Anderson Cooper Is Gay

Wow, Anderson Cooper came out. I must be the only person who didn't know he was gay. He says that he came out because he didn't want people to think he was ashamed or hiding that fact about himself. Also, he says he wanted to be yet another celebrity to step forward to hopefully make some kids feel okay about who they are.

I think it's a damned shame that people have to "come out" at all.

I don't pretend to understand the complexity of what it's like to be gay in this screwed up society, but I do wonder what it would've been like had the equality movement gone a different route. As far as I know the whole violence towards gays thing has been a one-way street. Celebrities are coming out to raise awareness by kind of saying, "Hey, you know the guy you like all the time on TV...he's gay too. So stop being a dick." I just feel like there are too many Anderson Coopers and Jim Parsons coming out and not enough "other" people.

I've had my fair share of gay men come on to me. I don't get offended by it or turn into a bigot. I actually see it as a compliment. "I'm so beautiful that women AND men want me. Booyah!" Almost every time it happens it is never the stereotypical gay man that you see on TV. Most of the time it's a dude that looks like Michael Clarke Duncan from The Green Mile. Even the strongest of bigots would be compelled to be polite in that situation and that's exactly what I'm getting at.

I think that more bodybuilding, football playing, "I pick up cars in my spare time" gay men need to come forward. If not that, then the Jason Bourne ex-special ops types need to do a PSA. None of that "It gets better" shit either. It should be something scary with a big dude bending a tire iron with his bare hands and the special ops guy holding a grenade and they should look directly into the camera a la Fight Club. "Look, the people you are after are the people you depend on. We cook your meals, we haul your trash, we connect your calls, we drive your ambulances. We guard you while you sleep. Do not fuck with us."

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