Gay Pride

I am sick to death frequently irritated at the common misconception of seeing and hearing people refer to other people as 'homophobic' when they don't actually mean it.

Homophobic does not mean that someone hates or dislikes or is scared of gay people.

Homophobia is not the right term to use for someone who might say "you fucking poof" or words to that effect.

A homophobe is none of these. Homophobia is not a hate crime.

Homophobia is a problem. For straight people and for some gay people.

Homophobia is a fear of being gay. Straight and gay people suffer from it and rather than labelling the unaccepting with this title we should help those who truly deserve it. Show straight people that gays are nothing to be scared of... unless you're Juzzzy and I'm in the room... and help gay people realise it's okay to be gay.

Now, can we stop this silly use of a very normal and useful word?

I think it's time I had a manicure and a lay down!

As the summer season approaches... or appears like it might already be here and about to finish... the season of Pride marches is also due to begin.

I enjoy the spirit of Pride festivals and of course the fair grounds and stalls are always fun, seeing friends is great and not having to worry about holding hands in a bar is marvellous but sometimes the people who take part in these events take things a little bit too far.

The idea behind a Pride Festival is promote equality and gay rights but sadly some people decide that it's more about making gay people more important than others. This, obviously, is quite wrong. I'm all for gay rights and I'm all for equality but they idea of gay people being more equal than others is very very wrong - yet still some people want this to be the way of life!

I once heard a gay man on a pride march talk about how it would be great if we had a gay shopping centre and gay housing.

"If they ever do build either of those let me know where so I can avoid them!" I said.
"Oh my God, a straight person in a pride march, they get everywhere!" he said as he gave a very girlish and gleeful laugh with his friend.

I couldn't be bothered replying but my friend turned around and gave him a few choice words and pointed out how most shopping centres are aimed towards women and that should be good enough for gay men like him and if he wants gay housing he need only look at Dorothy Towers in Birmingham! They aren't really called Dorothy Towers, I forget their real names, but if you're a poof in Birmingham and you're looking for council accommodation then most of the time you'll end up in either one of two towers in the city centre. I'm quite sure one day there will be an "accident" just as a massive gay party is going on in and around these towers and the council will call it pest control.

So why is it that some gays want things more equal? Why can't gays just be happy with normal everyday equality? I appreciate that the majority of gays do just want equality and not the equality that makes us better than them but sadly it's the gays in the wrong that push forward to the TV cameras or the paps and scream "we're here, we're queer!" and demanding to be heard. These are the people who want homosexuals recognised as a whole individual race of people but thankfully theses are also the people who aren't intelligent enough to know what to do about it and leave it to... well to people like me... to go about it the right way!

Now you lot of hetties, go make me coffee and bring a bacon sandwich and whilre you're at it shine my shoes!