Bakla Ako, May Reklamo?

Davey-Wavey posted this question over at the Rainbow Bloggers Blog:

If you could take a pill that would turn you straight, would you take it?

If you know me well (or not even that well), you would know my answer to this preposterous question.

Before I go into detail and expound my answer, let me pose these questions: “Aren’t pills taken to alleviate pain or to cure diseases? If so, does that mean being gay is a disease?”  I do not believe so. Now that that’s clear, let me elaborate on my answer to this hypothetical question.

Had I been asked this say, 10 or 15 years ago, I would have considered taking the pill – if something of the sort actually existed.  This is only me though.  We have to take into consideration other gay men out there, I mean “in” there, who may be thinking of taking the pill.  I guess I am one of the lucky ones who have a solid support group of friends and family.  Also, the society I am living in makes it a lot easier for me to say that I would never un-gay myself.

If my environment and the circumstances around it were different, would I take the pill and “un-gay” myself? I wouldn’t. You see I wouldn’t be who I am as a person now had I been heterosexual.  My answer has nothing to do with love and relationships.  It may have something to do with cocks though. Seriously, I would never trade being gay for being straight.  I would not have it any other way. I love the Gay Way! I wouldn’t be as competitive a person as I am now if I were straight.  I wouldn’t also be too much of a hard worker.  As a young boy, I had this strange feeling that I had to work so hard to prove my worth.  In my teens, I felt the pressure of fitting in.  I wanted to be “one of the boys” and did whatever I could so people would not notice my sexual inclinations and tendencies. I felt like I had to prove to the world that in spite of and despite my sexuality, I was someone and I will be someone.

While I cannot always say that my sexuality defines who I am as a person, I can say that my being gay has played a big part in broadening my horizon and in my blossoming into a wonderful young man. After all, being gay has helped hone me to become the fabulous, witty and smart person that I am right now. Charot.

And duh, if I took that pill, this blog would not have existed. Bakla ako and forever I will be! May reklamo?

What about you? Would you take that pill?

Pill image source
Bakla Zine image by Karl Bakla

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