdain.
You are the one who cannot stand gay men and you don’t want to be identified with them. This is why you claim you’re straight and have sex with men on the side. You also claim you’re too masculine and you think gay men are sissies. You even went as far as saying I’m a ladyboy. You are definitely closeted and miserable. A horrible human being.
Giancarlo85
But lol at calling me a ladyboy.
I’m just laughing so hard. Do you think I have boobies just because I’m Colombian lol?
You’re such a self hater and a hypocrite.
Masc Pride
@Giancarlo85: You don’t have a job. You never went to sleep any you know it. Your reply is a perfect example of what McShane said about how you will flat out make up lies to “win” an argument. It’s SO true. You never make valid points. All you do is lie. This is another very disturbing aspect of your personality disorder.
“But lol at calling me a ladyboy. I’m just laughing so hard.”
Must’ve gotten to you because you’ve mentioned it 3x.
“You’re such a self hater and a hypocrite.”
…coming from the black guy that wishes he was white. Give it up already, John Charles. lol
Masc Pride
*You never went to sleep and you know it.
Giancarlo85
@Masc Pride: I’m not black. And why would I wish to be white? Are you kidding me?
I do sleep. I need to do so. I wake up at 4AM though. I usually am in bed by 8-9pm. You just don’t know anything.
And yes, I’m a ladyboy. So what? *I’m being sarcastic if that’s hard for you to believe*
Giancarlo85
White people like you are so boring. You end up looking real ugly anyways as you age.
Masc Pride
@Giancarlo85: “I do sleep. I need to do so. I wake up at 4AM though. I usually am in bed by 8-9pm. You just don’t know anything.”
I know you’re typically on here picking fights with me well past 10PM. Your little “I’m employed” act just isn’t convincing. More lies from the peanut gallery!
“White people like you are so boring. You end up looking real ugly anyways as you age.”
And yet I’m sure self-loathing black guys like you will STILL be chasing after me like I’m 21. 😉
Giancarlo85
@Masc Pride: Um again, do you realize I post on pacific time and the time stamp is on eastern time? I live in Los Angeles. It says 12:00AM as of this post… it’s actually 9PM.
I’m never up past 9:30PM because of my job. And yes, I am employed. You, however, are on here all the time. You’re always bashing fem guys, androgynous people and trans. Hold on a second… putting on this bra… lol.
Why would I be chasing off some ugly fat guy like you? I’m sorry, but I like a slim and slender guy. I’m not into big beer bellies. No offense.
Giancarlo85
@Giancarlo85: *Correction: Chasing after.
And again… I’m not into white guys at all. I’m only into Latinos. I can’t think of anything uglier than a fat American redneck.