Though I never thought of myself as homophobic, I did question this unique persuasion as either choice or natural instinct. Upbringing and other social influences, I suspect, are determining factors also that may or not be on the side of choice — chicken or egg thing — since it is conceivable that the leaning may have to be there to begin with.





What convinced me that it is primarily inborn was the revelation that Rock Hudson, a 6'6" hulk, was gay. Later that was reinforced by Richard Chamberlain’s admission. That they both kept it secretive is no indication that they were ashamed of it, but rather as a survival strategy, especially in the acting field, which at the same time lent to masterly disguise.





I crudely figured that in light of their situation as leading men and their relationship with some of the most beautiful women in the world, no one “straight” in his right mind is going to prefer sleeping with a man, rather than a Doris Day. Inasmuch as they seemed intelligent, reasonable men, I ruled out insanity even though it seemed ludicrous to me that if a Liz Taylor or Rachel Ward couldn’t turn on these guys they had to have genes or chemistry that shut them down.





Though I believe in gay rights, that is, human rights, I do object to the current in-your-face conduct by gays at election time. Nor do I trust the Massachusetts’ Republican justices that granted marriage rights at this time as I think it was done to embarrass Kerry. The mayor of San Francisco has done irreparable harm to the Democratic Party by stirring up a hornet’s nest, giving swing voters another excuse to stay to the right. I mentioned in another blog that this is precisely what the angry youth did in the Chicago convention in ‘68 and in addition abstained from voting in the very close Nixon-Humphrey presidential election.





As for Lesbians, I honestly don’t know what to think other than they might have good reason — particularly these days — to find the male objectionable.