Oh My God! James Franco is living with a man!

So what?

Well Gawker is making a big fuss about James Franco who is living with actor Scott Haze as reported by the New York Times.

And as some might expect the gossip site is reading too much into it:

Besides their artistic ventures, reporter Jacob Bernstein points out that Franco and Haze “met about a decade ago when they were acting students in Los Angeles,” are “so close that describing them merely as friends would be a disservice,” and are “sharing an apartment in Brooklyn this summer.” And here’s the kicker: 

By now, it was 12:30 a.m. and Mr. Franco was clearly fading. An assistant pointed him and Mr. Haze to two waiting town cars. Mr. Franco expressed surprise, since they needed only one. “We live in the same place,” he said.

It’s not as if Franco and Haze have ever hid the intensity of their friendship. Haze even posted (at 3:30 a.m. on Sunday) a picture of them standing dramatically:

CHILD OF GOD in theaters now! @JamesFrancoTV #CormacMcCarthy #LesterBallard pic.twitter.com/aYX5mnhI6U
— Scott Haze (@ScottHaze) August 3, 2014

Oh please, get over yourselves.

What is wrong with having two dudes live together and share a bond? Heterosexual men are not allowed to show affection or else they "might be gay." I don't know about you, but this sounds similar to the typical gay bashing some straight guys get in high school when they are caught doing something "gay."

I say straight men should be allowed to show affection, have bromances, and do whatever "gay" things they want to do and are comfortable doing, yes even the sexual ones.

Let's remember that actually being gay means something and it is not just a definition for some random homoerotic sexual tones or acts. Being homosexual, as for as for me is concerned, it is certainly more than just hanging out and chilling with other dudes, and yes it is more than just butsecks and blowjobs (because anybody can do that). To me being gay is an identity that tells society that you find the same gender sexually attractive, you seek out the same gender over the opposite gender, and you tend to want a romantic and/or sexual relationship with someone of the gender (having a partner).

Saying that what Franco is doing is "gay" just belittles what it really is to be gay.