I rang a local sports team some time ago and was looking to join. Said sport is a stereotypical ‘lesbian’ sport.
I mentioned that I had moved recently and had previously played for a different team in the same sport. I thought that I was polite and friendly in the call and the woman dropped in some comment about ‘we are a very family oriented club’ and I said ‘Oh right, yeah’ or something to that effect. She then said that she would call me back and I never got a call. Said woman is from a country which I am aware is much more homophobic than the one that I live in.
The ‘family oriented’ comment struck me as odd as sometimes people think that I’m being flirtatous when I’m just being friendly. Did she sense that I was a lesbian, especially because of the sporting choice, and make this comment to prompt a comment from me about a possible boyfriend/husband and kids?
Is ‘family oriented’ just code for ‘homophobic’?