I'm not one to make a quick judgement, so...
Mr. Trombone may have shown his true colors too soon. And I am thisclose to marking him as homophobe.
He lives in a predominately gay neighborhood. A gayborhood, if you will.
His condo complex, I'm pretty sure, is 90% gay.
With that information:
Last week I took note of one of his neighbor's rainbow pride flag and joked: Do you think there is a straight pride flag out there?
His answer: "Yes, there is. It's red, white, blue, and has 50 stars on it.
He was not joking.
Last night he was shocked to learn that I have gay friends (and a lesbian). He told me he knew no gay people.
Again, condo-90% and I'm being lenient. Also am I naive to think that at our age (25 - 30) you must know of at least one gay person. Am I wrong?
If I wasn't friends with any, I (did) work with at least two that I knew of.
This afternoon I was driving through his neighborhood, while on the phone with him. I passed a really good hamburger joint and asked the question: "Have you ever been to Hunky's?"
His answer: "No, I'd never go there because of the those people there. I think I would leave there with a lot more than I planned on ordering."
Those people?
No judgement.
But again, the condo, seriously, maybe I can knock it down to 50% gay?!?
Still.
or are those comments that very hetero males make? I don't know, I been around gays too long.
He also was in UT? Austin? Marching Band!?
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I can say with certainty that those are not comments that hetero males who are not homophobes make. Sounds like you've definitely got one on your hands. The flag comment would've sealed his fate with me.
Hmm is right. I don't know about that. Maybe his is homophobic because he had to defend is sexuality so much when he was in a marching band in Austin?
I knew the most hetero, frat daddy guys at UT and even they had gay friends and were comfortable with it. Maybe twisted panties is right...he had to defend himself throughout his band years. If I heard that homophobic talk even once, I would be like, "Next!". Big fat negative on Mr. Trombone!
I was thinking about his remark to the straight flag comment. The American flag belongs to all of us, regardless of race, creed or sexual preference.
So that brings us back to your question of there being a straight flag. Hmmm...
I was joking about the straight flag comment I made.
BUT I did call him out on it and his defense was, "I'm not homophobic, I go to the most gayest grocery store in town."
uhm hmm...that sounds too much like the "but I have a Black friend" excuse.
NEXT!
Thanks, girls!!
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