Nightmare that he was straight. Are we actually less boring, more artistic, and if so, why?
That we might be systematically more interesting is of course a terror of the Assimilationist and Respectability Gays.
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I think that this video is primarily in reaction to some straights who think they are superior and assume that Gays would be glad to be straight. However, I think that the video raises other interesting questions.
This person sees being Gay as part of who he is. He also sees that if he was transformed into a straight person, it would be a loss of self. Being Gay isnāt something he carries around in a black bag, but an integral part of his identity. He isnāt a Zero Gay. [Link to that essay at the end of this post.]
Now about straights being boring, I donāt know if he is essentially stating the idea that all Gays have some innate super cultural awareness or superior abilities in art and dance, etc. I donāt think that there is an innate ability to be more culturally aware, I do think the consequences of Gay life lead to more cultural awarenesss.
I do think though Gays do live much more interesting lives, or have the potential to live more interesting lives, but not due to any innate feature of being Gay, but from the consequences of being Gay.
There is more available time for cultural pursuits, since you are not likely to be raising children. There is the likelihood you live in urban centers to be in a Gayborhood or be close to it and so you are more exposed to a diversity of cultural activities. I think there is less likelihood in the Gay community to see art as somehow not masculine and to reject it. There is less of a fear of being artistic.
However, I donāt think those things, though significant, are what keeps us from being boring.
I think the really powerful factor is that there is a lot of fluidity in the Gay community and people date across class, religions, race, ethnic, geographical, and other cultural lines. Not every Gay person does this, but a lot of Gay people do. I think this makes Gay life very interesting. There is a lot of cultural exchange going on, and the development of an attitude which tends to see things with a broader viewpoint and is more open to diverse cultures and experiences. Of course there are those Gays are remain impervious this tendency.
Of course, this video is a nightmare to assimilationist Gays and Respectability Gays. I can see the Assimilationist Gays insisting we are just as boring as straights. For Respectability Gays, it means that perhaps within the Gay psyche there lurks things even more horrible than then Gays being Pups. āWhite might the straight people think!ā they worry.
Of course, if you want to be boring, you have a perfect right to. I have observed that many Gays are boring, so donāt worry, it is attainable.
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By the way, if you know of any good Instagram accounts I should follow, please mention the account in the comments.
MIdjourney generated this image which I went with since the Instagram poster was African American.
When I didnāt specify African American I got this.
So I specified āAfrican American Gay person having a nightmare that he is straight and screaming with his head on a pillow and with rainbow smoke blowing out of his ears --ar 16:9ā