<p>Wow, the fact this debate broke out is an answer to the OP’s question: there are multiple perspectives.
As a gay man, I have to add that no, not everybody can be expected to accept homosexuality right now, but we are in a time of change. The percentages of people that support gay rights are increasing, and those that oppose are diminishing. The “annoying gay pride that being shoved upon you” is our movement. We cannot attain equal right under law or in the public’s eye without this. Hope fully, just as it did with the african american culture (which I am also a part of), that “stereotypical gay character” will become simply a character that happens to be gay. When people can mention gays in public or on the internet without an outbreak of religious or political debates, is when we truly gain social equality. It’s a process.</p>