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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 1:08 pm
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 1:18 pm
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 1:19 pm
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 1:25 pm
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:07 pm
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:14 pm
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:25 pm
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I can understand this. I get identified as gay, and after this long, I just kinda go with it, since my personal interests are more alligned with my own gender. But I'm bi. But every time I try to argue it, i get a lot of lines about how basically i'm lieing, and I'm a queer, and all that mess. I can understand the frustration.
...though, one of my friends from high school was pretty...eh..hard pressed to come to terms with how I am when I told him. Word for the wise...if you know your bi, or gay, or whatever...and you got a great friend who thinks your straight...just tell 'em. If they're good friends, they'll stick around. if not, you didn't need 'em. 'cause the longer you don't tell them, if they aren't expecting it of you secretly, the harder it is for them to accept it. or Just takes longer for many to figure out how, exactly to react.
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 4:22 am
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Tumble13 I can understand this. I get identified as gay, and after this long, I just kinda go with it, since my personal interests are more alligned with my own gender. But I'm bi. But every time I try to argue it, i get a lot of lines about how basically i'm lieing, and I'm a queer, and all that mess. I can understand the frustration. ...though, one of my friends from high school was pretty...eh..hard pressed to come to terms with how I am when I told him. Word for the wise...if you know your bi, or gay, or whatever...and you got a great friend who thinks your straight...just tell 'em. If they're good friends, they'll stick around. if not, you didn't need 'em. 'cause the longer you don't tell them, if they aren't expecting it of you secretly, the harder it is for them to accept it. or Just takes longer for many to figure out how, exactly to react.
ive already come out to all the people worth coming out to. my dad, sister, husband, and best friend. so unless someone asks and i tell them i am bisexual i really dont mind if they assume im straight. its just the people who know im bi and call me straight that get on my nerves.
luckily ive never been accused of flip flopping, ive only had one girlfriend. but im sure there are plenty of people out there who think im only bi for the attention since i havent had many girlfriends.
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 4:22 am
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:49 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:12 pm
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I get this. Our GSA on campus wasn't fond of Bi-sexual either, so our Prof brought out the Kensy scale and asked people to put themselves on it. When I told my mom I was bi, she decided it was "Just a phase" the same way she has with her other (younger) daughter. Here's the thing: If I was a teenager who already questioned who I was, what I believed in, etc, I might have agreed with her. That it was "Just a phase" and I was only "Idolizing a girl, because I wanted to be just like her/her best friend." I might have decided to say I was straight because that was how to keep things comfortable at her house.
However: Teenagers do know themselves more than we give them credit for. That self may change minute to minute but they do know who they are. Also, I'm an adult now. I haven't "grown out of my infatuation". I grew out of an infatuation with a girl, yes. But I still find them attractive. My fiance knows this, and he doesn't mind. The rules of our relationship mean there is no outside parties, ever. So if I flirt with a girl, he can get annoyed. He usually doesn't though, since the girls I flirt with are friends, and we know it's nothing serious. Also, I totally want a membership card. smile
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 8:36 am
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See, this is what pisses me off about the terms "gay marriage" and "straight marriage". It doesn't include all the gray areas of sexuality, like bisexuals, pansexuals, transsexuals, etc. They should just be called "same-sex marriage" and "opposite-sex marriage." That way every other sexual orientation can be included. Some people, unfortunately, don't understand what being bisexual means. One of my favorite local radio broadcasters, for example, doesn't seem to understand. He seems to think it means that you are constantly changing the label of your sexual orientation from gay to straight and back again. I guess he's sort of on the right track, but he doesn't seem to understand that for bisexuals, their orientation never changes, they are just constantly bisexual, no matter if their partner is male or female.
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Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 12:45 pm
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Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 7:12 pm
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Taeryyn My best friend fell in love with a girl, and for a few years she identified as a lesbian. As she grew to understand herself more, she felt that she wasn't a lesbian, but was pansexual. Now, she's with a guy. When some of her friends found out, they accused her of having claimed to be gay to get attention, or to be trendy. The gossip behind her back was even worse. "You can never trust bisexual girls. They always end up either being fakes, or cheating on you with a guy." emotion_facepalm Some friends dropped her when they found out she was gay, and then others did the same when they found out she wasn't. Ugh.
I LITERALLY had the same problem. I'm so tired of hearing that crap from my friends. Yeah, I date guys, so what? That doesn't mean I don't like chicks.
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:59 am
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Sunshine Peach-Heart See, this is what pisses me off about the terms "gay marriage" and "straight marriage". It doesn't include all the gray areas of sexuality, like bisexuals, pansexuals, transsexuals, etc. They should just be called "same-sex marriage" and "opposite-sex marriage." That way every other sexual orientation can be included. Some people, unfortunately, don't understand what being bisexual means. One of my favorite local radio broadcasters, for example, doesn't seem to understand. He seems to think it means that you are constantly changing the label of your sexual orientation from gay to straight and back again. I guess he's sort of on the right track, but he doesn't seem to understand that for bisexuals, their orientation never changes, they are just constantly bisexual, no matter if their partner is male or female.
I TOTALLY agree with you on both points.
Simply calling every marriage "marriage" would be best, in my opinion. No labels. Just plain and simple "marriage" since labeling each marriage (at least to me) is, I don't know, kind of redundant and could pose troubles, i.e. people just targeting the "homosexual marriages" or whatever. Don't know if ANY of that made sense.
And being bisexual myself, I especially hate when people keep questioning your sexuality because you like two genders slash call you "greedy." Meh, can't I just admire the finer points of guys and gals? >_>
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