Qualities of the gay man v the straight man

[poshglasgow]

When I was in Jomtien a few weeks ago I strayed, under the influence of a few pints, from the comparative safety and culture of the gay community in the Complex into nearby "Breeder Land" by way of a football bar so that I could watch a World Cup match. I could just have easily have stayed in the @Home bar to watch on the big screen but occasionally I feel the need to take a short peek in the straight bars to see if they are still as ghastly as I remembered them to be on my last trip!

The contrast, needless to say, is extreme between the level of decorum, intelligent conversation, mild manner, basic civility and controlled behaviour that one finds in the gay community, and the mayhem, uncouth, bombastic, homophobic, loutish, racist behaviour often associated with 'macho land'. "En-ger-land, En-ger-land!!"

My local pub in the UK, for example, whilst very convenient, is awash with laddish behaviour, displayed by middle-aged neanderthal tradesmen (I have nothing whatsoever against tradesmen: I have everything against tradesmen who are blatantly homophobic) who, on a good day, refer to gays as "fucking poofs and shirt-lifters"! They seem to care little that this kind of behaviour in a public place is illegal, but to them it is normal and a necessary signal to the rest of the 'herd' that their heterosexuality is without question, for fear that their equally intellectually-challenged friends may think him a......well, you know, a chap who, er, bats for the other side!

Whilst listening to a most inspiring gay man talking about his teenage years in sixties Britain on BBC Radio 4 this morning, I began to think about the levels of innate intelligence between heteros and homos. It is my theory that the gay man is miles ahead of his heterosexual counterpart. Certainly within the creative arts and education we tend to lead, but the difference is particularly obvious when chatting with fellow gay men: intelligent, erudite, philosophical, sensitive creatures that we are.

Please, having said all that, let's not now launch a custard pie throwing fest between members in this thread. We are, or we should be, all on the same side. (Unless you support Glasgow Rangers)!!

Anyone else have views on the perceived differences between gays and straights?

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