Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 13, 2013

Yet, they say they just want to keep it to themselves. Nope, they’re so in your face at every turn. Well, which is it? Privacy or out for all to see?

There was a guy at work who had a picture of his wife and kids on his desk, and talked about them all the time. He shoved his heterosexuality in our faces at every turn. Disgusting! If you have to live like that, can’t you at least keep quiet about it?

I’m sure all your co-workers appreciate it.

I used to see gay men kissing in public all the time. Maybe it was because I was living in the Castro District of San Francisco.

Careful, you might catch her gay if she sneezes, especially in the car, roll down the window!

That’s enough, George!

So tired of gangs I can’t begin to tell you. Race gangs, religious gangs, sexual preference gangs, wealth and poverty gangs, music gangs, sports gangs, etc. I understand the need to affiliate with others but why does inclusion in a group have to have as one of its tenets exclusion of other groups? And some of us call our species sentient.

Does that actually have any meaning?Who says affiliating with a group (“gangs”? Really?) is exclusive of all other groups? Most human belong to numerous groups simultaneously.

To every straight person who wants gay people to “keep it to themselves,” I challenge you to go a week — even a DAY — without revealing your heterosexuality to anyone.

That means you cannot talk about your spouse, your home life, a date, mention anyone you find attractive,. comment about the movie star you have a crush on, etc etc etc.

Really, try it! If you’re in a social environment, I’ll bet you find it difficult to keep it up for an HOUR!

One’s sexual orientation impacts more than just sex. Gay and straight people should abide by the same social norms as to what is too intimate for polite company, but just saying something that implies a homosexual orientation is no more TMI than people saying things that imply their heterosexuality.

Oh, and how’s this for flaunting-your-heterosexuality: “We’re trying to have a baby.”

Why thank you so much for telling me that you’re having lots and lots of unprotected sex!

But that’s apparently perfectly appropriate for office conversation…

I kept it to myself, and the Navy witch hunts found out anyway. They lost an awesome Naval Officer. Their loss…

She is a hero.

@pianoguy

You know what they say about people who are overly sensitive to the behavior of LGBT people: they’re either frightened or jealous.

Nothing worse than a “flaming heterosexual” (sic).

@bawana: As a retiree who had 43+ years working as a professional in an office, I have to say I feel sorry for you. If all you work for, behind a closed door,is a paycheck, if you live your life as solitary as an oyster in a tightly closed shell—I’m sorry, but that’s how you seem—then you’ve cut yourself off from the main reason to be alive: to be a part of the lives of other people, to laugh with them, cry with them, help them when they need it, and let them help you when you need it. Otherwise, you’re the walking-dead kind of person who goes through a revolving door without pushing.

It’s not too late to change, friend—for your own sake, please try.

to thine own self be true

Oooh…well, if you’re offering…could I have a slice of the ostrich?

And the reruns continue. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

@potrerokid1532I bet the Scandinavians felt the same way about what was called Little Scandinavia until the Irish moved in. The Castro was called Eureka Valley until the 1960s. In the early 1900s it was the center of the Scandinavian community in San Francisco. Then the Irish and some Italians moved there in the 1920s. After World War 2, you had the exodus to the suburbs. The neighborhood was actually in decline when the gay influx started in the 1960s. They started refurbishing the Victorian homes and opening up businesses.I always find it interesting how one group thinks their old neighborhood was great until “the other” moved in.I remember reading Henry Miller, the author of “Tropic of Cancer,” describing how great Williamsburg, Brooklyn was when it was mostly German (Christian), and then… the Jews moved in.Of course now, the Jews will tell you how great Williamburg was until the Hipsters moved in.

Finally, a decent person in this conversation, and not some “closet” troll. These guys won’t quit with the backhanded stuff.

I think there were a lot of decent folks here, all responding to some Archie Bunker type earlier.

Yes, Archie, she is.