I do not like distinguishing between male and female sexuality in general and quite frankly, we should not care what two people are doing in their bedroom and how, because it is none of our business.
How are homosexuals really treated in the heterosexual society? Until the last century they were persecuted, sodomy was illegal and homosexuals were forced underground. There are still a lot of people who do not like homosexuals even if they do not admit it openly. It is the xenophobia that has lived in people for ages. People usually do not like those who are different from the majority. The situation is getting better though and homosexuality is not a taboo any more.
This more tolerant social environment causes that gay people do not have to fear that much to admit their sexual orientation. However, lot of homosexuals do worry about the reaction of their parents, friends and neighbourhood in general. Parents sometimes consider their offspring’s homosexuality a failure of their education. I think they should be proud that their son or daughter has the bravery to say openly: “Look, I am homosexual. Deal with it.” They should be happy that their child lives in a time when he or she does not have to pretend heterosexuality and ended up in a relationship in which he or she would be unsatisfied.
There are also people who seem to be tolerant, but when they have to face homosexuality in their neighbourhood, suddenly, they cannot handle it. In my opinion, gay people should not care about people like this. If your friend turns his back to you after you told him about your sexual orientation, he was not a good friend of yours.
Another topic that is closely related to homosexuality is registered partnership or gay marriage. Unfortunately, members of Czech parliament refused to pass it and also many people do not like this proposal at all. For some, marriage is considered something untouchable. They think that elevating the status of gay relationships to that of heterosexual marriage would decrease the importance of marriage. They think that homosexuals do not need to get married. But registered partnership would provide homosexual relationships with legal guarantees. For example, the registered partnership bill would legally specify the issue of mutual possessions. The bill would also deal with cases like the death of one partners or a divorcee.
Some people support registered partnership, but they do not want homosexuals to adopt children. Their point is that children who would grow up in a homosexual environment will be homosexual as well. They say that the child would lack the opposite sex’s influence in a homosexual family. However, it has not been proved that a child that is brought up in a homosexual family must necessarily be homosexual. I think that homosexuals should have a chance to adopt children.