Gay, Straight, whatever. I don't see the problem - love is love as far as im concerned no matter what the combination. I also don't see the problem of anyone showing that they love their partner either. Its a shame that everyone hasnt got the same tolerance though. In connection with the Original Post. My 2 best buddies are members of this site and they are both gay. Cant remember off hand user names though. I think they only really post reviews.
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As for the OP - Big shock then that..............peoples sexuality is of little interest really it seems.
As for it being a shame to have conversations like this, I am not sure I agree. There may be some gay forum members who now see that quite a few people on here actually don't think it matters. It seems many view personality above personal preferences, which seems good to me.
For many people, even if they are not willing to admit it, it matters.
One of my closest and dearest friends (male and gay) struggled to come out due to repression, verbal abuse and threats from narrow minded people who really cant see that being gay is not a disease , a choice or wrong.
I encouraged him to be himself and even took him to gay bars so he could be who he was without having to worry about predjudice.
He was one of the nicest, funniest, kind hearted and generous people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing.
Note I say was...
He passed away earlier this year at the grand old age of 28.
He lived the life he was given but would have been able to live it more if everyone accepted that people are people no matter what their sexual orientation is.
So yes, it is a shame that these conversations have to be had.
Live and let life.
Life is too short to waste caring about who loves who
I am very sorry to hear about your friend, clearly this must have been very distressing for everyone who knew him.
One of the problems with forums, or indeed the written word, is that it's very easy to mis-intepret or mis-understand people's intent. So for absolute clarity, I am completely comfortable with all and everyone who is comfortable and at ease with me. Like most people I too have colleagues, close friends and relations who are gay, and in the spirit of true equality some of them I like and some of them I don't.
I assure you, I had no intent to offend you or anyone else, so if I did then I apologise without reservation. However, I don't apologise for my views ie I do think conversations like this are helpful and they can be viewed as being constructive.
You see to me (unless I have myself mis-understood) every post on this thread has been supportive of the diversity that exists in our society.
In closing I would say that I agree 100% with your final sentence.
Me and my partner (two men) camp and have never encountered any problems or issues. Although we've become a bit oblivious over the years to anyone peeping or gossiping.....
We tend to go to quiet campsites out of season and aren't into any public displays of affection (we'd be the same if we were straight and tbh I rarely see that many open displays of affection from other campers, straight or gay).
Personally I don't think people at an eyelid about such things these days. So many different people camp (friends backpacking, extended families, single people, couples etc) that you'd do well to be fathoming camper sexuality unless they're being very overt with one another.
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Just been pottering through this thread and feel the need to put in my thoughts. My fella and I have been camping a lot of the past couple of years and I can honestly say I have never 'noticed' a gay couple on a campsite. I have a strong suspicion that this isn't because there aren't any but more because it's how my generation (born in the 90s) are wired. We are so familiar with the lgbt community that it's not seen as unusual anymore. Tv is full of loved homosexual characters, programs like 'don't tell the bride' regular feature gay couples. However I will not deny that being gay is more difficult than being straight it is becoming much less of a difficulty than it used to be. So on behalf of the majority of my generation, we simply don't mind. A gay couple showing each other affection on a campsite is likely not even going to register! I would also like to make clear so as not to cause offence I am aware of many people older than myself who are just as accepting but in my experince and opinion the younger folk are a touch more open minded purely due to media etc.
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We tend to go to quiet campsites out of season and aren't into any public displays of affection (we'd be the same if we were straight and tbh I rarely see that many open displays of affection from other campers, straight or gay).
How does one 'notice' a gay couple on a campsite anyway? 2 campers of same sex could be be friends, brothers, sisters, dad/son or mum/daughter. I was born well before the 90s.
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We tend to go to quiet campsites out of season and aren't into any public displays of affection (we'd be the same if we were straight and tbh I rarely see that many open displays of affection from other campers, straight or gay).
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Topic: Are there any Gay Campers out there?
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