Ummm....
I see your point but I have to disagree.

Where I get annoyed is that there is an idea amongst certain aspects of the gay community that by being homosexual then you have to be a die-hard supporter of gay rights. My sexual preference does not give me the duty of acting as an ambassador for my sexuality.

With regards to John Inman, Frankie Howerd etc., yes I agree that they helped make homosexuality more "mainstream" for want of a better word, but did they necessary further the cause, or did they make their own sexuality a source of ridicule for the common man? It can't be denied that in a way they did. My problem is not that people act in a camp manner, if they are genuinely born and bred, dyed in t'wool "camp" then that is fine.

You say that I am denigrating a lot of people, but I feel that a lot of the time, these people are denigrating my sexuality by unneccsary exaggeration of what are, a lot of the time (admittedly not all the time), entirely fabricated characteristics. It's the same as middle class white boys pretending to be lower class black boys.

In the UK, and bear in mind this is where I live so it is the only area I feel bound to comment, homosexuality is GENERALLY no longer a big deal. At all. And I applaud the efforts of those who have helped to make it so, whatever their background.
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I am inclined to agree with your first paragraph - or at least understand the sentiment.

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