Reply #262: Passing is a choice for you too

[Ayesha]

You could get up every day and cover yourself in white make-up. Straighten your hair (or wear a wig) etc. You could pass, at least from a distance. So why not decide to do so?

I'm sure you're extremely offended by what I just said. To disguise yourself as white would be physically uncomfortable and emotionally excruciating. You would have to live a lie and completely hide your true self. That's exactly what you're suggesting that gay people do, and it's just as offensive to us.