When I first started reading, I thought the narrative would be about two men and their
varying experiences as men in the 21st century. “Rob is a “guy’s guy” and Harry is the
ambiguously gay guy.” However, I found this not to be true. There was one thing in the
entire article that stood out to me as a heterosexual woman living in America today. Before
I get into it though, the phrase “no homo” has become so mainstream in our culture today
that, I do not think I have lived one day in the last five years not hearing the phrase in
passing or seeing it on social media. An example that constantly pops up: “you look good
man! No homo!”
“The two binary opposites of heterosexuality and homosexuality are far more intimately
connected than what is often perceived. For natural to exist (heterosexuality), there must
be a counterpoint, an identity marker that can be projected up, an abnormality
(homosexuality) to buttress itself against. Those that are said to be abnormal or deviant
through discourse, while the purported norm goes forth unquestioned.” The observation
points out the extremities of sexual orientation between there are many different
orientations in the middle such as bisexual, pansexual, and asexual. All of these
orientations I simply do not have an issue with because I tend to view thing in life as
objective. I believe in creation over evolution and my response to homophobia is “well if