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Thread: LGBTAitp - Part Thirteen
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2011-04-21, 10:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: LGBTAitp - Part Thirteen
To continue, though, I do quite like the actor. He seems like a really nice boy, and apparently they basically wrote the character for him. Which I guess makes all that a bit of a criticism of him... :/ But I don't mean it to be! I know there's genuinely camp gay guys, but that doesn't mean every gay character should be like that!
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2011-04-22, 04:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: LGBTAitp - Part Thirteen
I have the same problem with My Little Pony. Most people just assume I watch it because of my sexual orientation. And that's not at all the case.
On a far more serious note, I return home in less than a month. I haven't come out of the closet (do you say that for bisexuality?) to anyone in my hometown. It's a pretty close minded place. Especially compared to the Bay Area. While sexual orientation is a large issue that I've finally figured out (within the last year, after I moved away), I don't know if I want to deal with coming out to anyone I used to know. Like I said earlier, it's not a terribly welcoming town. My parents would be fine, maybe my friends too, but on the other hand, I'm wondering why I would. I never told anyone I was straight, I keep most information about myself closely-guarded, and I don't think my sexual orientation is the defining characteristic of my life. I don't know what I'm trying to say here. I just feel... conflicted. And my move out day is approaching rapidly.
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2011-04-22, 10:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Ugh. I understand your dilema. I'm not out to anybody especially, but I wouldn't have said I'm closeted as such - I've not really encountered a situation where it'd be relevant to "come out". On the other hand, I guess you might want to consider whether your folks and your closer friends may feel hurt that you never mentioned this to them before when you first introduce them to a girlfriend of yours? I dunno. I suppose you could try and engineer a situation where it'd be on topic and you could mention it in an offhand way. It's different from coming out as homosexual in a way, I think, as part of the reason for that is to stop people from assuming you're going to be dating people of the opposite sex but if you're bi then that's not ruled out... Sorry I can't really give you any advice there, I'm in a similar position myself re: coming out in some ways I feel like I'm keeping a secret and in others I think it'd just be irrelevant information to most people...
If you skim through the thread there have been a few mentions of how to engineer an appropriate atmosphere to test the waters as far as coming out goes already.
As far as close minded areas go... my home area is a rural one which just doesn't seem to have an LGBT+ community. The subject's never come up outside my house when I've been around. My family know I'm a pretty staunch defender of LGBT+ rights and are all fairly accepting, I'm pretty sure none of them would be surprised if I "came out" to them. For me I don't think it's going to be a big issue until I actually start dating, if I ever do and there are certain family friends and relatives etc. that I wouldn't come out to unless I had a serious girlfriend. (If it were a boyfriend I wouldn't see the point).
I guess my bottom line here would be don't stress yourself out too much over this? Hope you have a great spring break whatever you decide to do.
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2011-04-22, 10:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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That's amazing. Thanks for sharing, I feel better about the world now.
The poster I was looking at did list the study information, but it was in fine print and I was too uncomfortable to get up and read it, so I'm afraid I don't know who conducted it or where to look up more information. Try the interweb?
If I had to guess, I'd say that it's because we're more prone to depression, which means we're more prone to seeking relief from drugs and drug-like substances?
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2011-04-23, 12:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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2011-04-23, 12:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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I think that sometimes fast crowd gays get pulled into drugs and such as a chic thing.
Also, sorry to hear about your lack of relationship woes. I've been feeling those a lot lately. But my ex and I... that was only a life experience in the bad sense. I hardly even count that because he was so crazy. *le sigh*
Do you have a GSA at your high/college/wherever? If so, you might be able to find some nice guys there.Avatar by Dihan
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2011-04-23, 01:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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I haven't noticed gay people I know smoking tobacco more, but I've noticed a lot of other drugs. My theater group on the other hand is crammed with smokers. *shrug*
I don't understand the appeal of any of it myself.
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2011-04-23, 09:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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Yeesh.
Yeah... I have heard the whole "don't try to find someone too hard, and go into it too fast, and stuff" shpiel a lot, and I guess I understand, but that doesn't really make it any easier. I dunno.
Yes, but the GSA is at a conflicting time after school, so I can't really attend it. I go to the in-school support group, but the ratio between girls to guys at the support group is like 6 to 1, and none of those guys are available. There are literally 10 out people at my school of 2000 that I know, and they either are not available (because they are in relationships) or total a-holes.
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2011-04-23, 12:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Look on the bright side, at least you have one!
Which I don't believe my school have, but I guess that's what you'd expect when the only groups in the school that I know of are the school's choirs and musical groups.
We do have a disco ball, however, so that makes up for the apparent lack of a Kung Fu group.Treasured Quotes
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2011-04-23, 01:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-04-23, 02:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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I have another club at the exact same time spot. Which means that it doesn't really work. I would honestly love to do it, but it just doesn't work.
Next year, though, my school is going to add a seventh hour once a week, and GSA is going to be an option then, and I am TOTALLY going to do it.
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Coidzor, are you sure you're okay? You seem particularly grumpy lately, I've been worried.
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2011-04-23, 02:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-04-23, 02:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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I have talked to her about it before. They do get out at the same time, but honestly, I think she would be really bummed out if I didn't go (since we don't really do anything there, and I am her only entertainment, as far as I can tell, which I agree doesn't make any sense).
Meh. I honestly doubt there are available guys in the GSA that I just didn't know about before, although I guess there is the slim possibility.
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2011-04-23, 02:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Ok, yeah, she needs to be able to be her own person for half an hour every once in awhile, since that's a pretty bad excuse you've just coughed up. And if the club is really so boring despite being something for the viewing and discussion of something you presumably enjoy... maybe you guys should think about changing things up?
You know what they say about writing off the unknown as hopeless due to being unwilling to even take a look.
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Depending upon how many people pay attention to it initially, it's one of those things that could very well fly under everyone's radar, especially with how wall updates are filtered these days. And very, very few people are going to look up your info that already know you unless they need to get your email or number for whatever reason.
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2011-04-23, 03:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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This is true. I know I always feel mildly skeezy when I look at other people's profiles.
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2011-04-23, 03:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-04-23, 03:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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I fully realize I'm wrong about this, people tell me that all the time. But I'm a pretty private person myself, so I feel like I'm intruding on other people's privacy when I check it out with a fine toothed comb. The fact that they intentionally put it online for other people to see doesn't register for me, for whatever reason.
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2011-04-23, 04:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Actually, this reminds me: a lesbian friend of mine reposted an article about facebook filtering out a photo of two guys kissing (both fully clothed) that someone'd been trying to post. Obviously everyone was sort of like "whhaaaat??"
Article is here for those interested, I've not finished wading all the updates so I still don't understand quite what has happened or why.
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