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Comments like "LGBT threads are always touchy", "pushing an agenda" and "making straights uncomfortable" are not really the best way to start off a topic when you want positive participation from people. LGBT folks talking about LGBT stuff is not pushing an agenda, it's part of life. If it makes others uncomfortable, then that's 100% the problem of those narrow minded people.Gladly, what sounds confrontational? I might do some edits.
And this...
With that say, I also want straight GAF to be respectful of the answers here, please not name calling, don't call anyone gross or a freak. It's OK to be offended or uncomfortable but there's no need for personal attack over something that they have no control of.
...is very strange to me. "OK to be offended" sounds like reassurance to bigots. (Which I don't think you meant, but it certainly comes off that way.) And the "something that they have no control of" line reeks of attaching stigma to homosexuality. It's also very pandering. There's nothing wrong with being gay. It's not a condition or a malady that needs treating.
I don't mean to disrupt things, because it looks like everyone is embracing a fun and positive take on the thread which is awesome, but to have this sort of pretext starting things off really rubs me the wrong way. Again, I don't think it's intentional, but I would ask you to read it again and put yourself in the position of the people who's opinions you are soliciting, and think how you'd feel if addressed that way.