Comments by Java Mann

Gay 4 Pay My mechanic is gay, but that has nothing to do with where I take my car for service. I work hard for my money and expect real service. Her prices are reasonable and her standards are high, so her sexual identity does nothing to influence my choice. If I had to choose between two companies offering the same value, I might let sexual orientation become a factor, but it will never be the only factor. I support gay businesses within reason,

Not to beat a dead horse, a gay identity is not enough to get my business. Consider please the following: I actually found an advertisement for a gay dentist in one of the local bar papers. It showed a picture of a smiling handsome man, with the caption "How’d you like me inside your mouth?". I for one don’t care if my dentist, lawyer or plumber is gay or straight, and though I wouldn’t be offended if he or she was attractive, it’s not the criteria I use in selecting one. And in my opinion, using a sexual double entendre does nothing to promote an atmosphere of professionalism. 

I guess my question is this: Does anyone actually buy into this? Are we so naive that we might actually be fooled into shelling out bucks for inferior junk just because we think we’re supporting the gay community? Or in the case above, does anyone choose a dentist because they think there gonna end up sleeping with him?

Admittedly there are cases where a gay/gay friendly business is desirable. In the age of AIDs and various STDs, my sex life does affect my health, so my doctor does know I’m gay. He isn’t, but he has no problem with it, so we are able to talk freely. Admittedly, I have had to explain a few things to him, but it turned out to be a vernacular problem, and actually nothing he hadn’t encountered before. My counselor knows I’m gay, but then I’m not about to pay her prices and spend the hour carefully converting pronouns before I speak.

I don’t know if my dentist knows I’m gay or not, I don’t care. Frankly, it’s never come up. Even if it did, I doubt I could answer him, what with his fingers in my mouth. I have no clue as to his sex life, and I’m happy to leave it that way. Believe me.

I have a friend who is gay, and owns his own business. He makes a habit of supporting the businesses that support his, which makes sense to me. In the end he’s supporting himself. I guess I’m not opposed to seeing more gay businesses competing against their straight counterparts, but if they want my business they’d better offer a good product and good service at a fair price. Actually, if they could do that I wouldn’t care if they were gay at all. 

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