Originally Posted by Lorelei Lee:
“I resent the idea that people want to know this because they're pathetic little teenagers who think you are going to marry someone off the TV just because you like them.
To be honest, I'd be just as interested to know whether any of the female pros are gay, and as a straight lady I doubt very much I'd want to 'end up' with any of them.
I don't think any of the speculation on here has been negative, in a 'oh they're gay so that makes them good/bad' way. It's more 'oh, that's another dimension to these people I like on screen, and whose talent I admire.'
And before the 'it doesn't matter' brigade start again, when I say 'another dimension', I mean that it is simply another insight into their personal lives, rather than any sort of indication of what their personality is like. Speculation is higher on this forum partly because of the crap job ITV do of giving the pros any sort of time in the spotlight.
So when you see a thread marked 'Who's gay?', if you are part of the 'why do you care?' brigade, then DON'T READ IT. Not exactly rocket science is it?”
“I resent the idea that people want to know this because they're pathetic little teenagers who think you are going to marry someone off the TV just because you like them.
To be honest, I'd be just as interested to know whether any of the female pros are gay, and as a straight lady I doubt very much I'd want to 'end up' with any of them.
I don't think any of the speculation on here has been negative, in a 'oh they're gay so that makes them good/bad' way. It's more 'oh, that's another dimension to these people I like on screen, and whose talent I admire.'
And before the 'it doesn't matter' brigade start again, when I say 'another dimension', I mean that it is simply another insight into their personal lives, rather than any sort of indication of what their personality is like. Speculation is higher on this forum partly because of the crap job ITV do of giving the pros any sort of time in the spotlight.
So when you see a thread marked 'Who's gay?', if you are part of the 'why do you care?' brigade, then DON'T READ IT. Not exactly rocket science is it?”
I think some of the objections to the discussion stem from the fact that whilst most of the comments on here aren't negative, we all know that for some people being gay is seen as a negative thing and to speculate about it gives it an apparent relevance which reinforces those negative attitudes in those inclined to think like that.
Also, we all know how easily internet rumours start and it would be all to easy to start "x is gay" rumours to spread way beyond these threads which may cause, at the very least, misunderstandings for those concerned. Some people prefer to keep their sexuality private and it is somewhat discourteous for others to discuss it in public.
