Coming out as Bi soon?

[LostOne4Ever]

30. It should be private and it should just between a person and their partner(s)

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]But that is not the way the world works.

As much as we wish otherwise, people go and make it their business. In most states it is perfectly legal to fire someone for being LGBTQ+ as well as to evict them. Two gay men holding hands and minding their own business can and do get assaulted. Others suffer "corrective" rape. Until this year, same-sex couples could not get married.

Not that long ago, people who weren't cis-heterosexuals were classified mentally ill. Some of us belong to sexualities/genders that are still not well known, and often dismissed as not being real or the result of abuse/illness.

Yet, recently a lot of that has changed and one of the biggest drivers of this change has been people coming out.

Coming out it raises awareness and shows people that sexual and gender minorities are not mentally ill or degenerates, but rather that LGBTQ people are just like everyone else. It removes the stigma which makes it harder to hate and commit violence against people minding their own business. It humanizes us and reduces violence against us.

It is important. And that is why we celebrate it. Especially yesterday, as it was Coming Out Day.

Maybe one day, our society will become enlightened enough to where our private business can remain that. But till then, there will be a need to parade one's sexuality as a way to fight ignorance and hate.

Since you are a former republican I hope this gives you a new perspective on LGBTQ people and the coming out process.

Anyway, welcome to DU. The threads on the front page lead to many different groups so try and make sure you check out the group you are in before replying if you are navigating from there. Otherwise you risk getting off on the wrong foot and possibly mistaken for a troll and either blocked from the group or zapped by MIRT (Malicious Intruder Removal Team).



PS: And as an Asexual, I would just like to add I wish Heterosexuals would quit parading their sexuality around me...but I don't think that is going to happen anytime soon [/font]