tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20589943.post5255977912166677832..comments2023-10-30T09:04:00.112-04:00Comments on Tales of a Bi "MWM": Craig's ListNatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13642480079983859304noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20589943.post-17043412873455986632007-09-02T18:22:00.000-04:002007-09-02T18:22:00.000-04:00This is what I just can't understand. Why, why, w...This is what I just can't understand. Why, why, why do men like Larry Craig and Ted Haggerty risk everything they have built on such a *stupid* act? This is not about homophobia, it's about incredible lack of judgement. Why do they go to lengths to vilify gay people and then reveal themselves to be gay in the most humiliating way? Is the desire to have gay sex so incredibly hard to overcome that any risk is worth it? Do you think they want to end the closeting and can't think of a way to do it? What about the humiliation of their wives and families to have this broken over their heads so publicly? I would really like you all to explain this to me. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20589943.post-24857293806852881332007-08-31T13:07:00.000-04:002007-08-31T13:07:00.000-04:00“I am not gay.”“I never have been gay.”I’ve got to...<I>“I am not gay.”<BR/>“I never have been gay.”</I><BR/><BR/>I’ve got to believe Larry Craig. <BR/><BR/>I’m sure – almost 100% positive -- that Larry Craig does not define himself as gay. Nate, he has not been on your journey. And it’s a journey that he probably will never take.<BR/><BR/>Your writings have wrestled with this dilemma in terminology. What makes someone gay? Is it what they do with what’s between their legs? Or is it what’s in their head?<BR/><BR/>And as you’ve discussed, it’s not much easier to answer what it means to be bi-sexual? Is Larry Craig bi-sexual? Who knows?<BR/><BR/>I think we all heard what he said. Of course, we didn’t hear, “I have never had sex with another men.” We didn’t even hear him say, “I’ve never had sex outside my marriage.”<BR/><BR/>To me, the real shame in the story is the reality that 1) it takes bathroom toe tapping and Craig’s List for many men to explore, or fulfill, their sexuality and 2) for many men, “life decisions” are often made without analysis, or acceptance.<BR/><BR/>In a different time and different place …Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11877772974936424670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20589943.post-55005491995480743472007-08-31T00:26:00.000-04:002007-08-31T00:26:00.000-04:00Oddly enough, I did have a bit of sympathy for him...Oddly enough, I did have a bit of sympathy for him myself. <BR/><BR/>Maybe it is a luxury for my generation, but I knew from my teens that I would not live a closeted life.<BR/><BR/>So, the bedroom and living room, eh? What about the kitchen? ;)Bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16190267465793960104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20589943.post-36496519821428373202007-08-30T21:55:00.000-04:002007-08-30T21:55:00.000-04:00Wonderfully written. I think this, and other stori...Wonderfully written. I think this, and other stories like it, speak to all of us in the community on deeper levels than we sometimes give them credit for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com