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LuvNewcastle

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5. I say normally say "yes." I really can't say how I would

Reply to closeupready (Original post)

Mon Jun 3, 2013, 01:23 PM

Jun 2013

act if I felt I was in mortal danger. I haven't really felt afraid since I was a kid. Wait, I take that back. I was locked up about 20 years ago, and I was scared then. Nobody asked me and I didn't tell anyone. I was in there for a couple of months. You really don't want to come out in jail, not if you can help it.

I don't think I could live in a place where I felt threatened all the time. People up there need to band together and fight back if they think the place is worth fighting for. I've never been to NYC, so I can't say whether it is or not.

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If someone asked you why you are gay, what would you say? [View all] closeupready Jun 2013 OP

When I am in the village which is a lot I do not walk alone if I can help it. hrmjustin Jun 2013 #1

If it gets to the point where I feel I can no longer live openly as gay, closeupready Jun 2013 #2

I understand how you feel. Hopefully the police will get these bigots that did this and hrmjustin Jun 2013 #3

I'd say the same thing I always say Fearless Jun 2013 #4

I say normally say "yes." I really can't say how I would LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #5

If a total stranger asks me outside at night FreeState Jun 2013 #6

I've been asked this before, not in a confrontational manner, however AndyA Jun 2013 #7

I'd say, with my my most inscrutable look, "First you must ask, 'Why is there air?', grasshopper. Zorra Jun 2013 #8

I myself never shy away from the question if asked (at least now adays) William769 Jun 2013 #9

Several years ago an 87 year old woman on a tread mill at the gym asked me "Are you guys gay?" Rowdyboy Jun 2013 #10