[ThomL]

As you might imagine, when something matters to people, they learn to find it. And one thing that matters lots to gay people is finding other gay people. So, yes, gay people are much better at identifying other gay people than straight people are. We learn which clues to look for. (But we’re not perfect; there are no visible traits that all gay people share, and gay people in different cultures behave in different ways.) Strait people rarely develop this skill, because they assume that everyone is just like them – straight. (Even rabid homophobes like Jerry Falwell can’t identify the gay people amid their employees.) Which is why discovering someone they know is gay can be such a big shock, so big that parents cut themselves off from their gay children. So, if sameness is what matters to you, then you find sameness … unless, of course, someone destroys that illusion.

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Name : ThomL, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Gay, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 56, City : Washington, State : DC, Country : United States, Occupation : Educator, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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