"The Gay Bubble"

I thought that this past week the LGBT panel was very successful. This was the first time I was ever involved in a panel, and I really enjoyed sharing my insight into the LGBT community with the rest of the class. The questions and conversation were great. The one thing though, I wished we talked about more is the "Gay Bubble" that surrounds Fredonia. Honestly Fredonia was a lot of the reason I got up the courage to come out to my friends and family. But at the same time the "Gay Bubble" can create some issues. For instance when I go home all my friends are primarily staight. They also are not as open about their sexuality. I realize that I can't act the way I usually would in Fredonia. It's almost like the LGBT community is spoiled at Fredonia. We get to be who we want to be without the amount of judgment that usually come along with it. But sadly this kind of LGBT exceptance is not promoted in other places. So it's as if Fredonia isn't real life. The "Gay Bubble" isn't reality. Once you leave Fredonia that's when it becomes real life. Where the gays are not always socially accepted. We say society has come a long way when if comes to accepting the gays, but I'm not really sure we have. I mean look at ancient Greece. It was accustom for an older man the "lover" to take on a younger man as his "beloved". This was the only way the young man would be ready for his upcoming life. The older man would in turn get a sexual relationship out of the deal. This was call Pederasty in ancient Greece, and it was considered completely normal. We can also look at Sappho and her beautiful poetry written about and for woman. There were many other cultures back then that considered the gay lifestyle as normal. So if you ask me I think our society has gone backwards in our way of accepting the LGBT community. And although I love our "Gay Bubble" here at Freodnia I still wish that we didn't need a bubble of protection. All of society should be our bubble where we can feel at home.