The Simtropolis Closet

[6underground 11]

So now i know the REAL reason why you want me to do an Arriva Wales skin... You minx!

 

But yeah he was fit, and yes, the next time i am in Ponty, im getting myself arrested..

[Kryten 0]

It's great to see that there's a coming out thread here! And it's great to see that everyone has been so supportive - to me homophobia (and all other forms of intolerance) are the worst kind of stupidity .

I'm proud to say that I'm from Canada, where gay marriage is now legal. I've been pointing this out to all my American friends!

 

I'm not so proud to say that I'm living in California,

~reworded by a moderator: where they are trying to pass a constitutional amendment banning gay marriages~

~watch your language next time.~ A.C.

[jmusshorn 7]

I must say that I agree with Kryten. California is supposedly such a proactive and progressive place, yet they're doing things that are so stereotypically... Nevermind.

Anyway, I suppose that the California thing doesn't really shock me nor concern me. I live out in Hawai'i; gay marriage is already expressly forbidden here... I just don't understand. Well, maybe people will get over all of their reservations about gay marriage years from now. We can only hope, I guess.

~Jamie~

[bienefeldt 3]

Yo People,

Very happy to announce that Lentbury is, at least to my knowledge, the first country on Simtropolis to have opened marriage for same-sex couples.

 

[6underground 11]

Hmmmm well i don't think know about marriage, but too my Knowledge New Rhodesia was the first City Journal too touch upon the subject of sexuality, that was a very long time ago. Back in her first age.

[newyorkrunaway1 110]

I am gay, as all already know, lol, just sayin!

[ExiL3 10]

OK, I'll Come out too










*opens door*














just kidding, I'M STRAIGHT

take care

[GingerBlokey 30]

Aww thats a shame Exil you are very good looking.

[masher 3]

GB:....calm down...This is a closet not a corner

[Dan Ryan 0]

I would like for some of the admins to come out and say if their gay or straight.

NOTE: I am str8

[jmusshorn 7]

ExiL3:

 

Dan Ryan: Yeah, umm, I don't know about that.

Probably not best to ask the admins to be involved in such a controversial topic.

[Dan Ryan 0]

Yeah that is right because the admins might be shame.

[+Guest]

Can somebody please explain to me what gay pride is?

Is it being able to be openly gay in public,

Affectionate in public?

 

I don't know tbh, a little confuzzled, and want to know something for once.

[S.A.C 20]

I can't help wondering why it always hits as a surprise when someone is outing him or herself!  Yet, this place, just as many others, have lots of people with another sexual orientation than the hetero one!  Just imagine how many of ST's members are visiting this topic, yet keeping their little secrets to themselves!

[ExiL3 10]

GB: Well thank you, hehe I'll take that as a compliment.

masher: you mean GB right? well, if ... then:

S.A.C: true, isn't like 11% of the people on this planet gay? Thought I read that somewhere, that means that there are about 9000 gay people on this forum/ST, doesn't it? please correct me if im wrong...

well as always,
take care

[GingerBlokey 30]

ATP: Gay Pride is all about not being ashamed to be gay in public or anywhere else. It is about accepting who you are and not being changed by society.

[S.A.C 20]

Date: 8/6/2005 6:14:16 PM Author: ExiL3 

S.A.C: true, isn't like 11% of the people on this planet gay? Thought I read that somewhere, that means that there are about 9000 gay people on this forum/ST, doesn't it? please correct me if im wrong... well as always, take care

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I think it's a good thing NOT to trust all these statistics we're fed with all the time.  They are, after all, statistics, and statistics have been proven wrong many times before!   Who knows, it could be less then 11%, just as it could easily be more!

[jmusshorn 7]

Dan Ryan: No, that wasn't really what I was getting at. What I meant was that perhaps since the admins have to deal with everyone on this website (and I do mean everyone) simultaneously, perhaps it would be best to leave sexual orientation undisclosed; it simply makes it easier for everyone to get along with admins, and vice-versa.

ExiL3: Actually, I believe that the numbers have been re-examined and reworked. Currently in human population, it is believed that approximately 4% of the world population is homosexual. Also on the same note, animal populations have been studied as well. I'm not sure of most of the percentages, but I do know that it's supposed that 8% of the world's sheep population is homosexual.

~Jamie~

[Joesocwork 4]

Date: 8/6/2005 5:06:15 PM Author: Dan Ryan Yeah that is right because the admins might be shame.

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Hmmm... Are you trolling, simply haven't read the entire thread, or reaaalllllyyy wanting to know about the admins?     Regardless, Jmusshorn is right.  B/c of predjudice of all sorts, it is easier to maintain authority when members aren't letting preconceptions based on the little that they do know block out what is being said. 

[Brutus 0]

I think this is the first gaming forum where I have seen a thread about sexuality that isn't a bashing thread or flame war.  I guess I should admit it, I'm gay too.  I live with my boyfreind.

 

A special thanks to all you Str8 supporters.

[jmusshorn 7]

Wow, I just read through the Wikipedia article regarding sexuality, and I found out something that had never really crossed my mind before: Homosexuality was listed as a mental illness by the American Psychological Association all the way up until 1973.

Not that this is shocking, it just never really occured to me that people once regarded gay people as mentally unstable. Looking at the way some people look at me nowadays though, I positively kick myself for not realizing that earlier.

I had one person tell me Don't worry, Satan will loosen his grip on your weak little mind soon enough, and then you can go back to liking girls and be saved from going to hell when you die of HIV! You think I'm kidding? That's verbatim. It's shocking, yet in retrospect it makes me laugh a little. Not sure why.

~Jamie~

[thatmonkeysim 8]

wow... thats just... well... something my mom would say...

[ExiL3 10]

S.A.C and Jamie: Yeah, I agree statistics are just statistics, but they can be informative, and give you a small understanding.
8% of the sheep are gay, lol well thats kinda funny. They are cute though,

take care

[GingerBlokey 30]

Jmuss @ That person wasn't about 105 was she? Thank God no-one round here is religious lol.

[frogface 354]

iam, but i dont get bothered by it at all and i would support most things like gay rights etc... im definately not homophobic so please dont get the idea all religious people are staunch homophobic fundamentalists who think homosexuality is a mental illness because were not, its only a very vocal minority giving a bad name for everyone else 

[Joesocwork 4]

Date: 8/8/2005 8:57:06 AM Author: GingerBlokey Jmuss @ That person wasn't about 105 was she? Thank God no-one round here is religious lol.

Actually many members are; some probably also disapprove of homosexuality.  But they also aren't falling into stereotypes many people hold about religion.  

 

It's been my insight lately that people who either don't take their religion (any religion) seriously, or don't commit to it wholeheartedly through and through, or pick and choose what's convenient for them often come across as more fanatical & zealous (& therefore goofy) than those that really are devout; which really presents a horrible image to the public at large and making it difficult for believers/ practitioners.  I would also suspect that religion is not the only institution where that is true.

[GingerBlokey 30]

Here I am coming out of my closet. lol

[+Guest]

lol, that really is ginger,

[jmusshorn 7]

Oh no, I definitely wasn't incinuating that all religious folks are homophobic fundamentalists. Some are, but many aren't. I do indeed understand that there is an extremely vocal minority of these kinds of people.

Problem is, most of these types of people manage to be the ones who run our lives.

~Jamie~

[MC6Ash 4]

for future referance: no politics please.