You Just Cant Deny It

I loved the movie I was shown in class on Tuesday. It was called The Road To Love, and was a documentary on the homosexual lifestyle viewed from a Muslim perspective. At first I was shocked at the subject matter, but excited to learn how another culture accepts (or doesn't) homosexuality. 

I was surprised to learn that the documentary was the brain child of a heterosexual male. The opening scene depicts him standing on the very dangerous side of a balcony, with his girlfriend begging lovingly for him to come back to her. 

In the beginning he was very hesitant towards the men he interviewed, but that was understandable considering most wanted to hit on him. It started as a laughing matter, but then soon became a bigger issue when he was confronted by one of the interviewees about exactly why he chose such a subject. He had to have interest, more so than most 'heterosexual' men. 

Towards the end he did fall in love with another man, possible indirectly, causing his girlfriend to leave him...etc.

The film made me think about how, in my own culture, many things parallel, for instance hiding what your true sexuality is. While some are open about their sexuality, many are not, they fear themselves. Knowing that a majority of society wont accept you is brutal, hence why the main person in the film (forgot his name..) could have been in such a deep denial. But until he shed light upon he subject he might have unconsciously suppressed his sexuality. B

ut that's getting me started on the psychology of sexuality.

Anyway, another parallel was the fact about parents. I remember he asked directly if the parents of the person he was interviewing knew he was gay, to which the person said "Yes" He then asked if they accepted it, or something along those lines, and he said "No" with a laugh. That is like much of my friends back home. The parents know, but act like it isn't even happening. Denial, once again.

The film was extremely educational on a subject I think everyone should be more open too, in other cultures and my own. Acceptance is upon us, everyone just has to see what a commonality homosexuality is across cultures, but perhaps because so many people fear it, its one subject that will stay unaccepted for awhile longer. We have an African American president, a huge and positive leap for our country (breaking down walls of racism and prejudice), but hardly anyone can accept gay marriage? The happiness and love between two people, however, can still not be celebrated openly?