How cruel some people are in their attitudes. They should learn from the campaigns for people with disabilities that it's the person that counts, not the label.
Mike.
I'm more at the bi-curious stage I guess, given that I've not had sex with another man (yet!:twisted: ), but it's something I've heard about from several different sources. I think you've got a point HungryP - SH is one place where there's total freedom to be who you are. And that's not just sexually either. Big up for SH!
ive not had any problems,sure when people find out you get the odd piss take but in general most are like "oh your bi ok" and thats it.
now when i tell people im a transvestite i get"er thats disgusting" or "are you a peodofile" or "you must be a rapest" or i get called and have been called "freak,wierdo,etc"
and in the gay community queens hate tvs and lesbians hate tvs.
i cant work it out :confused:
Yep - would agree, rainbows. Most bi peeps I know or have known (male and female) only admit to being bi to very close friends or if the situation demands it!
It's easy to say, well that's the insecurity of the individual, but there's not the same generally recognised support network that there is for hetero or gay peeps. If you're going to be constantly attacked for your ambience (sexual, religious, vegan, whatever) then you may choose to keep quiet about it. You don;t owe 'the truth' to folk who throw sticks and stones - it's none of their business.
(Personally I don't think it's any of my business what someone else's sexual preferences are unless a) they want to tell me or b) one or both of us is thinking about shagging)
I am a lucky turd in that I tend to get away with anything and everything, in my life. I have no problems with being Bi and letting it be known. My gay g/f's and my straight g/f's do not seem to have any issues. Well, not to my face. God knows what they all think/say when I am not there. I, for one, don't give a damn.
I am slowly admitting to people that I am bi but it's difficult to know who will criticise and who will just say 'oh ok'. I have one straight female friend who takes the 'bisexuals should make their bloody minds up' opinion and a gay male friend who hates TVs so much he even dumped a bf because he discovered that he worked as a drag artist!
I can't understand the attitudes either. Especially as many gay people have such a hard time coming out and coping with bigotry, why do some of them then criticise others for their particular preferences??
It worries me that some friends who I have known a long time will change their opinion of me just on the fact that I now admit I am bi. It annoys me that they can suddenly believe that I am going to try and have sex with them, despite the fact that I have been me all along and never done it before. But in the main, I haven't had too many shocked faces from it, more from the swinging side of my confessions, and most of that followed with curious questions and amazement because my friends wouldn't or couldn't be so adventurous.
Why don`t they make their own community just like everyone else?
Venusxxx
It is curious how so many people become polarised over the straight/bisexual/gay. Not so much along the lines of 'What are you?' - more around how you are supposed to react to others.
Like football - To be a true Arsenal fan, you have to hate Manchester United, and vice versa.
Wo betide the Arsenal fan sitting in his local pub saying "Well, I am gutted we were knocked out of the European cup, but now we are, I would really like Manchester United to go on and win it now!" Burn the heretic!
Fortunately, an attitude that only a minority display.
lhk
Kat
I think that bit was highlighted in Kristof's original post Venus. Just stayed like that when Ghostie quoted it.
Bev
xx
<---------------- Is that better Scandal?!
/Jumps into thick skin
Venusxxx
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