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Straight people are a -majority-, just like hearing people. And just as there's Deaf Pride, there's Gay Pride. It's how people cope with being a part of a minority- forming a community and making themselves known.
If I told you to just shut up about being Deaf because nobody cares to know anyways, would you not be offended?
It is quite the same thing to tell members of the GLBT community they should do so. Even if you don't personally think it, you are sending the message that you believe they're wrong/abnormal, and as such, should make a hiding effort.
Intolerance will -never- go away if members of a minority do not make themselves known as functioning members of society who are proud to be
a part of their minority.
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