Let me explain this one before anyone assumes anything.

With all the gay rights stuff being flung around, people seem to need to randomly throw out their sexuality.

If you ask me, sexuality isn't one of those things you need to be all proud of. That doesn't mean you should be ashamed of it, mind you. But unless it's relevant to the topic, I don't need to know that you're gay/bi/asexual/straight/whatever.

I suppose I just think sexuality is one of those things that aren't really anyone else's business in the first place. The stranger sitting next to you in a cafe shouldn't care if you're gay as long as you aren't hitting on them, but you shouldn't run around going "GAY PRIDE" and then be surprised when you get weird looks, not because you're gay, but because you're exclaiming it to the world for no reason.

Hope people understand what I mean! If you're not sure, please ask.

Edited as I forgot to say that you're free to use this stamp (and any others I make) as you please.

ADDED 10/25/09-

It's been a long time, huh? I made this stamp back in 2006. It's 2009 now! It's one of my most popular stamps, both for good and bad reasons. First, thanks for the former, I'm glad the majourity of you actually read the description and understand where I'm coming from.

As for the rest, let me address that, too. Despite the description, I've gotten a lot of negativity from people who seem to be unable to understand what I'm trying to get across with this stamp.

This stamp isn't 'Gays shouldn't be heard' or anything else like that. A lot of you are assuming a lot, which is a little ironic, honestly. As the maker of this stamp, I myself am an almost fully gay lesbo who happens to be dating a transgendered man in a polyamorous relationship (for over three years now, for that matter). I've HARDLY got your usual hetero relationship going on. So no, I'm not a bigot. Those of you who think so completely and utterly missed the point of this stamp.

I'm all for gay rights. However, I personally don't think something like sexuality should be a defining trait of who we are. Thus, when someone announces it first time they meet someone or the like, it puts the wrong foot forward. A lot of you are presuming that everyone is a homophobe, and that's no good, either. Stop doing that, save your blood pressure. Most people are perfectly nice people if you don't approach them assuming they're the enemy.

There's something to be said for not pushing your agenda on everyone you meet. Let people get to know YOU first, and not who you date. Chances are good they'll find out when they meet your boy/girlfriend anyway. If they're a homophobe, they're going to be a lot more likely to second-guess themselves over someone they've possibly known for years and are really fond of compared to a stranger who came to them foaming at the mouth one day about how gay they are and said stranger better like it or they're a horrible person.

This stamp means exactly what it says. I don't CARE what you are. To turn that into 'OMG YOU MUST WANT GAY PEOPLE TO SUFFER AND HAVE NO RIGHTS' is a silly strawman that just makes you look kind of hysterical. We'll get there. We're already getting there. There's still homophobia and violence, yes, but we're been progressively moving forward and will keep doing so, and it will be awesome. But it's not going to come about by pretending to be friendly with someone long enough to shove your agenda on them. That's just going to make people feel used.

There's still a fight to fight, that's just not the best way to go about it. Let me get to know you, not what genitals you prefer. That's all!

PS. If you want to make a point, opening up with an insult is not the best way to go about it. I just delete those comments without reading them. After all, how would you like it if someone came up to you going 'Those dumb fags should stop whining because...'? You wouldn't appreciate it, and neither do I. Even if they had a good point to make, you wouldn't want to hear it after the opening sentence that insulted you. And it sure doesn't make you look smart like you were hoping, sorry to say.

As for everyone else, thanks for getting what I was trying to say, and thank you for the support!

PPS. Also, keep in mind, this stamp has over 700 comments. Honestly, I've heard it all at this point between those comments and the notes and IMs I've been sent. I don't really respond to comments anymore simply because people trying to argue (when if people would take a second to understand what I mean, they'd realize there's nothing really TO argue about) don't think that maybe out of all the comments, they're not going to be the first to try to tell me I'm dumb for not caring some random guy in a cafe is gay or what have you. There's only so many times I can try to clarify what I mean in the comments before I throw my hands up and let you wet yourselves in blind rage by yourselves. And that's why when you write out your paragraph about how I'm a horrible homophobe or whatever, I don't tend to respond to it. Because I already have, to the fifty billion people before you who said the same thing.