lgbtq
The letters LGBTQ are just another way of saying that Love is Love.
'Hey, You're Gay!'
Do you know how much easier life for me would have been if someone had sat me down when I was young and just said, “Hey, you’re going to grow up to be gay, and this is how you’re going to feel about it?" Years of repression and anger, self-loathing, and fear of being kicked out of the house—all of it would have been for nothing because everyone would have realized what was going to happen even before I did. Adolescence and going through four years of high school would have been easier on me mentally, I’m positive of that.
By Kai Sparks8 years ago in Humans
Coming Out (From the Closet)
Coming out is a fundamental process in queer people's life. Should coming out even be a thing? "The straights" don't have to come out, so why should we? Is it to just let people know? And in that case, why can't it just be casually brought up in conversation? There are so many questions regarding this and just why we, as queer people, have to even make a giant deal about who we are and aren't attracted to, both sexually and romantically.
By Taylor Loveday8 years ago in Humans
Should the 'B' Be Removed from 'LGBTQ'?
I recently saw an online post stating that the B should be removed from LGBTQ. As a bisexual myself, this really made me think. The argument was that bisexual individuals have it "easier" than gay people—the reason being that it's easier to hide your sexuality as a bisexual person. Which is mostly true, a gay person may enter a heterosexual relationship in order to hide their true sexual preferences, thus entirely denying who they are—whilst a bisexual would be able to quite happily live in a relationship with someone of the opposite sex. I agreed with this until someone said to me, "But what if you're a bisexual who's in love with someone of the same gender. You'd still be unhappy with your heterosexual relationship, even if you are still attracted to members of the opposite sex." Again, this is true. A gay person would be unhappy hiding who they really are, but being bisexual doesn't automatically mean you're not unhappy about hiding your feelings.
By Thomas Jon8 years ago in Humans
Goodbye, Debbie Fox
The last time I was with my friend Debbie we never laughed quite as much as we used to. We had a good time together as always, but not crazy giggling that usually characterised our get togethers. We'd decided to go to the Euro pride Mardi Gras in Manchester together. I'd only made up my mind I was going the day before, and I'm so glad I went now.
By 111LisaMac .8 years ago in Humans
Is This the Dawning of the Age of the Twink?
So the New York Times recently published an article written by Nick Haramis entitled “Welcome to the Age of the Twink” which is a horrifying title. It sounds like the opening line to a conservative’s nightmare about a gay Hunger Games. Like, first they wanted to get married, now they want blood. It’s not just their nightmare either; it’s mine too.
By Joey Rupcich8 years ago in Humans
Surprise, I Am Gay
Picture this... Nice cool November night in Arizona, just got off work from an exhaustively long shift at Chick-Fil-A in the mall. It's an election year and politics are everywhere. I am not much for politics and I definitely am not the type to stress about who the president of the United States of America will be, I wanted to vote for Harambe the gorilla. My partner at the time, however, did care. She cared to a level of pure stress on the subject.
By Natascha Dennee8 years ago in Humans
Enough
Here’s something that I need people to understand because it’s been bothering me ever since I saw a post somewhere a few days ago. The post basically was someone saying ‘When I’m on T, promote me to this!’ and joined with said caption was a t-shirt that bore the word DADDY on it.
By Jeremy Jett8 years ago in Humans
