Blowing off steam (or something)!

I promised myself I won’t become those annoying gays who have this huge chip on their shoulder and always play victim about how unfair society is, etc. 

But I am really annoyed as of this moment. So this Intersexions show  two guys kissing and of course blacks on twitter go crazy. And yes I should not take twitter seriously but it does represent the supposedly open minded people in SA. So why do two guys kissing have such a big effect. Apparently the actors were paid handsomely to do said scene. Like are you kidding me? I took offence, and I hardly ever take offence.

The thing is, it is obviously difficult to accept your sexuality and I think it is mostly because of acceptance by society even if a lot of us say that we don’t give a shit about what others think. And that’s mostly true for me except when it comes to people you are supposed to be close to. I mean how is a statement like “I don’t have a thing against gay people, as long as it is not a sibling or a child of mine” supposed to make you feel?  And for me the gay thing is as normal as taking a dump, even though it is a rare occurrence. But on days like this it becomes annoying, I mean I thought we have accepted gays completely. I guess I am more annoyed about my naivety (or my ignorance if you will). We are a long way from where we need to be.

Things like this just make it even more difficult for people to accept themselves and come out of the closet. I am sure somewhere there was a 20 year old sitting with ignorant people watching this and based on the responses to the kiss, decided to keep hiding his/her true self. Don’t get me wrong, I am no gay activist, but it is just annoying that people don’t think beyond instant gratification (the shock or outrage in this case). 

Maybe I am reacting in this way because I feel issues like these add to the ridiculousness that is the gay dating scene. Like even in my profession there are so many gay guys but yet yours truly is single? Or maybe it is residual confusion from the Love Conference? I think it might be sexual frustration but don’t let this paragraph make light of the issue! Can we get one thing right in SA, since the race issue is not going anywhere anytime soon! Is that asking too much??

Anyway I am practising dance routines from Saturday Night Fever, toodles…..an suck on this bitches: