February 5, 2010

On Sex & Politics

It's been an interesting few weeks. I need to vent about a million things, but for now at least I'll pick one major theme....sex!

Sex, right, who doesn't like it?! Even when it's bad, it's still pretty good.
And sometimes, hopefully, frequently, it can be mind blowing!

Topics of conversation this week have included:
-Don't Ask, Don't Tell
-What is Real Sex?
-Trannies

So...here goes!

That grand old military issue is up again, of course.
The Obama agenda might actually follow through with the banning of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." And now there's the backlash and uproar again!
Can we say broken record!?

I get it, it's awkward for some people, men especially, to be around other men that could possibly find them attractive. Get over it!
Some women respond the same way. WTF?
Here we have people who voluntarily are willing to risk their own lives to protect us and spread the virus of liberty. Yet we deny them the right to do so, because they like anal?! Really!

News flash: Just because you find out someone is gay, doesn't mean they will automatically hit on you!!! Although, strangely this seems to be the predominant opinion of straight people, even some of the very well-educated ones.

My friend recently learned that another person we know is a lesbian. The first words out of her mouth, "She's not gonna hit on me?" Hmmm...let me think! Ok...
Honey, you've known this person for years and not once has she hit on you. It won't happen now. Because...
a) If she was interested, she would have let you know by now.
b) Your response to finding out makes her think that you are a close-minded biggot.
c) She knows it's a lost cause because you are not of the girl on girl persuasion.
d) All of the above.

Same holds for gay men. I get the fear, I do.
Some minds think...People get lonely when they are out in the middle of nowhere.
Adrenaline makes people frisky.
But, I mean REALLY people...gay men are not out in the world hitting on and trying to screw people who are not interested in them. They are just like everyone else, trying to find someone who loves them. They don't waste time going after all the straight people.
Does your logic really make sense? Aah, NO!

Sure, once in a rare while, they might inquire or show interest.
We all do that with people we're interested in, gay or straight, just to see.
As my partner says, "It never hurts to ask."
All YOU need to do is say not interested.
No harm, no foul! Alas, I digress...

Gays in the military perform just as well as the next person. It's not like they are afflicted from having free will and common sense. Or self control!

I say if Adam & Steve are willing, ready, and able to fight for us, let them!
If they're in the field getting bombed, I'm pretty sure they'll fight back just as hard as the next solider. They won't be dropping trough trying to get some while insurgent missiles are flying at their heads.
Ever hear of self-preservation?

Next, topic...what defines sex!

Apparently, some people think sex is only real if it involves penis-vagina contact. What are we from Ohio? (hahaha, only kidding! CFreaky that one is for you!)

News flash #2, if you're trading various body fluids in a mutually consenting, pleasurable way with someone or many someones, regardless of the orifices involved, it's sex baby!
Sure you cannot perpetuate the species when fellating or splunking but you are nonetheless intimately involved significantly with another. Enjoy it!

**Side note: Use protection! I don't care what you do or with whom, if they are legally consenting, but protect yourself. HIV is on the rise. The clap still exists and Syph is making an angry comeback.***

As for trannies...they get a bad rap! Trannies are people too. I find it hard enough to be myself in the world without the...burden...they have. I mean these people often don't feel that who they look like matches who the feel like at the most profound level of their being.
Seriously deep s*&^!
Could you handle something so disorientating as that?
So for them to work and make strides toward joining mismatched sides of themselves and finding a sort of middle ground to be happy and feel whole with...well, that's a miracle. Imagine the lessons on life and self-acceptance we could learn from our transgendered friends. My guess, it would be astounding!

So that's the rant for tonight.
My message to you: Spread love not fear!

The fun part of living in the current times is that definitions and labels are losing some of their trite and outdated meanings. Maybe someday we can learn to love who we are, love those around us, and appreciate them and ourselves for being.