Then there are less personal reasons. Accepted or not, we who are gay, lesbian or bisexual have the the right to express our identities as openly as straight people. We have the right to exist unashamed. We have the right to be out and to expect that our sexual identities will not be a negative factor in the workplace or classroom, in politics or counter-politics. After all, no job that I can recall has paid me explicitly to be straight - or certainly hasn't paid me enough.
Lesbians earn the same amount less per hour than men as straight women do.
Gay A's look the same as straight A's on a grade report. And queer voices in protest are every bit as loud. Accepted or not, we have the right to be out. But it's not about you. And it's not just about my feelings, either.