It's not only okay to be gay... It can be great to be gay!

No matter where on earth you live, no matter your race, your religion, your gender, your age, it is always okay to be gay. In fact it is much more than okay to be gay, it's often great to be gay.

This web site is my gift to everyone on the planet. It was created on the 10th anniversary of my own coming out, and at the dawn of this new Millennium.

My goal is to share with gay and straight people everywhere that it is always always, always okay to be gay. "The Truth About Gay People" is a book in progress. Every now and then I'll post another chapter. The goal is to help move the world from false and harmful beliefs to the liberating freedom of truth.


Here's the book's introduction - enjoy!


The day I heard one of the most powerful politicians in the country equate Gay and Lesbian Americans, to kleptomaniacs and alcoholics, I knew it was time for a book like this. I asked myself how someone who is well educated, aware of current events and who makes decisions that effects the lives of millions of people could be so ignorant about gay people. Then I realized that he was not alone. That there are thousands if not millions of people in this world who carry around a set of out dated ill formed beliefs and who if given the chance could come to see the truth.


There is a yearning for the truth. I have found my straight friends and coworkers fascinated and hanging on my every word when I dare to share my truth about being gay. They ask questions out of ignorance that to many a gay person seem silly. But they are the questions so many Americans are afraid to ask.


This book answers all the questions, the silly and the serious. If you are trying to understand someone who is gay this book will help. If you just want to know the truth about gay people here it is. If you fear you are gay, odds are you are gay and there's plenty in this book to help you come to terms with who you've always been. If your son or daughter told you they were gay then handed you this book, welcome to the club. Know that you are not alone. No one book can change the course of history or make the world a perfect place, but the truth is a powerful thing. When we start speaking the truth about gay people magical things can happen and the history of hate and shame can begin to change.


Before you read any further give yourself a pat on the back for having read this far and for being willing to hear the truth. Thank you for opening your mind as you open this book.

- Rick Reynolds, CCHT

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Gay Rights Are Special Rights

Gay people want special rights. Yes they do. They want the right to love whoever they choose. They want the right to live wherever they can afford. They want the right to keep their jobs. They want the right to visit their dying spouse in the hospital. They want the right to inherit their spouse's belongings. They want the right to add their family to their health insurance coverage. The want the right to go to a school and not be verbally or physically assaulted. They want the right to deter people from hurting them by prosecuting attacks against them as hate crimes.

How is it that these basic human rights can be considered special rights? What's so special about wanting the rights every straight person takes for granted. You can't fire a straight person for being straight. You can't refuse to rent a house to someone just because they are attracted to the opposite sex? When a straight spouse is sick no one stops the other spouse from visiting. When a straight spouse dies the other spouse inherits everything. When a gay spouse dies a parent can step in and lay claim to whatever belongings they want.

The truth is, no one wants any group of people to have special rights, and there is nothing special about gay rights. There are some people who value the right to discriminate against gay people. In order to protect this right, they've started calling gay rights "special rights". Under the banner of stopping special rights they've gained popular support for keeping laws that discriminate against gay people and reversing laws that protected gays and lesbians from discrimination.

The reality is that most Americans assume that gay people already share the same rights as everyone else. And since they think that all gay people already have equal rights then if gay people want anything more it must be special rights.

Gay sex is still against the law in many states. It is legal to fire someone just for being gay in many states. In many parts of the county you have the right not to rent a house or an apartment to a gay couple. It is not legal to marry someone of the same sex. In some states gay parents can loose custody of their kids just because they are gay, and in many states gay couples are not allowed to adopt children. In no state in this country do same sex couples have the same rights as married straight couples.

If you choose to believe it, your new belief can be:

Gay rights are human rights.

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