tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796725739173568493.post1909959725483491863..comments2022-06-14T07:52:54.961+01:00Comments on Sniffy's Righting:: Time for ContemplationSniffy's Rightinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175352738822918174noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796725739173568493.post-10895445110524975552011-10-28T13:12:06.544+01:002011-10-28T13:12:06.544+01:00Sniffy said: "There isn’t a ‘straight’ scene ...Sniffy said: "There isn’t a ‘straight’ scene and I don’t see why I should scream to the world that I’m gay when there is no need for the rest of the world to scream they are straight."<br /><br />There is a straight scene - it's the pub, the church, the football terraces, the classroom, the office, the government, the cinema, the supermarket, the bookshop, the TV, the street, ... - it's everywhere all around you but it's so utterly pervasive that you don't see it. And the rest of the world certainly screams out that they are straight - the army does, adverts do, sport does, films do, children's books do, magazines do, the church does and on and on. When was the last time you saw an advert at the cinema or on TV or in a magazine that showed a loving, laughing, kissing, carefree same sex couple rather than a boyfriend/girlfriend, or man & wife or family? Yesterday, last week, last month, last year?<br /><br />Except that all those years ago, when you thought that you might be "found out", it was then you realised that there was indeed a straight scene and that you weren't part of it.<br /><br />And what would it mean to you to "scream to the world that I'm gay"?<br /><br />Puck<br />xxxPucknoreply@blogger.com