I am a very tolerant person. I was brought up to respect people and to make a decent contribution to my society. It therefore comes as no surprise that I am not homophobic in any way. In fact I have been fully supportive of LGBT rights and gay marriage here in Britain. However, despite my respect and tolerance of the LGBT community it seems that it is all getting thrown back in my face.
I walk into shops where gay shop assistants treat me like dirt because they suspect I'm heterosexual - and they would be right to suspect that. I have a coffee at Starbucks and gay servers are far too concerned with themselves to show me any attention and respect because they suspect I might be heterosexual. Even the receptionist at the dentist is so self important that should he get a hint that I may be straight then he feels he can talk to me like I'm nobody.
This is not the type of equality I was supporting. This is not the type of society I wish to be living in. In an age where we have far more equality than ever before why then is this hate allowed? Why is there so much more division? I have always denounced homophobia and now it seems that we must begin to tackle the issue of heterophobia.