It's partly our own fault. I've just read a thread about what gives us away when in public. We seek to emulate all the female mannerisms and actions. We don't for the main part dress and then walk down the road as if nothing had changed using our male gait. We often associate with gays by using the pubs, clubs and bars they use. OK not exclusively but to some extent.
There are loads of celebs who've come out as gay and that has made it far more accepted within society. I can only think of one celeb, Eddie Izzard, who's openly CD but even though he's been interviewed many times his sexuality doesn't get discussed and by association that of the majority of CD'ers.
Cinema doesn't help. How often do you see a vamp CD coming on to the male lead, think Crocodile Dundee. Even the brilliant performance in Dallas Buyer Club painted a sad picture of someone who would do anything to get drugs. I've not yet seen The Danish Girl but even that from what I've seen in the trailers, shows someone who's sexuality alters as their dressing progresses. We need a film about someone like us who has a family, home, job, all the "normal" things but dresses who comes out of the closet so that all the things talked about here can be explored on the big screen. It's that sort of exposure that will help change perceptions.
Sara,
"And why do we care what the unwashed masses think??? " Because we still have to take extra care when being out and about to avoid the unwanted attentions of the neanderthals. Because we need law makers to have a better understanding of our why's and what's and because it improves the environment for those who will follow on behind us.
