I read this and agreed with every word - but as for me, I have these issues and a bit more.
Being gay? You don't have to necessarily tell people. Being a Person of Color? I don't have a choice in telling people about that. It's kinda one of the first things you notice when you meet me.
And, since I'm Bi as well, I have many of the same problems and issues you have stated here. But I don't have the choice of "hiding" it. My life? She is uncomfortable at times.
I'm not saying this to start something, honest. It's just that it hit me while reading what you wrote, particularly the last part of your final paragraph: if you change gay/queer to Black, this essay wouldn't change all that much. What that says about our society and our culture...is *much* too long a discussion to start at 3AM when I already have a headache.
One can only hope that ours will be the last generation that has to deal with this bullshit. One can hope.
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Date: 2010-08-26 10:08 am (UTC)Being gay? You don't have to necessarily tell people. Being a Person of Color? I don't have a choice in telling people about that. It's kinda one of the first things you notice when you meet me.
And, since I'm Bi as well, I have many of the same problems and issues you have stated here. But I don't have the choice of "hiding" it. My life? She is uncomfortable at times.
I'm not saying this to start something, honest. It's just that it hit me while reading what you wrote, particularly the last part of your final paragraph: if you change gay/queer to Black, this essay wouldn't change all that much. What that says about our society and our culture...is *much* too long a discussion to start at 3AM when I already have a headache.
One can only hope that ours will be the last generation that has to deal with this bullshit. One can hope.