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Grex > Glb > #30: I'm not gay, but... | |
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cyberpnk
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I'm not gay, but...
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Aug 19 16:59 UTC 1998 |
To start with, I am a white male, straight in actions, bi in attitudes.
I want to understand what it means to be gay/bi/lesbian in today's world;
so to all of you out there: what's it like?
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orinoco
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response 1 of 7:
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Aug 20 17:04 UTC 1998 |
I dunno...what's it like being straight? What's it like being male? What's
it like being human?
I guess the question makes even less sense to me, because I've only been out
for a year or so, so I can't even compare what it's like nowadays with what
it was like a while back.
No that it's a bad question - I mean, I wonder what it would be like to be
straight (or black, or female, or whatever) sometimes. It's just too big to
answer, IMO.
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bjorn
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response 2 of 7:
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Aug 20 17:07 UTC 1998 |
I second that emotion.
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jazz
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response 3 of 7:
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Aug 21 13:45 UTC 1998 |
Anectdotes might give people a better picture.
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birdlady
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response 4 of 7:
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Aug 22 08:52 UTC 1998 |
One thing I don't like is the double standard. When I tell people I'm bi,
they say "Oh! How cool!" If my male friends come out, they're frowned upon.
It's such a fad nowadays for a girl to be bisexual, and it makes me sick that
so many women say they are but wouldn't touch a girl when it really comes down
to it. Just my two cents.
I haven't been treated differently, and when I told my friends a big response
was, "Took you long enough." I guess they know me better than I do. =)
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starwolf
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response 5 of 7:
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Aug 25 18:01 UTC 1998 |
For some people, in certain career fields, it really bites...or so I'm
told. ;{
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brown
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response 6 of 7:
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Aug 27 20:11 UTC 1998 |
hmmm
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lumen
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response 7 of 7:
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Sep 28 00:01 UTC 1998 |
Amen, Sarah. Doesn't it suck! I mean, it really does. That's why I don't
let my guard down to just anyone.
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