The Oldest Gay In The Village

[joggerjayne]

How cool is this guy ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-33741380

Every year, he takes part in the Pride Parade ... on his mobility scooter !!

He carries a banner saying " I'm the oldest gay in the village".

In the past, he has been given a criminal conviction for being gay. This weekend, he married his BF, to coincide with Pride Weekend.

That's the way to go when you're in your 90s!

[aelmpvw]

///He carries a banner saying " I'm the oldest gay in the village". ///

he'll be a bit annoyed if a centurian in the village comes out

[anotheoldgit]

joggerjayne

You're allowed to be anything you like, just as long you don't put it in practice.

[joggerjayne]

The Oldest Gay In The Village is a much bigger celeb around here than Declan Donnelly.

Dec is just one of countless similar TV people who come and go, and come and go. I can't imagine him getting anything like as loud a cheer as George Montague gets when he trundles past on his scooter.

[joggerjayne]

He idea of "being something" as long as you don't put it into practice is a nonsense.

There were several girls on Saturday night whom I really quite fancied. It doesn't make me a lesbian. I might as well say that I'm a Sky Diver, or a Cross Channel Swimmer ... as long as I don't have to actually do it.

[Sqad]

JJ

\\\\There were several girls on Saturday night whom I really quite fancied. It doesn't make me a lesbian\\\

Eh! It's as near as damnit.

There aren't any blokes that I fancy.

[sp1814]

AOG

You posit:

"You're allowed to be anything you like, just as long you don't put it in practice."

Not really.

If you are attracted to someone of the opposite sex, then you are straight - even if you have not actually had sex.

If you are attracted to someone of the same sex, then your are gay - even if you have not actually had sex.

If you want to commit and armed robbery on a bank, but you've not a actually gone through with it, you're not an armed robber.

[Bazile]

Sqad

Didn't you fancy that young student doctor , who wore tight jeans ?
( what do you mean you don't remember him ? )

[Retrochic]

joggerjayne -explain what 'fancying' a girl (when you are female) means? I thought when you 'fancied' someone you fancied having sex with them.

[Sqad]

Bazillle...O.K....Trevor you mean? Well it didn't last and he grew out of those tight jeans.

[Svejk]

Lol@ jno. Didn't know you had it in you, old boy(girl?)

[joggerjayne]

I suppose it does, retro ... but I wouldn't actually do anything about it. Okay, I might if I was single. But the point is ...

It's a nonsense to say that English law has always allowed people to be gay, when what it actually said was, you can think it but you can't do it.

Anyway, I bet sqad fancies Johnny Depp, just a teeny bit!

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814

/// Absooutely - all people, whether gay or straight should keep the identity of their partners secret. ///

/// They should get married in secret too, so that no-one can know which way they swing. ///

/// Bla, Bla, Bla....................

And the rest of your exceedingly ridiculous post.

Don't be so silly, you know perfectly well what I mean.

[ummmm]

I think you're missing the point, AOG.

[Sqad]

JJ...you bring back memories. The resident doctors at the Royal Sussex County Hospital would drink at a pub called the Bristol which was just down from the hospital and on the front. We had to pass a "seedy" bar beneath road level and this was used by "Gays" so it was rumoured and that was 1959 when i saw my first gay.

[anotheoldgit]

joggerjayne

/// There were several girls on Saturday night whom I really quite fancied. It doesn't make me a lesbian. ///

Really, perhaps you should be questioning your sexuality?

[Khandro]

This period of the press year with parliament in recess, used to be called the 'Silly Season', there's no reason for it to spread onto AB though.

[whiskeryron]

// You are allowed to be gay, as long as you just keep it in your head".// Or trousers/knickers LOL.

[sp1814]

AOG

The point is, the moment you refer to your partner and identify them as female (if you are male) then you are broadcasting your sexuality to whoever you are talking to.

Same way that if you refer to your partner as 'he', you're telling everyone you're gay.

If gay people need to be 'discrete', then it should apply equally to straight people.

This would also include society frowning on straight couples holding hands in the street, or giving each other a peck 'goodbye' in public.

And it most certainly would cover the weekly snogfest that occurs outside nightclubs and bars up and down the country every Friday and Saturday night. This outrageous example of heterosexuals flaunting themselves for all and sundry to see is another example of people 'broadcasting' it, is it not?

[mikey4444]

jno...gays were OK unless they actually did something. It was then that they fell foul of the law. Thank goodness all that nonsense is now over and done with.

[jackthehat]

Congratulations to George and Somchai Phukkhlai.
I hope they have many years of happy marriage ahead of them. :o)