Appearances

Vasquez waits to disclose the fact that Brian and Mickey are straight in order to prove the point that it is impossible to tell another person's sexuality, and it is impossible to prove one's sexuality. Any man can be thought gay, and any woman can be seen as a lesbian. Vasquez waits to show that the men attacked were straight to show that the scope of homophobic violence is extensive and not even limited to homosexuals. When heterosexuals are being attacked as a result of homophobic violence, it is obvious how ridiculous and unfounded that homophobic violence is. The issue itself does not change, however, when we realize that heterosexuals are occasionally the victims. It is still a wrong, terrible thing and the victims do not matter. The point of Vasquez's argument is that a straight person is just as human as a gay one, and so whether the violence affects heterosexuals or homosexuals is really irrelevant. People are being attacked, and that is wrong. That the victims of such attacks are everyone and not just the hated group just goes to show how ridiculous and truly unfair the homophobia is, and how wrong a concept it is that one should delineate humanity along lines of sexual orientation.