Statistically, homosexuals make up less than 2% of the population. In some states, homosexuals are not well received -- so they do their best to hide their orientation. Some homosexuals in such areas just pack up and leave: they go to San Francisco or some other big city where they can "be themselves". The end result is that some locations have much LESS than 2% of the population being homosexual -- and the ones that are there do their best to be invisble.
The net result is that some heterosexuals grow up in areas where homosexuals just don't seem to exist. Spot a homosexual? People wouldn't know how!
But me? I lived in Boston, MA for 20 years. I worked in journalism. I worked in academia. I worked in the arts community. Let me tell you: I can spot a homosexual real quick. I don't say my gaydar is perfect, but it's pretty well honed.
Mine is pretty good too. If I question whether he is homosexual, he is.
Sometimes I know before he does.
Worked with a guy who got married had a kid, divorced and is now practicing the happy lifestyle. I thought he might be light in the loafers from the first time we met.
I lived across the river from you for a few years. My gaydar and conservdar were both fairly honed.
I knew with a guy who was gay. Not only was he gay but so was his husband! What are the odds of that?
A manager in our company took a group of us out to lunch one day. He wanted to discretely inform us one of the female managers had revealed to the management team that she was homosexual.
Every man there shook their heads ... we all intuitively knew it. Not a one of the women there had ever suspected.
Me, too. I have great gaydar.
I believe gaydar, as with most intuitive skills, is necessarily based on exposure to the subject of conjecture. I live in Atlanta, a gay mecca, perhaps second only to SF, percentage-wise. Thus, I have met plenty of them. One or two, certainly not many, have become sorta friends.
But, believe me, my gaydar works with the precision of a satellite guided missile. I am rarely wrong because here, at least, they make little attempt to hide it. And, you can tell in other very subtle ways.
I don’t hate gays. I really think they were born that way. The statistical prevalence of homosexuality in all cultures is about the same: one to 3 %.
Research has shown (I have no link since I don’t truly care that much) that if your mom’s sister is a lesbian, chances are you or a sibling will be gay. Sounds like genetics to me.
Obviously, I despise the “in your face” promiscuity of some of these folks, and their demands to change the historical meaning of marriage.
I know many (most) of you disagree with the “born that way” approach, but why else would anyone engage in such disgusting behavior?
The bisexuals are the epitome of perverts.
Just my opinion.