Joe Rogan recalls growing up in gay neighborhood where his aunt smoked pot with "naked" men: "It was so normal to me"

Joe Rogan is known to voice his opinions on a wide variety of topics on his world-renowned podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience. The UFC commentator recently shared a story of how he grew up in a gay neighborhood, with his aunt smoking marijuana with naked men.

Speaking to guest Sam Tallent on episode #2175 of his popular podcast, Rogan noted that he lived in San Francisco from the age of seven through 11 before adding:

"Yeah, so I lived in a fully gay neighborhood... Yeah, but we were in Haight-Ashbury, like that area. We were right off of Lombard Street so we're in there, in like the mix of the whole thing. Like I could walk to Fisherman's Wharf from my house. And so my neighbors were gay and my aunt used to, she would smoke pot with these gay guys and they would get naked and play the bongos."

Rogan continued:

"They would be like, 'oh, she's over there playing the bongos with the gay guys'. It's like, 'okay', like it was so normal to me that it wasn't until I moved to Florida that I even realized that people were homophobic and that was when I was 11."

Check out Joe Rogan's comments on growing up in a gay neighborhood below (starting at the 29:10 mark):

Rogan shared that he had no idea people had an issue with gay people, adding that his aunt's friends were normal guys who happened to be gay. He noted that it was normal as there were guys holding hands everywhere in San Francisco in the 1970s.

Rogan revealed that he wants everyone to be able to be themselves as that is real freedom. He praised the bravery of the gay community, noting that it is very likely to run into someone who is homophobic.

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Joe Rogan does not believe pride parades are harmful to children

Joe Rogan recently hosted Sam Tallent on episode #2175 of JRE. The UFC commentator revealed that he does not believe pride parades are harmful to children, stating:

"A lot of people are upset about the pride parade because they're like, 'oh, they're doing the pride parade and they're doing it in front of all these children'. Hey, don't bring your kids to a f**king pride parade... I'm not against it at all, but you can't complain that that's happening because you brought your kids."

Check out Joe Rogan's comments on pride parades below (starting at the 25:45 mark):

Rogan's guest added that you can't take your children to a cage fight and complain about violence. Rogan agreed, noting that if you take your children to a pride parade, you should not complain about the gay people.