[Johnny29354]

I am a gay, hearing person who knows ASL and knows many gay deaf men. It sometimes seems like a higher percentage of deaf men are gay, but I think the real rate of gayness is fairly even across hearing and deaf men. I can think of a couple reasons why it would look like more deaf men are gay:

1. Deaf culture is less homophobic than hearing culture, so gay deaf men come out at a higher rate than hearing men, while more hearing men (like the governor of New Jersey) hide in the closet.

2.Straight deaf people associate mostly with other deaf people, while gay deaf men go to gay bars that are predominantly hearing (as there are fewer gay deaf people and they need to date hearing men sometimes). So, if you go to a straight bar, you will seldom run into a deaf person, but if you go to a gay bar, you will often see deaf men.

Finally, there is no scientific evidence to suggest in any way that boys ‘become’ gay through childhood experiences, and the assumption that gay people are flawed straights is insulting.

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Name : Johnny29354, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Gay, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 25, City : Washington, State : DC, Country : United States, Occupation : graduate student, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, 

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