this post was a response to Jeff's comment that the stereotype is caused by TV and movies...
I'm not looking to argue with you, Jess, but you take a look at my post again. I did not say the stereotype was
caused by TV and movies. I said it was fostered, I meant it's spread by TV and movies, movies like
The Bird Cage, and TV news broadcasts of Pride parades, and so forth.
But even that wasn't my point. My point was that however much these "people like Jack and Ennis" may "stay hidden" and may not like it, in the eyes of any straight people who know who and what they are, they are
gay--if their straight family and friends feel a need to attach a name to what they are--because that's just the common use today, whether or not it conjures up images of outrageous drag queens or swishy decorators or bare-butt boys in motorcycle chaps, so these people like Jack and Ennis ought to just save their time and energy denying that they are gay, because in the eyes of the world, if they love other men and have sex with other men, they are
gay.And I sure hope their straight friends and families aren't calling them
queers and
fairies and
pansies behind their backs.