The celebrity culture within the gay world should not be allowed dominate the values that people hold. People these days are led by celebrities and it is also true of the gay world, who are beginning to look up and admire drag queens and other high profilers too much.

Individual relationships can be very unique, without all the exhibitionism and gay-scene ruckus colouring them. There are clearly people in the gay world who are in it for the money, and it can be seriously questioned as to what extent they benefit the gay community and the gay movement. Gay entertainment is all very well and fine, but what people really need is well-organised social clubs that are not confusing people with very over the top displays of effeminism/masculism and earthiness.  

Gay clubs—as photographs and videos clearly show—can be full of nonsense with people dancing on tables and becoming unruly. They feature worn out celebrities such as drag queens and other vociferous regulars who are setting the agenda and culture for everybody else. People are very influenced by what they see and hear which can be a million miles away from where they are in there own personal relationships.

Most people entering the gay scene would be very intimated at the sight of over-confident and commissioned entertainers leading the gay scene. Whether they are gay or not, they are flaunting their sexuality everywhere which is a very private issue for most people. "Coming out" should not be the essence of the gay movement or exhibitionists who are encouraging or conditioning them to do so.

Many people have very rewarding and excellent relationships that a very reserved without all the overtness that seems to surrounds the gay social scene. How far indeed do very public gays want others who are gay to come out? Perhaps they want them to stand on a tall building with a megaphone or set up their own TV channels like "Ellen" before they can be accepted as been gay.  The gay world would be well-advised to pilot their own ship, irrespective of what is happening on what is very often a clumsy, awkward, and false celebrity-driven scene.  

Maurice Fitzgerald,
Shanbally,
County Cork, Rep of Ireland