I am doing a group project on Homosexuality in Todays society for my sociology class, and I have seven questions I was hoping one would not mind answering.... There are to be no names I just need to know your gender. you can send the answers to zoeypinkk@gmail.com if you don't want to post them on here :)
It would be much appreciated!
1. Did you ever think about living as a lesbian/gay in secret?
2. When you let others know about being esbian/gay what were their reactions?
3. Have you had any %26quot;hate%26quot; crimes or 'hate' things happen to you since you have been openly lesbian or gay?
4. Have you been accepted in your group of straight friends and co-workers?
5. Do you think it might be more acceptable for women to be lesbian compared to men being gay?
6. How has your life changed since coming out?
7. How do you know someone else is gay? How do you make those connections?
Questions to Gay/Lesbions = Homosexuality in Todays Society?
1- Yes, i'm actually living it, only one friend knows about it
2- The only friend reacted calmly to it.. he didn't change his expressions at all
3- NO, coz no one knows!! lol
4- Yes, my friend accepts me
5- Yes
6- Coming out to my friend made me so high!!
7- I can't, and i wish i can!!
i'm a male !!
Questions to Gay/Lesbions = Homosexuality in Todays Society?
3. Have you had any %26quot;hate%26quot; crimes or 'hate' things happen to you since you have been openly lesbian or gay?
ANY disagreement is %26quot;hate%26quot; according to them.
1. no i would eventually tell everyone in the future
2. most of them accepted it very well
3. none that i can thing off
4. only half of them know but yes i think i will be accepted
5. yes women liking women has been totally normal to people but men liking men is a problem to people
6. i feel more relieved that i could tell someone
7. mainly by the way they act towards you, like flirting with you
well first off, you need to learn how to spell lesbian.
1. Did you ever think about living as a lesbian/gay in secret?
A: no, there's no point in living like that.
2. When you let others know about being lesbian/gay what were their reactions?
A: they don't care. because why would i pick friends that wouldn't be supportive of my in the first place?
3. Have you had any %26quot;hate%26quot; crimes or 'hate' things happen to you since you have been openly lesbian or gay?
A: yes, people just say rude comments to me about it.
4. Have you been accepted in your group of straight friends and co-workers?
A: yes.
5. Do you think it might be more acceptable for women to be lesbian compared to men being gay?
A: yes it is.
6. How has your life changed since coming out?
A: i just feel more comfortable.
7. How do you know someone else is gay? How do you make those connections?
A: we just know these things. we're special.
[[:
1 - You mean, perpetually? No, that would be horrible.
2 - Everyone I've told were more or less okay with it.
3 - No
4 - I'm still in the process of coming out to my friends, but the ones I've told have been really cool about it.
5 - I couldn't say.
6 - More than I could write down here.
7 - You can't really know unless they tell you.
1. no. almost as soon as i knew all i thought about was coming out.
2. alot of people were surprised. but most were pretty cool.
3. no. i heard more horrible things when i wasn't out. at least now that i'm out, straight people keep their negative views to themselves.
4. yes. most of my friends are str8 men.
5. uh. i don't know.
6. i'm happier.
7. its the way they smile, walk, talk. what they wear. how they wear it. how they look at others. its small things, but sort of obvious.
Im Bi-Curious but I'll answer your Q's anyway :)
1) Its still half a secret, I've told those closest to me but I dont tend to go round telling people at random unless someone asks.
2) My Mom guessed something had happened and she was cool, others were kinda shocked and taken aback cos I just don't think they expected it from me. I explained which helped.
3) Luckily haven't had any hating.
4) I have quite a lot of Bi friends, they were still shocked but it was accepted and it wasnt made into a big deal.
5) Yes I think its more acceptable for women, but I think its because with males they can engage more in sexual activity.
6) I can be openly curious and feel more able to explore freely and feel more confident within myself.
7) The old saying %26quot;It takes one to know one%26quot; lol, then theres the obvious butch women, and girly gay men who anyone can look at and just know.
1. Did you ever think about living as a lesbian/gay in secret?
No, that would just be miserable.
2. When you let others know about being lesbian/gay what were their reactions?
Most people are pretty ok with it. My gay/bi friends pretty much said they already knew, lol.
3. Have you had any %26quot;hate%26quot; crimes or 'hate' things happen to you since you have been openly lesbian or gay?
My parents make these comments about how they can't trust me around girls or something, but I've never had a problem with other people.
4. Have you been accepted in your group of straight friends and co-workers?
Yes.
5. Do you think it might be more acceptable for women to be lesbian compared to men being gay?
Probably.
6. How has your life changed since coming out?
I'm happier in general. It's nice not to hide things anymore.
7. How do you know someone else is gay? How do you make those connections?
I don'tnecessarilyy know unless they tell me, but sometimes you can tell by how they act towards other people and how they carry themselves.
1. Did you ever think about living as a lesbian/gay in secret?
I. YES,In secret I must say at a time I did think I harbored these desires but dismissed them, it wasn’t until I knew what it was that I was sure.
2. When you let others know about being lesbian/gay what were their reactions?
II. Yes I did, they reacted very swiftly some with kindness some with hatred, but I understood that being gay is a stigma in society and always will be so I didn’t mind the response.
3. Have you had any %26quot;hate%26quot; crimes or 'hate' things happen to you since you have been openly lesbian or gay?
III. No I don’t believe I do, at times I find myself calling gay people ******* but I say it jokingly
Knowing that any truly gay person who has come to terms with their sexuality would not mind it. But beyond that I don’t believe in non tolerance to counter act tolerance, so everyone to their own opinion.
4. Have you been accepted in your group of straight friends and co-workers?
? Yes I have, I have a close network of straight friends and gay friends, I don’t belive that gender or sexuality should separate friendship.
5. Do you think it might be more acceptable for women to be lesbian compared to men being gay?
? I honestly have not researched that, and at this point am not prepared to make a judgment based on personal bias or scientifically sound fact.
6. How has your life changed since coming out?
7. How do you know someone else is gay? How do you make those connections?
? I attempt to establish their personal traits and correlate them with known gay traits and attempt to establish a hypothesis, now correlation does not mean it’s perfect so at times I am wrong, but it’s all based on personal speculation I usually just wait to see if they will tell me. I make those connects just as I make any other speculation through correlation
Ps: I think its grate you are doing this project I too am in sociology and find it very fascinating I hope to one day receive feedback from your results. Sincerely derrick Hernandez
“a relationship with knowledge will never end in heart brake”
Homophobia rife in every country even britain and western country's
Society is vastly against it its pretty clear from what stonewall say they have done vast research into this matter
Its about time hetrosexist society grew up and found something else to pick on and stop living in the flipping past
