I have not been able to figure out why Republicans and religious nuts feel threatened by gays.

[Malikshah]

5. Because they are only able to control a small portion of us; so many of us have had to live our

our lives in a way that is not true to ourselves. Many have struggled--and some tragically have succumbed--with the pressure that society has placed on us.

Over the last few generations, though, as the the LGBT community has grown in strength and security (relative to the past, that is), more of us our living our lives more openly...more truthfully.

The thing is--all this societal pressure to conform has shaped who many of us have become as open members of the LGBT community. It has given us perspective; malleability; empathy to some extent.

All of this makes us harder to control, and that scares the shit out of those who have based their lives on conforming to some intangible force. We've broken from that force and for that reason we are the ultimate "other."


OR...

We are--for the most part--wittier, classier, and generally more fabulous than they can ever hope to be.