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- From: Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu (Albert Lunde)
- Subject: Re: coming out to my parents
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.140437.15513@news.acns.nwu.edu>
- Followup-To: soc.bi
- Originator: lunde@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
- Sender: lunde@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Albert Lunde)
- Reply-To: Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu (Albert Lunde)
- Organization: Ministry of Silly Walks
- References: <s882916.721962102@otto> <1992Nov18.153149.23717@ctp.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:04:37 GMT
- Lines: 26
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- In article <1992Nov18.153149.23717@ctp.com>
- sthor@ctp.com (Sarah Thornburg) writes:
- >Okay, so here's a question - why is it that gays and lesbians seem to
- >believe that every one who is *not* het shouldn't *look* het. I know, I
- >know, it's yet another way of openly declaring one's sexuality, just like the
- >T-shirts and pins etc. But why is it that we are seen as somehow *wrong*,
- >or at least not serious about being lesbigay if we look just like the
- >average het on the street? I mean really! I look like the average
- >girl-next-door, and quite frankly, that's also the kind of woman I am
- >attracted to. I don't believe that makes me any less bi than someone who
- >"looks" lesbigay.
-
- True.
-
- There is the particular problem that it is difficult to "look" bisexual.
-
- I can look "queer", I can look "het", I can look "kinky" but "bisexual"
- is hard to hint at with a fashion statement...
-
- ;)
-
-
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- Albert Lunde | Interfaith | *Y*Y* "A branch on the
- Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu | Bisexual | *Y* tree of life"
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