Thursday, December 26, 2024

Growing Up Gay in Canada

Apr 25, 2024 | Stephen Chambers sheds light on the fear and hurdles he had to overcome as a gay man.


My goodness! Gay people have had to suffer since time immemorial simply for preferring to kiss and love people of their own sex instead of people of the opposite sex. It is unbelievable that this benighted world we inhabit still makes such a big thing about something so simple and natural. By the way, it is natural by dint of the very fact it occurs in nature. Anything that occurs in nature is natural.

It is high time that people got over their biases and prejudices. Gays have always existed; and they will continue to exist – forever! It is therefore high time that benighted people stopped making gay people’s lives a misery.

For your information, some of the most refined men I have ever met have been gay. Even though I have actually mixed with very few gay men in my whole life — I didn’t come out until my late forties! — one thing has always stood out for me: gay men are often extremely refined, erudite, and are fond of the finer things this life has to offer. The gay men I have known have always been rather well-dressed, and lovers of fine food and wines. They are also frequently very good conversationalists, probably because they are usually very well-read. – © Mark Alexander