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In reply to the discussion: Did you hate, fear or dislike gay people at one time? [View all]Skittles
(157,118 posts)95. I was a GI brat
so the minority kids I knew, their dads were enlisted like mine, so we were truly "equals" - although we were all suspicious of the officer's kids
I spent some time in England growing up, and gay folk were not nearly as demonized there as they were here.
I never knew any Jewish folk back then, but my parents didn't hate anyone so neither did I.
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nope. knew and loved LGBT relatives and family friends from the time I was a little kid
cali
Jun 2015
#5
Yup. It doesn't make it any better but it wasn't so much hatred, I found the whole idea humorous.
brewens
Jun 2015
#14
They should look at it as less competition for women shouldn't they? WTF is there about that to
brewens
Jun 2015
#33
One thing I've learned when discussing gay issues with gay people. Don't say, "I'm not gay
brewens
Jun 2015
#70
Thanks. It's fun looking back, seeing who bailed when, where they are now and who, how, they are
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#200
You will get a ton of responses from people who were pure as the driven snow from the
Luminous Animal
Jun 2015
#44
Not 'hating, disliking or fearing' gays is not 'pure as the driven snow'.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jun 2015
#132
When I was a teen just learning about sexuality in the 1960s I didn't know any gay people
aint_no_life_nowhere
Jun 2015
#67
I dealt with some pretty bad internalized homophobia when I was about 14 or 15.
DemocraticWing
Jun 2015
#84
Once I got to college I realized I could pick and choose my company, and be myself.
DemocraticWing
Jun 2015
#122
No, I never hated, feared or disliked them, but as a teenager it was a major cutdown to call someone
Ghost in the Machine
Jun 2015
#86
I bought into the stereotypes as I was growing up and definitely saw them as "other."
Brickbat
Jun 2015
#110
I remember being a bit uncomfortable about the idea when I was in high school
gollygee
Jun 2015
#114
If you don't mind, I'd like to say that your post pretty much sums up my life experiance...
BlueJazz
Jun 2015
#128
No, while young I married a gay man and lived with him and his life partner for almost 10 years
KittyWampus
Jun 2015
#129
I knew they were a gay couple. There was a specific legal reason for what we did...
KittyWampus
Jun 2015
#138
No not raised that way . Had gay friends of both sexes in HS. My mom was friends with a gay
Person 2713
Jun 2015
#142
I'm kind of slow so I didn't figure out until later that some of my mother's friends were gay
Fumesucker
Jun 2015
#160
I was blessed with a liberal upbringing, so pretty much accept people as they are
Doctor_J
Jun 2015
#163
No. The concept of gay marriage took a little getting-used-to, but not for long. (nt)
Paladin
Jun 2015
#164
No hatred, but I did make a lot of insensitive and bigoted comments when I was younger.
Throd
Jun 2015
#169
No, but then again I wasn’t honestly aware of people being attracted to their own sex...
dorkzilla
Jun 2015
#178
I unknowingly married a man who was gay but was trying to 'do the right thing'.
Avalux
Jun 2015
#179
Of course I did. I grew up in rural PA and I was a dumbass who believed what others told me
LynneSin
Jun 2015
#180
Honestly, no, but they were invisible to me for much of my childhood....
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2015
#184
No, never hate, fear or dislike ... but I did NOT pay enough attention ....
etherealtruth
Jun 2015
#190
I don't think I ever had any of those feelings. But then I was raised by parents who did not waste
jwirr
Jun 2015
#192
I do not remember being aware of differences as a child, my folks were very accepting of all people
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#199
In high school, I would use the term "gay" to describe things that were not to
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2015
#201
As a kid in the 70s, I didn't know what "gay" meant until I was about ten.
Arugula Latte
Jun 2015
#207