The notion that it was what Fiss calls a source of empowerment for the members of the gay community to have homosexuality associated with snarling guys prancing around in leather jockstraps , using bullwhips as sex toys , and pissing in each other 's mouths , at a time when AIDS had become a national health problem and the issue of gays in the military was about to arise , is ludicrous .
Fiss says some things empower gay people .