Do most gay couples do things for mere publicity?
By mesmerizer
@mesmerizer (110)
India
April 22, 2010 9:36am CST
I have seen many gay couples at malls and on streets doing things which even a straight couple wouldnt dare doing.I mean , Im aware that they have certain rights, Im not against that.But I really think these people may or may not be gay, but simply pretend to be popular among others.They often indulge in so much public displays of affection that it seems as if they do it for publicity and looks from passers by.
Do you think gay couples do this for publicity? or they seriously love each other to that extent?
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5 responses
@holesworth (220)
• Australia
22 Apr 10
I have a gay cousin and have been out to dinner with him and his partner on several occassions. While I admit that they display a degree of public affection that I wouldn't necessarily be inclined to display, they are not actually doing anything more than most heterosexual couples do when they are deeply in love.
I feel that the love and esteem that a gay couple have and hold for each other is no less than that of a heterosexual couple. I think that any look that stems from a feeling of inapropriateness definitely says a lot more about the passers-by than it does about the actual couple.
@melloncollie (661)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
Well said! I am one with you. I believe love is still love no matter how we put it. One may think, Heterosexual relationship is the kind of relationship that the society accepts... but why are we too shy to show how much we love each other in front of the public. I'm not talking about the obscene kind of affection. LOLZ. Most of us are much more resigned and stiff when going out with the one we love, but look at those people who are engaged in homosexual relationship, they are not scared -- neither are they ashamed to show what their hearts really feels.
@mesmerizer (110)
• India
23 Apr 10
I really dont think they do what their heart says,How can it be that heterosexual couples(who are still the majority) can never love their partners so much as to act like the ones who are homosexual.If not all many of the heterosexuals must have at least been in that kind of love as you think the homosexuals are.Its ok to show love,everybody has the right to do so. But I am talking about the obscene kind of love, to be specific.
@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
I think anyone who would do that in public is for publicity's sake. They're like trying to convince people that they are in love because they themselves are not sure.
One question I would raise is: "If you truly love someone, would you humiliate him/her like that in public?"
I mean, if you're doing too much PDA, people will talk behind your back, people will bound to react - and these reactions are not the positive type. Would you want your partner to be humiliated that way if you truly love him/her? I don't think so.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
I know a celebrity gay couple who have been so open to the public about their relationships- people respected them as a couple and look up to how strong their "love' is. My previous boss was a gay too and he had a lover, or a boyfriend and they are doing very well. Not all gays are just for fun relationships, most are also looking for serious relationships - those that is binded by love. After all, more than anyone else in the world, they too crave to be loved wholeheartedly.
I think you just have to look at them and understand how they are feeling - they couldn't be aware all the time that people are paying them attention so they are in for the "show". I do not like gays, and gay relationships simply for the reason that i am a Christian and I believe there are only straight people in this world. But I cannot and will not condemn them as a person. I intend to try not to be so malicious when i see a gay couple, or a gay person.
Let's just open our eyes to the realities of life, and we can't control these people... we can only control ourselves, and our thinking...
@piya84 (2581)
• India
23 Apr 10
See there are some straight people who do such a things for attention, publicity as well.As gay are already controversial thing in may countries they catch attention easily i think.Thats the only difference.
Yes there must be some couple who are in real deep love and they are just doing it as naturally.
@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
22 Apr 10
I haven't seen one here. If what you really mean is they look like they're doing an adult rated movie then i would say that it's really inappropriate. I would have to say something about it if i saw one like that.