The first exposure to how bad a gay can have it.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

It was 1974 and I had a friend that had told me he was gay and was interested. I wasn't, I'm hetero, but we remained friends and eventually lost touch with each other.

Several years later, I thought I saw him at a bar and came up to him and said "Hi, Tom!"

Tom had a brother who was a year older and looked exactly like him.

He proceeded to beat the shit out of me.

I found out after the beating that he thought I was a "friend" of his brother's and was "coming on" to him.

This was his "FAMILY" behaving this way. Thirty years later, it makes me want to cry remembering this.

God love you all and forgive those ignorant bastards that fear you so much.

:toast:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. I swung my grocery bag in the office and it hit an employee in the butt

the next day she filed a complaint against me saying I sexually harassed her. I corrected it in red ink and gave it back to HR.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

2. When it comes to sexuality, there's a large number of our America

that does not have a clue.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. I was fortunate in that other employees that were present came to my

defense..and yeah...people think you want them all if you are gay...what's worse are the ones that ACT like you want them when you don't.