Opinion by 
Cinders
posted
1 year ago
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This article is slightly similar to the one I wrote a few months ago, Fall In Love With A Person. But I couldn't help reiterating. Sorry if it's a waste of time.
My whole life I have been fluctuating between gay and straight. It was only in my senior year that I felt confident enough to come out to my close friends in high school. I even had my first girlfriend. And being in such a warm, welcoming environment, I was able to openly discuss my feelings with others who shared them.
I found out that year that not only was I bisexual, but so were three of my friends who were previously calling themselves "straight," just like I was. One of these people was my girlfriend that year. And talking with them, I realized that I wasn't the only one who came to the conclusion of, "Well, since I like both, and I don't want to be the center of attention, I'll just focus on my straight-leaning side."
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(Just so you know, when I say Americans, I mean the US, not North America.)
I used to be proud to be an American. I believed we were such a great country. But, as time went on, that pride began to fade. The reasons to be proud diminished one by one. Recently, my eyes were completely opened and I realize just how far behind my country truly is.
All it took was one video. A commercial. It was for the Israel Gay Youth Group. I did research. I realized. South Africa is allowing gay marriage, as well as several other countries. Israel is very pro-LGBT rights. Most of their commercials show this sort of thing. I found out the US has been censoring and banning “gay” commercials.
One commercial was simply two gay men, in a committed relationship. They were talking about how they designed their home with furniture from the store. The commercial aired only once, in Washington D.C. and New York. Why once? Because the store, Ikea, began receiving bomb threats. Apparently two committed adults of the same gender is too scary a concept for most Americans.
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Opinion by
Cinders
posted
1 year ago
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Sexuality is such a hot-button issue these days. "Are you gay? Are you straight?" But what do these questions really mean? How can anyone really answer these questions to the best of their ability, especially when we have people who are well into their fifties and sixties and still haven't figured it out?
I believe it was Alyssa in Chasing Amy who said it best: "I came to this on my terms. I didn't just heed what I was taught, you know? Men and women should be together, it's the natural way - that kind of thing. I'm not with you because of what family, society, life tried to instill in me from day one. The way the world is - how seldom you meet that one person who gets you... it's so rare. My parents didn't really have it. There was no example set for me in the world of male/female relationships. And to cut oneself off from finding that person - to immediately half your options by eliminating the possibility of finding that one person within your own gender... that just seemed stupid. So I didn't. And by leaving my options open, I was branded 'gay', which to me was no big deal - labels are labels, you know? They define what you do,...
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