Is being a Bisexual a bad thing ?

[wamego relays champ]

Re: Is being a Bisexual a bad thing ?

The matter of sexual identification seems to be getting more complicated. The other day, I came across the initials LGBTQ. The Q was a new one to me.

It is only in the last year or so that I became aware of LGBTQIA.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/fa...tqia.html?_r=0

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[booond]

Re: Is being a Bisexual a bad thing ?

The matter of sexual identification seems to be getting more complicated. The other day, I came across the initials LGBTQ. The Q was a new one to me. Google led me to this:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/sty ... stand-for/

Sexual identification is as different as snowflakes. And what is happening as we break away from the idea of one major group and one minor group is we're finding many minor groups and that the major group isn't as major as we might've thought.

[Marlow]

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It is only in the last year or so that I became aware of LGBTQIA.

I consider myself a LGBTQIABTWHTCTHOOM.

[Lesbian-Gay-Bi-Trans-Queer-Intersex Ally, But-The-Whole-Thing-Confuses-The-Heck-Out-Of-Me]

[26mi235]

Re: Is being a Bisexual a bad thing ?

There are a lot of distinctions, more than most people think about, which basically that most people think of hetro and gay. It is a lot more complex than that and it breaks in more than one 'dimension'. The NYT article has some of that. The dichotomy is definitely a misconceptions, as 'shades' of hetro/gay is a lot closer (but more disturbing to those that consider themselves straight and do not want to deal with some grey.

There was recently a piece (NYT?) about how it is often more difficult to be bisexual than gay, sometimes treated as 'outsiders' by both groups.

I doubt the notion that males are not bi, although most of the bi-sexuals I have known are what most would describe as female. I have known too many I thought were bi for that to be a good characterization.

[gh]

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I once read (maybe the N.Y. Times) that while women could be inclined / wired (don't recall the exact words) towards bi-sexuality, that men could not. If men thought/ acted bi-sexualy, they were just deluding themselves.

FWIW, I have a good friend who is flagrantly gay, but he likes nothing better than to go to strip clubs to ogle naked women. Go figure.

(and is very public about it; oh, the joys of living in an enlightened part of the world where there can be "offbeat" people like this who don't raise an eyebrow among the general populace)

[TN1965]

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It is only in the last year or so that I became aware of LGBTQIA.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/fa...tqia.html?_r=0

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As the article points out, the issue of gender identity is separate from the issue of sexual orientation. And the "traditional" LGBT community is almost completely dominated by "LGB" interests and "T" is treated like an appendix. Just like sexual orientation is not binary, neither is gender identity. If you doubt it, I'd suggest you try a few gender identity test. You might be surprised at the results.

[BillVol]

Re: Is being a Bisexual a bad thing ?

Great thread. A shame it will go dark on Sunday night.