AfterElton Briefs: "Milk" wraps its shoot in San Fran, John Barrowman turns 41, and more!

The shots of John B. + Bastien V. are hot, albeit in different ways.

She is, of course, absolutely right.  Indeed, one of the things that horrifies so many anti-gay folks about the whole same-sex marriage concept is that it implies that homosexuals don't just go around having sex with each other, but we actually have the audacity to fall in love with each other!

Happy B-Day to John Barrowman!

The reaction to Albus Dumledore is not homophobia.  Homopobia is the fear of "looking gay", "acting gay", being around gay people, being associated with gay people etc.

Control - straight supremacists want to control what gay people can and can't do.  Example: straight supremacists didn't want her to reveal that Dumbledore is gay.  they wanted her to keep quiet.

Insignificant/ Super Significant - straight supremacists will treat gay people as if they are insignificant and/ or super significant.  Example: they feel that one gay character will confuse or be a bad influence on children that read Harry Potter.

Different Rules - straight supremacists will apply different rules to gay people than straight.  Example: they were angry about a character being gay but not a straight one and don't want his sexuality known.

Lmao, I can't even take you seriously Evan.

Now for once, I disagree with Rowling. I never thought I'd say that lol... I really don't think that the idea of two men loving each other is the issue here. How can anyone fear or hate love? I can't understand it. I really do think it's the fear of something different. Because they are straight they can't imagine being sexually attracted to the same sex and therefore it is wrong and they don't want to suddenly become like that themselves. So they don't want to hear about it, see it, read about it e.t.c. Also the whole bum thing doesn't help hehe...they don't have sex like that and so it's wrong to have sex like that. They don't understand that other people may do things, feel things, think things, differently, but it doesn't necessarily mean that it is wrong. It's just different. It's the same with any discrimination really, racism a case in point. Because someone is of a different colour, therefore they must be wrong in some way. It's amazing how much of a viscious circle it is. 

Sorry Jason I have to disagree with you.

I think lots of people are very afraid of love, and for all sorts of reasons.

That's why a film with a gay rape scene can be tolerated and a stupid soap with a couple of guys enjoying a snog is frowned upon. Violence is much more acceptable than affection, sadly.

And the as for the 'Whole bum thing' do you really think that straights don't do that as well? Sex is sex and not much different whatever the genders involved.

Anyone can have sex it's much harder to fall in love.

Thanks Jason.  I strongly disagree.  If it was just about differences people would have gotten used to gay people a long time ago.  Homosexuality remains an issue because people don't want to let go of their straight supremacist beliefs.  

The treatment of gay people has not been consistant throughout history because straight males have been the deciders in every society.  As a consequence straight males always have the most rights and freedom compared to any other group.  Is it any surprise that black males were given the right to vote decades before women in America?  No.  Three components that exist in every society are male domination, straight supremacy, and straight sexual arousal.  Those are the reasons gay people have had inconsistant treatment throughout history.  I give a much deeper explanation into the discrimination gay people face over on this post.

Of course there are some straight people who have anal sex, but I can bet your bottom dollar (pun intended) that homophobic straight people don't. They associate anal sex with the gays and therefore they won't do it.

But how can anyone be afraid of love though? Organised religions bang on and on and on about love. The Catholic religion for example accept the fact that you are born gay and there's nothing you can do to change that. But it's the homosexual act that is a sin. So technically you can fall in love with a man, you just can't have sex with him. So therefore it is about the sex.