-Oops mistaken for Gender Indetification- fixed
With sexuality, I wouldnt be bothered. But you know you are gay,lesbian etc. It shouldnt be necessary to state your sexuality unless you really wanted to. If finding a true partner I feel like you would have to admit your sexuality
Personally I would never say it
It would be nice to not have to have labels, but in reality that's just how society works. The gay rights movement would not have come so far if it wasn't for people distinctly identifying as 'gay' and being public and open about it. Maybe one day.
I feel like everyone in the world fits into one of 4 sexual orientations: straight, bi, gay, or asexual. All others are forms of one of those 4 or attention seeking labels made by tumblrites. You can call yourself one of those 4, but that doesn't mean you have to go around parading it if you don't want to.
Okay now that some people started talking let me post my little rant:
So I haven't met a lot of people who say this but I have met some, and to clarify they're not saying they're confused, they're just saying they reject all labels.
Personally I feel it's really disrespectful. Gay people claim being gay and are subject to judgements based on that. Bi people claim being bi and are subject to judgements based on that. The fact that some people think that they and their magical little sexuality are transcendent of all labels and all judgements is really... I don't know how to describe it. It's complicated. But queer people suffered through so much just because they were queer and could not just ignore that part of their identity, so it's really disrespectful to the queer community when people claim that they don't need labels. It's really hard to explain, maybe this makes some sense.
There are like a million "labels" for people's sexualities. I'm sure you can describe whatever you are with one or even two.
It would be nice to not have to have labels, but in reality that's just how society works. The gay rights movement would not have come so far if it wasn't for people distinctly identifying as 'gay' and being public and open about it. Maybe one day.
We have language for a reason. We should use it. Labels actually help because they allow us to band together and find people to date. Life would be so confusing without them
I feel like everyone in the world fits into one of 4 sexual orientations: straight, bi, gay, or asexual. All others are forms of one of those 4 or attention seeking labels made by tumblrites. You can call yourself one of those 4, but that doesn't mean you have to go around parading it if you don't want to.
It would be nice to not have to have labels, but in reality that's just how society works. The gay rights movement would not have come so far if it wasn't for people distinctly identifying as 'gay' and being public and open about it. Maybe one day.