A rumor is just a rumor until it is proven. Many times when two people of the same sex spend lots of time together, they are suddenly branded as "gay" because they don't seem to conform to social norms. It offends the sensibilities of these traditional-minded types, and who look for the easiest, lamest excuse for what they don't understand. That is the ignorant, backward mindset that starts these types of false rumors, and gets straight kids bullied in school. It's the same ignorant mindset that says that if a person gets to a certain age and doesn't marry or have kids, they are automatically assumed gay. It's the same mindset that brands less-than-macho boys as gay. It's the ignorance and fear that causes a father to not hug their sons.
It must stop.
I imagine that the "gay" allegations also come from gays that look for anything to champion their cause.
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