Madison Equality

Madison Equality is a campus group in support of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual people. I was surprised in how open the group was in their views, more so than I would be about my personal life. I may not completely agree with all of what was said by the group but I will not put down their lifestyle choices. I do not truly know if it is a choice or a an innate feature to by gay, but it seems that more and more people have been coming out recently. It almost seems to me to be somewhat of a fad, or a way to get attention of people.

I know that in my high school people acted out in such as way to be seen as different. I don't know why they thought that being gay would be "fun", when some see it as a way of life, but to me I feel that when people get confused they feel they must put a label on it as being gay. If people are really born gay, why does it take them so long to figure it out. Wouldn't you  have feelings from the start that you like the same sex? That's why it seems that people choose to be gay. They may feel different and they figure an easy way to explain it is to be labeled as gay.

I also think it is very odd how it is more accepted to be a gay man and it is "sexy" to be a lesbian. The media will show gay men on TV shows, such as Will and Grace, almost glamorizing the situation, when women are shown as sex objects when they are lesbians. It also is being popularized by TV host and comedian Ellen Degeneres. She came out a long time ago, and I feel she in a way set the standard, and made it OK to be gay. She made it cool to be gay. I'm not saying its a bad or good thing to be gay, but I don't feel it needs to be a popularity contest. 

OK, now the big stumping question, how can you like both sexes. I think its odd to think that you can be attracted to both sexes. I can imagine how difficult it would be to date someone of the opposite sex and tell them that you too like the same sex. The problems it must cause must be crazy. 

So lastly, I would like to congratulate everyone who tries to live their life the best they can, when they may get criticized for every move they make. People should be free to love whoever they want without being judged.