[Scooter]

Hi Dave, and all contributors here.
I too am a gay man. I am 24 now but have been addicted to porn since I was about 12. I did have a long term partner until just recently, when my porn addiction got in the way. I have found this thread really interesting. Here are my comments:

1) Dave, good on you for your peacekeeping here. Its very easy for us, I think to feel discriminated against and I dont think I would have replied to PaGuy as politely as you did.

2) I think HalfPints attitude and efforts here have been awesome. I too sometimes take offense to the term "thats gay", but I believe him when he says he never used it refering to homosexuals. It did afterall, used to have a very different meaning. HalfPint, I think its awesome the way you have reflected on this! I really admire your tolerance and acceptance of others, despite your religious beliefs.

3) I have a belief, and some might challenge me here (which would be welcomed), that men generally are more sexual (hornier) than woman. I think its to do with the chemical makeup. So get 2 guys in a relationship, sex is going to play a bigger role. Perhaps gay people are 'deviant' because of their sexual repression - I dunno. Gay culture does seem to almost 'expect' every gay man to have a huge stash of porn. For this reason I am a little surprised there are not as many gay people here as I thought there might have been.

4) I can understand the desire to have a seperate place with more of a gay-support focus. But overall I have found this site to be pretty good - most of the people here are very openminded and supportive of others. Ultimately I think us porn addicts share a lot of similar characteristics, gay or straight. Stick with us here - its perfectly acceptable to start threads about gay issues and I often find it great to get a heterosexual perspective.

5) Self loathing - that is something I can relate to. Originally I hated myself for both being gay, and being a porn addict. Now its all about the porn, though that doesn't mean being gay is easy. I feel if I can overcome my porn addiction - I can truly be at peace with myself.

Good luck in everyones journeys here.