"Does the gay community really exist? Obviously it does - just like we are all part of a community where we live, whether we bother to speak to our neighbours or not. We have shared interests and shared needs and what effects one of us often effects all of us.
"The better question to ask is whether out gay (or LGBT if you prefer) community lives up to its potential or our expectations? Often it does - just look at the leading role queer activists played in protesting the Pope's visit to Britain and making it clear that his homophobia was not welcomne. But that doesn't mean gay people are incapable of being selfish, apathetic and dishonest,
"Saying that such behaviour proves there is no gay community or gives you an excuse to opt out of it is selfish too. I don't say that lightly as it is often decent people who have made an effort to give something back that are the most disillusioned. But when you're knocked down you have to get up and carry on - that's not rewarding those people who have treated you unfairly, it's proving them wrong."
To quote Chumbawumba's 'Tub Thimping':
"I get knocked down, but I get up again, you're never gonna keep me down!"
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