In an addition to my earlier post, i think saying something about Gok Wan's sexuality is important, and not something i'll be posting on the Camp blog page.
Christians frequently suggest all sorts of reasons why gay people, usually men, offer little or nothing to the lives of anyone other than themselves - they have no biological children, masses of disposable income, break natural law and offer nothing that cannot be achieved from elsewhere. While i would challenge each of these individually, i think the last one is an important thing, which many people miss.
Having earlier sung Gok's praises for his valuing of women, i would extend this to many gay men as well. Women are frequently abused by men - physically, mentally and emotionally - and the existence of male friends who are certain to have no interest in them sexually is surely of profound significance to women in this situation. Of course, gay men can abuse women in all sorts of ways, and straight men can value and support them also - but there seems to be a genuine point of contact between gay friends of mine and their female friends, which transcends a shared love of Smirnoff Ice. Women feel safe with gay men, which is good.
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