What I’ve discovered is there is a difference between “gay” and “homosexual.” Gay is a political statement; and/or a fashion statement. Homosexuals are just attracted to the same sex. The difference is, you can be a conservative homosexual, but you can’t be a conservative gay. Another difference is, a homosexual won’t bother you if you show no interest. A gay will try to entice you to walk on the wild side.
At my last workplace my best friend was a gay guy, he was a typical Yorkshire bloke, no-nonsense, blunt speaking, down-to-earth, he was mad about cricket and loved nothing more than going out the pub for a couple of ales talking about sports and politics and making off-colour jokes.
I once said to him, “You know what? You are a huge disappointment to me”. “Why?” he asked.
“Well,” I said, “I have seen all those American TV shows and I know what a gay best friend is supposed to be like and you are useless. You are hopeless at giving relationship advice, you have no great line in catty remarks, you can’t help me with home design and your fashion sense is even worse than mine”.
He stared grimly in front, sipped his beer and said “that’s because I am gay, I’m not a f%^king poof!”