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- From: eowyn@brahms.udel.edu (Zoe Antonia Velonis)
- Subject: Re: Coming out? + de-muffining
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- References: <1993Jan20.034851.25209@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 23:48:18 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan20.034851.25209@leland.Stanford.EDU> Dane Spearing <dane@cardinal.stanford.edu> writes:
- >Hello! And *huuuuuuugs* to all! <pop> I'm outta the oven, and
- >golden-brown!
- >Aaaaaahhhhhh - it's much cooler out here. :)
-
- Muffin alert!
- *zoom* *pounce* *hug* *nibble* *hug* *nibble* *munch* *hug*
- Welcome!
-
- >Now for the question with my first posting (just to play devil's advocate
- >for a minute):
- >
- >Why do people feel it necessary to "come out" to the world when they
- >discover/realize/admit that they are bi/gay? I sorta figured out I
- >was bi about 2 years ago (not long after I got married to a wonderful
- >woman who is also bi), but it's not something I really feel the need
- >to "advertise". It's not something I'm at all shy or withdrawn about.
- >If a person asks (or "needs" to know <grin>), I'm quite open about my
- >bisexuality. It's just not something I feel the need to wave a big flag
- >about. I guess my general attitude is "hey, you are who you are", and
- >the sexual orientation of a person doesn't change my opinion of someone
- >much.
-
- Whew. Well, some people don't feel the need to advertise. (As you well know)
- But some people do. Some people feel that *not* advertising is hiding, is
- denying themselves and who they are, that it is implying that they are ashamed
- of who they are, esp. this aspect of who we are. Today's society seems only
- slightly obsessed with sex, and to be bombarded with heterosexual images
- everywhere often provokes a more extreme counter-reaction from those who
- do not conform with the always heterosexual images of sensuality.
- And then there are some people (like me) (the above was also like me) who
- worry about other people's perceptions of them, and how that will affect
- behavior and actions, and want to make sure that they get treated according
- to who they are, and not someone's false interpretation of who they are.
- (i.e. wearing a bisexual button that says "Bi the way, don't assume I'm gay/
- straight" so that when walking arm in arm with an SO, people treat you as who
- you are, not who they think you are.)
- But of course, the upshot of all this is:
- Do what makes you feel comfortable. It's good that you don't feel like you
- need to advertise. If there wre no stigmatism, that's probably how all of
- us would be.
-
- Just my two cents. (or four)
-
- *hug*
- Zoe
-
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- >
- >
- > Dane Spearing
- > dane@cardinal.stanford.edu
- > AOL: DaneRS@aol.com
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