Charles Barkley is "certain he had gay teammates"

[grimballer]

pretty sure that gays control like %5 of the population, so its probably a little lower in the NBA, not higher.

That is if you buy into stereotypes. There are gays of every shape, size, and color, to think that just because we're talking sports there are going to be less gays is way off. Some of the biggest baddest men in the world are gay, but you'd never expect it.

i love these kind of comments.

like who?

[bryanwithawhy]

Posters on this site continuously show how ignorant they are. Thankfully, I don't think it is an accurate sample of the US population.

[Ron Harper]

pretty sure that gays control like %5 of the population, so its probably a little lower in the NBA, not higher.

Did you just pull that number out of nowhere or is there actual data to support that 5% claim?

And how do gays "control" people anyways?

Oh my god.

[jmcfaul13]

pretty sure that gays control like %5 of the population, so its probably a little lower in the NBA, not higher.

That is if you buy into stereotypes. There are gays of every shape, size, and color, to think that just because we're talking sports there are going to be less gays is way off. Some of the biggest baddest men in the world are gay, but you'd never expect it.

i love these kind of comments.

like who?

Terry Crews

[grimballer]

thats the reality. u can be in denail or pc n say

"theres no distinctive gay features"

or u can be realistic n accept that there are.

what u think it term "gaydar" means?

most gay ppl behave in a certain way, that u can spot them easily.

Exactly what are "distinctive gay features?" Do all gay guys have them?

u know when u talk to a guy n u think to yourself:

"is this guy gay?"

cause of the way he talks or acts.

most of the time, if u have doubts, then its probably true.

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

Listen if I was an athlete I would come out of the closet, even if I wasn't gay. Think of the endorsements and the attention. You could get into any Broadway show you ever wanted.

And a pretty cool fake documentary after your playing career proclaiming it was all an act.

Dog, if I'm a middling player like let's say Jameer Nelson, I'm holding a PC right now holding a dildo in each hand. Just saying.

[bryanwithawhy]

thats the reality. u can be in denail or pc n say

"theres no distinctive gay features"

or u can be realistic n accept that there are.

what u think it term "gaydar" means?

most gay ppl behave in a certain way, that u can spot them easily.

Exactly what are "distinctive gay features?" Do all gay guys have them?

u know when u talk to a guy n u think to yourself:

"is this guy gay?"

cause of the way he talks or acts.

most of the time, if u have doubts, then its probably true.

you don't sound homophobic at all.

[SunsRback4Good]

This should get locked before we have gay posters on realgm come out.

[Angry Jimmy]

What makes someone gay? Does having sex with a man automatically make you gay? What if you like sex with women too? What if you like sex with transsexuals and women, but not men?

Is gay a lifestyle or a sexual interest? What if you enjoy sex with men, but would have no interest in dating or marrying a man? What about a guy who does gay porn, but is not interested in men outside of work?

Until what exactly it means to be "gay" is defined, an accurate statistic for what percent of the population is gay is impossible to determine, not to mention how one would go about collecting the data when there is still a stigma attached to it in today's society.

If you only define gay as someone who has an interest in relations with only members of the same sex, I'd venture a guess that the number is a fairly low one, but if you include people with varying degrees of interests then I think you'd come up with a much higher number.

[grimballer]

Exactly what are "distinctive gay features?" Do all gay guys have them?

u know when u talk to a guy n u think to yourself:

"is this guy gay?"

cause of the way he talks or acts.

most of the time, if u have doubts, then its probably true.

you don't sound homophobic at all.

did i say something bad about gays?

whats next?

u ganna call me sexist cause i dont think girls are as good as men in bball?

[bryanwithawhy]

It's just funny that when you talk to a guy you ask yourself if they are gay or not. If that is the most pressing question on your mind, then more power to you.

[tsherkin]

Let's steer this conversation someplace else, shall we?

[juror1]

pretty sure that gays control like %5 of the population, so its probably a little lower in the NBA, not higher.

That is if you buy into stereotypes. There are gays of every shape, size, and color, to think that just because we're talking sports there are going to be less gays is way off. Some of the biggest baddest men in the world are gay, but you'd never expect it.

i love these kind of comments.

like who?

Kevin Garnett?

...Francisco Elson said so, so I know it's true.

[grimballer]

That is if you buy into stereotypes. There are gays of every shape, size, and color, to think that just because we're talking sports there are going to be less gays is way off. Some of the biggest baddest men in the world are gay, but you'd never expect it.

i love these kind of comments.

like who?

Kevin Garnett?

you consider him "badazz?"

[turtlesnjoi]

Charles Barkley as the voice of reason, oy!

[BubbaTee]

I've seen quite a few polls re-apply in 10 years and show wildly different results. There are those who are ashamed to admit, those who are afraid, and those in denial. Also the varying degrees of bi-sexuality and attraction to transgenders that blur the definition.

If you wanna get down to it, everyone's bi, unless they live in a nudist colony or are psychic.

You can be attracted to a person you walk past on the street, but unless they're naked there's no way to actually know what sex they are. All you see is feminine traits, not proof of female genitalia/genetics (or masculine or androgynous, depending on each person's preferences). Yet the attraction is still there, despite the lack of knowledge of the other person's sex.

this doesnt make sense

if u think u saw a lady n it turns out to be a dude with a wig, that dont mean u gay.

wtf?

Let's first define "gay". I say it's being sexually attracted to another person of the same sex.

So if you're sexually attracted to what you think is a female, but it turns out to actually be a male - what is that, if not "being sexually attracted to another person of the same sex"?

It's not like your previous attraction is retroactively erased from history. It happened, it existed.
It's not like the other person was a female before, and then magically changed into a male in a split-second. The other person was always male.

Granted, that "person of the same sex" may have attributes more commonly associated with the opposite sex - that's what I contend you're actually attracted to.

But since you have no knowledge of the other person's actual sex at the time your attraction is established, how can you then claim that the other person's sex forms the very foundation of your attraction? That does not make sense.


If I say "I only like Coke, I don't like Pepsi" and then you give me Pepsi in a Coke bottle and I like it, it's nothing more than self-delusion for me to then continue claiming I don't like Pepsi.

[Visceral]

Hmm, from the current crop of the Raptors, I'd have to say...

DeMar DeRozan = gay.
Sonny Weems = bi-sexual.
Linas Kleiza = gay.
Reggie Evans = bi-sexual.
Solomon Alabi = gay

[EtchenBa]

I need to stop reading these kinds of threads. I read the title of the thread and KNOW that I'm going to get pissed off reading all of the ridiculously uninformed and presumptuous responses...yet I click on the thread anyway.

*sigh*

[doctorfunk]

So if you're sexually attracted to what you think is a female, but it turns out to actually be a male - what is that, if not "being sexually attracted to another person of the same sex"?

If I mistake piece of poo for a chocolate cake that means that I have hidden urge to eat poo?
Point I'm trying to make is that you assume an object has certain qualities when you look at it, like you can picture yourself having sex with that object, but when it turns out it has a penis it is not consistent with your idea of that object. SO I hope you see the problem with that type of reasoning now.

[EtchenBa]

I guess someone should define "sexually attracted."

The definition of that term could vary greatly as well...there's plenty to be sexually attracted to about a person other than their genitalia.