Out of Pod Experience

It's probably due to misconception based on media stereotyping.

To be fair my social experiences with gays of either sex isn't very extensive, I've know maybe a dozen or so that were open about their sexual preferences over the years. None of those men were camp or overly feminine in their actions, behaviour, social interests or dress.

Like most other things in life, the media has a LOT to answer for.

Not for just the "feminized" portrayals (I abhor the gay couple on "Modern Family".... stereotyped performances of a new social concept).

And most gay male characters in films still are pretty much guaranteed to die (Dallas Buyer's Club, even, a film I do support though).

Even James Gandolfini's gay character in "The Mexican" for God's sake.

At least Annette Benning and Julianne Moore lived through the film "The Kids are Alright". But even then, the movie seemed to focus more on Mark Ruffalo's "straight interloper" character. they just seemingly needed an excuse to show one of the couple in bed with a man. Sheesh.

ed: remembered all 3 characters lived though "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert". But then that was an Australian production, not Hollywood.

And the first gay film without a death was probably the original "La Cage aux Folles", which does have both a masculine and feminine character. But again, that was a French production (although very well Hollywood-remade as "The Birdcage").

Years of observation in MMOs from my perspective tells me that gender selection with avatars or toons is inconsequential for most players but almost as inconsequential as gender in RL.

This is why most people who, on hearing of someone in the GLBT community about (by whatever media) DO NOT fall on the floor and writhe in agony because somebody somewhere is "being gay" or something.


So, a radfem or "bible thumper" in RL, people for whom gender issues or gender ID issues are the entire world for them, would be the only ones for which RL gender ID is everything or selection in an MMO (perchance they play one) are really the only ones who care about this.


So as many people in an MMO care about such matter about as many care in RL - which is not that much. I recently had to explain this to an activist who was all torqued up about some journalist outing a trans person. In the circles of activists and journalists, about this topic, it's a big deal to them. I explained that those of us "outside" these circles don't even bother to read about it, especially because of the "why you should care" tone of such articles from either direction - why you should accept it and use that as a progressive whip against those who don't, or why it should bother you and make you wail and gnash your teeth - is rather insulting to the reader. People don't want to be preached at for not caring, or for not caring enough.

I have known women who play male avatars either because they think it fits in the genre of the game they are playing, or because it keeps them from being harassed. Men I find, who run females, tend to be on the opinion that, in third person view, "who wants to look at a dude's butt all day?".

The prime reason for those who do not, is simply because they do not want to "misrepresent" themselves. In Eve I have observed that alts of male players tend to be female, like it's a "Charlie's Angels" thing they have going on.

So I would say that it's not a sign of homosexuality.

Anybody fearing that it is, I dare you to role a opposite gender alt. If you wake up gay the next day, report back to this thread.

It was one of the more accurate performances ever. I know guys exactly like him (without the career though)

Oh really ? Which gender gets r*p*d more ??

From one of the bazillion other threads: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=2981355#post2981355

- Identity
- Propriety
- Masquerade
- Convenience

It means you like to be dominated.

Or probably nothing.

Sometimes it's like "Dr. Girlfriend Online" around here.

Have a beard - check
Scraggly hair - check
Ride a Harley - check
Dress grungy - check
Children cry in fear when they see me - check
Drive a 4x4 truck - check
Operate heavy machinery - check
Hunt with big guns - check
Eat red meat - check
Avatar an expression of myself - HA-HA! nooo
Am gay - oh frak no
OP looking for attention - check

How about writers? Do they qualify as having homosexual tendencies? I mean they sometimes develop female character and write about them

Oh yeah, I write fiction too, double jeopardy I suppose... and I model women in my modelling app (character modeling), rig and animate them, it's so obvious, eh? hehehehe...

i have male and female , this one (lugal) looks little as me in rl only less handsome ofcourse , and a made meskia who looks like my wife , little more handsome.

so no im not gay

So if we are going to read stuff into posts to try to invent some points into our favor, not a fan of BSG I take it.