Oh, those naked gays!

I always find it rather sad and ridiculous when I hear gay people talk about how flamboyant gays, naked gays, flaunting gays are somehow holding gay rights back. When bigots point to such people, it is merely an attempt to justify their own revolting bigotry. There are all kinds of LGBT people. Always have been. Always will be. Just as there are all kinds of straight people. Look around. There are plenty of flamboyant, naked, flaunting straight people out there. I am of the opinion that such people, LGBT and straight, are just as much worthy of respect as anyone else. And I think the gay rights movement is grounded in the idea that people are people, and they should be allowed to decide for themselves how they want to live so long as they’re not harming others. I have absolutely no interest in trading in heterosexism imposed on us in large measure by Christianists for the arbitrary dress codes and strictures of some other class of self-proclaimed defenders of decency. A Buttoned-down shirt and a buttoned-down life does not make one morally superior.