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By
Dyan Mason
As
the U.S. Supreme Court made its landmark decision last month
to protect the private sexual acts between consenting (gay)
adults from the public, the question is…. Are we going to
keep our private sexual acts out of the public?
Whether
you enjoy sexhibition or not, it is a fact that
we, as gays, are judged on our outward behavior in the public.
We fight for equality and acceptance, yet we often display
public behavior that can be offensive
and unacceptable regardless if it is being displayed in a
gay or straight world.
While
attending a Pride celebration in San Francisco, complimentary
magazine guidebooks were handed out to the public
(I normally love these magazines!), but was very surprised
when I opened the magazine and the very first thing that pops
out at me is a full page gay male porn ad reading “All
male sex shows” and “Cruise over 28,000 of the hottest sites
for $1.95” with a young beautiful boy wearing
only a studded g-string and baseball cap, hot oiled body in
a suggestive pose. This was not a private magazine with discreet
distribution (which I may enjoy in my privacy)... this was
the public Pride Guidebook. And like other Pride events
that was only the beginning.
Naked
overweight middle-aged men wearing only tennis shoes were
at every turn. Boys in gold g-strings dancing on balconies
while massaging each other and a woman going down on another
woman while hanging out of a hotel window are just some
of the oddities that are sure to make it on
church video’s around the country.
Many
aspects of the events are not a celebration of our differences
and our pride, but an excuse to exhibit our private sexuality.
Do
we take it too far? Do we shove our private sexuality down
the throats of the general public? Sex is healthy
and promoting sexuality is healthy . But is there
is a time and place for everything? Are Pride celebrations
becoming an excuse for indecency? Public sex? Public nudity?
What
is particularly upsetting is that many or most of us, do not
accept this type of exhibitionism, yet being part of the gay
community we are all put into one category and often deemed
as homosexual deviants.
As
our fight for equality becomes closer to obtaining, the Christian
movement and Coalition for Marriage will put up one heck of
a war…. They are sure to exploit what they may deem as deviant
behavior. Is sexhibition in our community going to help us
or hurt us in our quest for equality?
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