I think you’re right about the validation thing. I am secure in my sexuality, relationships, place in the world. I don’t feel any need nor desire to flaunt anything or get approval, acceptance, or validation from anyone. But homosexuals, they seem to need to not only make much of their private lives public, but have others figuratively or even literally pat them on the head and say “there there dear, you’re alright.” I think it is because they know, even if they will never admit it openly or just to themselves, they know they are not normal. That they are a freak from the fringe of the edge of the bell curve of humanity. So they forever pursue that sense of normalcy, that sense of belonging. That is why they so passionately demand acceptance, even support and encouragement from us. Well, no, not happening. They are a small percentage of the population, always will be. Therefore they are not now nor will they ever be normal and I refuse to lie and say they are.
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