Why do some people find me calling myself "straight acting" offensive?

Why would you pay attention to a drama queen.

You can call your self what ever you like. It no ones business but your own.

Tell that person to go jump.

Okay, so...now in English, as opposed to the first response, haha.

You phrased it wrong. If you were going to say something like that, it would have been best to say it the way you elaborated on it here to us, i.e. "I mean it in the way that my behaviour (i.e. actions) is typically considered what would socially be appropriate for straight men." Otherwise, it comes off as not only that you do think something is wrong with acting gay or that you MIGHT think that way, but also there are a lot of LGBTs who take offense to the idea that there's even a SUCH THING AS "acting gay" or "acting straight." Nevermind the fact that a lot of us turn around and buy into those stereotypes ourselves, use them to scope out whether or not a romantic interest is gay or straight, or even use them to say something is wrong with the next gay or lesbian person because they're not interested in enough LGBT things. I know it's confusing, but that's just how it is. Plus, not all LGBTs do believe there's a such thing as "acting gay" or "acting straight," which will account for the seemingly hypocritical behavior at times from other gay people. Still, being around LGBT people often requires you to be more PC about how you say things and even what you say. And many LGBT people act like they prefer other gay people to be stereotypical, so that could also have been an issue with your saying you act more straight.

I suppose someone might think that by mentioning "straight-acting" in the first place implies that you are "not gay-acting" which in turn implies some sort of belief in what stereotypes the lgbt community embodies.

The very fact that you say "straight acting" means that you "act like a straight person" as opposed to "acting like a gay person" and that there should be any difference at all.

The person probably over reacted, but usually in that situation when you are asked to define yourself, they usually mean your sexuality, not to characterize your personality or behavior.

yea, i get where you're coming from, and i've used that term too...but people can find it offensive because it implies that gays act like fairies and straights act like macho-men. Obviously, this isn't true....many gay men are manly and many straight men are p*ssies...you just tend to not notice those gay men cause you assume them to be straight. The better term to use is "masculine".

What I really can't understand is: what is a straight acting guy?

Is he a gay who behaves in the same way as a straight? So if he behaves exactly like a straight guy is because he is. If we do not consider a straight acting guy as a person who is really straight we could consider him someone who is not so easy to recognise as a gay person. But if we consider a straight acting guy as someone who is IMPOSSIBLE to recognise as a gay one, well, we are deceiving ourselves. As a gay guy can be similar to a straight one but NEVER, EVER, identical (not even when he is really sure to look the same way as a straight) someone who says: "I am a straight acting guy" and thinks to look the same identical way as a straight one, probably wants to remark he is different from the "typical" gay and, bragging in somewhat, he repress his real nature. This attitude can be disapproved by those who are proud of what they are.

i assume it relies upon who you ask. i'm gay and that i do no longer care, yet a brilliant variety of my without delay acquaintances are great gentle, i assume via fact they are afraid to misspeak around the single and in basic terms queer of their midst. i advise i in my view do no longer care what you call me, i'm proud to be gay, yet they are constantly fairly politically suitable approximately it.

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i don't... and to tell you the truth they were being sterotypical queens to tell you to leave...