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Originally Posted by chiaroscuro
When a heterosexual couple walks down the street hand-in-hand, past endless advertising billboards showing heterosexual couples hugging, kissing, lying in bed together... no-one bats an eyelid.
But if a gay couple walk down the street hand in hand, the best they can expect is disapproval from many, and the worst they can expect is physical violence - the justification being that they are shoving their "lifestyle" down other peoples throats.
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I do believe the attitudes have changed enormously over the past couple of decades. There is, however, a very long way to go until it will be seen by everyone as just normal human behaviour.
I still well remember Australians' attitudes toward us 'Wogs' when we arrived here in 1969. Much of that has certainly improved.
The most deep-seated attitudes unfortunately will never be altered and in my opinion the annual Gay & Les Mardi Gras does nothing to help that.
I have worked and socialised with people who later told me they were gay or les, knowing that made no difference to the opinions I had formed of them. In fact most of the gay people I have known over the years have been more ethical, considerate and in general more honest than many of those who consider themselves "normal".