Another Thing About Being A Brony

I guess I can understand why people would assume some sort of sexual or gender issue when I'd tell them I'm a fan of My Little Pony.
I'd make sure to differentiate that I'm a fan of the FiM, not the comparatively sucky, unreasonably-girly 80's version, but since everyone I know (besides my best friends who also lurk the internet as hard as I do) don't know the difference, I just tell them I'm a fan of MLP period.
So with the original My Little Pony series thought to be the object of my brony-ness, some  people are quick to guess that I must be gay.
And to be honest, I wouldn't be watching the show without the number of bronies backing me and creating content to actually provide some duality to it (in that, they help make it way more entertaining to men).
Without this huge base of creativity and a motto that I and many others can appreciate, "Everypony equal, Everypony loved," MLP would be just another show in the line up for pushing merchandise.
But with us all involved in making this show great, which is then also reciprocated by the show's producers, there's a level of involvement that I haven't found in many other shows.
That's how I feel personally, at least. Also, the closest I've gotten to this level of fan participation is usually on shows on Adult Swim, which is obviously a large part of what I watch on TV next to Comedy Central, a male college student's hearty breakfast and dinner of programming.