The Extra/Ordinary Minority

To accept being gay
is the seek acceptance as a small minority
for having a character which is for the most part
quite is ordinary - they/we breathe the same air,
eat the same food, rent or own housing similar
to that which is owned by the hetero - majority,
and desire it for the same reasons, shelter and wellbeing.

But for the minority, who are seeking acceptance
this means seeking acceptance for part of yourself
that the majority seek to ignore as if it is invisible*.
That is what being outward similar to the majority
whilst being inwardly different from them actually means.

This is where the Majoritarianism of  race-based
right wing politics cuts deepest: such politics are riddled
with cliques who think they are majorities for being cliques,
whereas for the minority they know that they are only one minority
among several trying to find their place, and a place for others*
in a world media that does not want to hear that.      

*The same principle can be applied with many of the new
definitions of mental health conditions, many of which
invite any number of different coping strategies.