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I like to read The Advocate, because it gives a pretty detailed view of the gay issue in the U.S.
I read that there seem to be negative consequences after adoptions by gay couples in the U.S.
Though it is true that children adopted by gay couples do not have sexual orientation problems, many are being rejected by their school mates when they discover that there are two dads or two moms. And they were referring to grammar school.
I am not against any kind of adoption. It is a well known fact that there are millions of children who dream of having parents. But societies, in general, should help to assure that the consequences are positive in the long run.
And it is important to remember that the psychological need to belong as a son is so strong that many young people may fall prey to people who are more interested in possessing them than loving them.
The issue is very important.
I hope there are comments.

I really hope that for this coming year there will be better understanding among mankind.
There is a need to respect each other, in spite of all the differences that all of us have as humans.
I still have hope for the planet.
And I have hope for us.

FELIZ NAVIDAD 2008
Y mi más fuerte abrazo de oso a todos.
AlexCanton

I recall that among people of my generation, when a little boy or an adolescent man was described as "pretty", the spontaneous comment among Panamanians was: "He's too pretty to be a man."
This demonstrates that, at least in my times, when we were not so exposed to the dictates of fashion and gender-beauty we did have a stereotyped "macho" vision of how a man should look like.
Men had to be "good looking" -- guapo -- but without any exaggerated femenine facial characteristics. Definitely none of the attributes adjudicated to "metrosexuals", whom a friend of man describes as "a meter away from being gay..."
But, I have the impression that this has not changed very much, because during group therapy sessions with troubled sexual oriented male clients they would classify any "cute" guy as "gay". I would interpret that they were actually saying "wish he were gay."
In the world of non-human animals, in any case, beauty is a symbol of masculinity. In the bird kingdom, the male is the one who sings and is more colorful...
But, I do not think that masculine beauty, in the case of us humans, has anything to do with being homosexual.

This new version of TIG seems to be very good, but I have not been able to figure out how to create a new thread.
Could someone be so kind to instruct me?
Thank you,
AlexCanton