LBGT being called awesome

Many of us are already treated differently or viewed as different in a negative way. Reversing this to be positive doesn't change the core issue, different. We've been vilified for our sexuality, our other attributes ignored and reduced to less than human.

So when straight people should view us as awesome cos we're not straight, they're defining us by our sexuality. Yes, they can be able to talk about us individually in far more depth but we don't get to be "not awesome", we don't get to be just like you, we're automatically different and automatically awesome, all because of one thing that's just the way we are and harmless.

What they are basically saying, is because of your sexuality you are this, you're also different from  me and I tend to find people like you so interesting, you're also all the same in this respect and you can't be like me, you can't be "not awesome".

It's also easier to not even begin to challenge yourself on this because you're being positive surely, you're kinda saying we're better or different in a good way. Who doesn't wanna be viewed as awesome? But know it comes at a cost, your initial reaction is defined by someones sexuality now, you can't just turn off that cool view, it's just there, even if in the background. You'll tend to mention it in some way perhaps. Maybe you'll feel good you have so many lgbt+ friends, like it's an achievement. Maybe you'll make assumptions about us and not realize it, being cool has meaning. Maybe you'll decide the most important thing to mention initially is a person non straightness, not deliberately, it's just become so relevant to you, to mention that difference regardless of context. Like it or not you're treating us differently to you, you view us differently, we're now different to straight people by default.

We go from a straight persons hatred to their trend or interest, when does our equality start? Our ability to be as boring as you straights? When does our sexuality actually not begin to matter to you straight away? I can't view that as equal, to me it shall always be saying, somehow you're always going to be different to me and anybody whom is straight, enough so that it affects how I might view you, interact with you or treat you, etc. Yanno, even if you just say I'm cool cos I'm not straight.