# Why is being GAY an issue?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-being-gay-an-issue/1777>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 3, 1999, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-being-gay-an-issue/1777 "1999-06-03T07:45:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-being-gay-an-issue/1777/61 "2011-03-04T03:34:50Z")

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> [@Freudian\_Slit](#):
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> How did people tell which posts were theirs in the olden days?

In case you’re not joking, they once were there. The posts somehow have become disassociated with the usernames at some point.

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**Author:** ![thelabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@thelabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelabdude)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-being-gay-an-issue/1777/62 "2011-03-04T03:35:17Z")

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If you gays really want to be accepted, quit hitting on straights. Leave our children alone too.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-being-gay-an-issue/1777/63 "2011-03-04T03:37:39Z")

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**notperfectyet** , welcome to the boards. Because most original participants aren’t still around, we usually don’t leave threads like this open unless significant new information has been added. Therefore I’m closing this.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator

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