I'm gay. Been openly so with most everyone since I figured out my own orientation-- mid 70's.
I'm also a bit of a loner, just never been a social butterfly, that category was well covered by my late husband until he passed away.
I don't follow much of popular entertainment, to my complete bamboozlement, completely lost to this whole conversation because I've never heard the term except in some con man's context promising love or companionship as a ruse for some sort of gain or, in dark circumstances luring a gay person into violence-- attempts that happened to me long ago, foiled just because my "gaydar" didn't genuinely ping.
Frankly to me, "cultural appropriation" consists largely of learned patterns far more than any inherent traits. I learned to enjoy smooth jazz from historically African American owned and operated radio stations that I like very much, have almost always had plinking in the background anywhere. They play a fair portion of Micheal Franks because it's jamming sounds without any pretense. Funny part is, my small slice of African DNA is 2 to 5 percent, and upon that DNA result discovery my sister in law laughed and said "I knew it! and that explains..." jokingly about most of my music player.
I'm not getting upset about something I'd consider what falls under the description of earth in the Hitchhiker's Guide:
MOSTLY HARMLESS.
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