Read a post about senior gays (Fredo? Martin?) recently, and it struck me that I was naive beyond belief. I can't paint now, so I have spent far too many hours in front of the television set. I have some of the premier movie channels. Can't watch horror or gory movies, so I have spent many long hours watching either kiddie movies, or more recently, gay and lesbian themed movies. Ok, so movies are not reality, but the issues are based on real issues, aren't they?

As a former social worker I recognize that every population has its own set of unique issues and problems. I never gave any thought to the issues of our gay population. It just never entered my mind before reading that post. I was naive enough to reduce all of the issues to prejudice against gays (which I abhor), but there truly is so much more, maybe because this prejudice is so insidious and pervasive.

Watching these programs has had a "side-effect", if you want to call it that. I am coming away from this with a near militant stance where the unjust criticism of homosexuals is concerned.