I'm bisexual, (or more precisely, pansexual since I also like attractive transsexuals, and btw, (unfortunately), that's not me to the right).To be more precise, I'm a "2" on Kinsey's scale of bisexuality, which means that I (as a man) am more attracted to girls/women than men. In fact I would estimate the strength of my attraction at about 65/35 in favor of women.
There is what is called the LGBT community, which stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender, and many would contend that the 'bi' are under-represented in the fight for rights, etc.
Poppycock!! :-)
Think about it, what exactly *IS* my supposed "hardship" here? While gays have to either live an entire facade of a life, or come clean and "out" themselves at personal risk to their health and well being, and even more so for our transgendered friends, to whom it is an issue of self identity as well as sexual attraction...what exactly is my "hardship" anyway?
Well, apparently its that I can lead what is considered a "normal" life, and yet find this fella above (see pic of hotty man) to be a sexually attractive and sexy dude.
...that's about it.
That hardly calls for a support group, don't ya think? Well, yes, if I had horrible debilitating irrational hang-ups and a phobia about whether I'm gay or not...I can see talking to a therapist. But that's not the case. In fact, I'm a "nonbeliever" in any Cosmic Planner and I have no reason to think that we were made to fulfill some teleological plan of any sort. (If 'sex' is not the fulfilment of a plan, then there is no perversion of a plan by not being 100% heterosexual).
Now, of course I support equal treatment by the law as well as in life to be a social goal worth fighting for, but I hardly consider being Bi a "hardship" that is even in the same ballpark as what our gay and transgendered friends have to deal with. I'm not for equal rights and treatment because I'm Bi, I'm for equal rights and treatment because it's a relatively enlightened and wise perspective IMO. Fear and hatred of what is different is an extraordinarily primitive response. We can choose to give in to primitive impulses, or instead choose to interact with the world in a rational, intelligent manner. Being mean to "tyrannies" is not intelligent...it's weak and fearful. It's a fight or flight response to something different and unknown. In fact, I would also suggest that it's an ignorant response, since the unknown is simply what we are still ignorant about.
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