When I was in my first "A" School, learning Russian at DLI, I met a *ahem* 'gentleman' who one time interrupted a story about my past to tell me...
"You threaten my manhood because you were friends with a 'fag'!"
I was simply telling this story:
Well, I was at a party over at a friend's house. Well, we have this friend, a major "flamer", we all knew was gay. He was over there clearly working up the nerve to make some sort of huge announcement... Well he stood up and starts clearing his throat and all...
(Every guy there was hoping beyond hope that he wasn't going to say he was in love with them.)
Well, he stands up and announces to the world. "I'm homosexual!"
Poor guy, the reaction he got was less than overwhelming, it was in fact non-existent....
(Here is where he interrupted me to make his big announcement of how I "threatened" his "manhood")