The Big Gay Ice Cream Shop Will Open This Saturday

Oh...they opened a debate on whether gay people give enough to charity store. I thought it was an ice cream shop. my mistake.

No kidding...i agree, activist.  Gay men in particular don't give a flying shit about the lives and struggles of other gay men not affluent enough to live in NYC or other 'forward-thinking progressive' (i.e. rich) gay communities.  I'm guessing this ice cream place is going to cost about $12 a scoop.  I'll take my money and get a $.49 cone at McDonald's anyday - I love street theater and I can't stand snooty gay people who insist on living this illusion that we are all extremely wealthy, post-doctorate educated, living in the most expensive condos, and wearing only the highest priced designer labels.  I guess I'm not getting the memo - all gay people are rich?  What about the gay high school kids who drop out and never go back?  Do any gay people work at places that don't require a doctorate? 

That's what sucks about New York now.  The only gay people left are rich bitches.  Everyone else has had to do the reverse - move back to our hometowns, or find a smaller city to go to.  It's a sad commentary that in 2011, gay people still don't have much of a welcome space in straight society, and even less of one in gay society (unless, of course, you have money, looks, education, or can 'do something for them' - all others need not apply).  Yea. 'It's getting better' my ass.

Hopefully this wont be the first in a long line of entrepreneurs who capitalize on their gayness but do not give anything back to the LGBT community from whence they came. I mean if you're gonna make a lot of money based on the novelty of being gay and become media darlings don't you have some respossibility to donate a % of proceeds to LGBT causes or AIDS services or use your exposure to raise awareness of homophobia, transphobia, hate crimes, etc? Maybe that's too old school for these guys.