Which makes him even sexier than he already is!

love you Matt! Ben too.

however in all fairness to Ellen Degeneres, it certainly was a "big f--king deal" when she came out. Hollywood even ostracized Laura Dern for playing the role of her girlfriend. It was a difficult few years for Ellen, and I think it's important to remember those struggles. Now it's true though, that know one cares--she's on top of the world.

>>>“(T)he fact that Anderson Cooper and Ellen DeGeneres can come out so beautifully and powerfully, and it’s a big f--king deal that it turns out nobody gives a shit,” Damon told Playboy magazine.>>>

LGBT people and esp lgbt *kids* are hugely invested when prominent, respected successful lgbt people publicly own their sexuality.

I think it impacts straight people also... though they are not inclined to admit it.


That said, Damon is a very serious and hugely perceptive observer of the social/political scene and everything he says should be taken seriously.

As in the general population just sort of went "meh" and went about their things instead of burning crosses and going Million Moms on them (however unsuccessful that also was).

... heterosexuals "don't give a fuck" whether or not someone is gay. And that this is a "good" thing.

Obviously it's better than "burning crosses"; but it's not really *honest*.

They do care. They're human so...... they're curious. We ALL are, aren't we?


I'm curious about everybody's sexuality. I'm not *obsessed* with it, and it is not the ONLY thing I'm curious about but it is definitely among a number of things about other people about which I'm curious.

On another level, it's none of my business, so it's not as though I go around DETERMINED to ascertain a person's sexual orientation... particularly if it's a someone with whom I don't really have a personal connection . Like a celebrity or a politician. And naturally I wouldn't presume to inquire of a casual acquaintance their sexual orientation.

But it would be completely dishonest for me to claim that "I don't give a fuck" whether someone is straight or gay. It's seems to me the level of dialogue on this topic generally might move up a couple of rungs on the ladder if we could all just acknowledge this.


Of course.... I'm assuming everybody thinks the way I do. That's been the cause of a few crash landings in the past.