I don't watch a lot of gay porn, but I'm pretty sure that Will and Grace and Queer Eye are far from "sizzling gay-on-gay action."

I still don't like the feel and the motivation of the recent "gay explosion" just because it seems so hollow and it's clearly just an attempt at making money. Like I've said before, our friend mainstream America is all for some gay jokes and reality TV bullshit, but when it comes to two guys making out, they're all like "EWWWWW!!!!" And you know, it's okay if you don't like watching men make out with men or women get it on with other women. Shit, I don't really like seeing straight people making out. Not liking or being turned on by something is one thing; saying regular people should be denied rights just because of who they are is an entirely different thing.

Attitudes do at least seem to be changing. Even if the gay craze is exploitative, at least there's the beginnings of some kind of comfort level. If nothing else, it has led to some decent TV, like Queer Eye, which is a pretty fucking good show. I don't even give a shit if they're gay or straight; they're just five fucking cool guy who are fun to watch. It has also led to some bad TV, like Will and Grace, which is fucking terrible. Also, we do seem to have an attitude shift if at least some people are not just pushing for gay marriage but actually doing something about it, like in San Francisco. Yes, it's all very small-scale, but like I was saying earlier, it's got to start somewhere.

I guess another thing that worries me is that attitudes aren't necessarily shifting, they're just further polarizing. But as polarization continues, at least some voices are getting louder. Unfortunately, that includes the voices of the ignorant. But, like always, it's not so much ignorant voices that bother me - you can say whatever stupid shit you want. After all, that's what free (as in speech) speech is all about. It's the ignorant actions that piss me off, and we're at least seeing some reaction to that ignorance. Like always, here's to seeing more and more of that positive reaction as time goes on.