To be fair, I really think that homophobia is a pretty outdated notion. Sexuality makes no difference whatsoever to me and I personally know far more gay and lesbian people than I do homophobes....actually I don't know any homophobes and if I did, I'd soon 'bash' that out of them!

Funnily enough, I have been 'straight bashed' by a lesbian in a gay club once (not physically, but verbally) which is ironic as I was eyeing her up!

What I'm trying to say is, in the UK at least, we're pretty tolerant of sexuality these days to the point where we've moved beyond political correctness. I'll give you an example:

I was out (out - hahaha get it?) with a couple of gay guys a few weeks back and they were laughing about how they hate when gay men talk about 'their partner' rather than their 'boyfriend' and how any guy who says 'partner' immediately sounds gay even if he isn't. Bearing in mind, I'd never met these two guys before, I felt it was perfectly fine to joke: 'These bloody queers, they're so politically correct', to which, without missing a beat, one of them replied 'Er, do you mind, we prefer the term 'pouf' actually' and we all fell about laughing. A few years ago we most people (including me) wouldn't have dared make a joking comment like that, just in case it was misconstrued, but in the UK these days, most gay people don't expect to be treated badly so they've got more of a sense of humour and less of a chip on their shoulder than a straight person might expect.

Perhaps it's just the UK who feel like this, but when I see shows like 'Will and Grace' I think, 'Nah....this is a global thing'

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