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I Am Proud to Be

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Postby MessengerOfDreams » September 23rd, 2013, 11:57 am

I am not proud to be bisexual. That's going about it all wrong.

I'm proud of choices I made and things I've done. When I write a good story, I'm proud of it. When people tell me I've inspired them, I'm proud of it. When I get straight As, I'm proud of that. When I decide to help someone and it changes their life, I'm proud of that.

But being bisexual wasn't a choice. It wasn't something I decided to do. It wasn't deliberate action just to get into a group. It just is. It's something I happen to be, just like I happen to be white, happen to be male, happen to be autistic and bipolar. They were up to the chance of fate and genetics.

What I am proud of is being out. I know the risks, I know the odds are against me. I could stay quiet and keep it to myself, fail to stand up with my brethren and fail to set myself free, but I don't. I won't. I can't.

I've faced trial for coming out. People have tried to attack me, invalidate me, harass me, disown me, make me doubt myself, make me feel fake, make me feel as though I'm hurting them with my decision. People both straight and gay have tried to punish me for my decision. We are a minority within a minority, and the odds are against us, but I haven't backed down. I haven't given in. And with the support from my truest friends, I haven't doubted myself.

That is what I'm proud of.

Happy bisexual day, everyone.
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Re: I Am Proud to Be

Postby *Emelia K. Fletcher » September 23rd, 2013, 1:11 pm

And may your lives all play out in an orderly fashion. [raises glass]


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Re: I Am Proud to Be

Postby Harmless » September 23rd, 2013, 3:32 pm

And this is why you're one of the most revered members on here.

Definite cheers.
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Re: I Am Proud to Be

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Postby Ridder » October 14th, 2013, 5:04 pm

MessengerOfDreams wrote:I am not proud to be bisexual. That's going about it all wrong.

I'm proud of choices I made and things I've done. When I write a good story, I'm proud of it. When people tell me I've inspired them, I'm proud of it. When I get straight As, I'm proud of that. When I decide to help someone and it changes their life, I'm proud of that.

But being bisexual wasn't a choice. It wasn't something I decided to do. It wasn't deliberate action just to get into a group. It just is. It's something I happen to be, just like I happen to be white, happen to be male, happen to be autistic and bipolar. They were up to the chance of fate and genetics.

What I am proud of is being out. I know the risks, I know the odds are against me. I could stay quiet and keep it to myself, fail to stand up with my brethren and fail to set myself free, but I don't. I won't. I can't.

I've faced trial for coming out. People have tried to attack me, invalidate me, harass me, disown me, make me doubt myself, make me feel fake, make me feel as though I'm hurting them with my decision. People both straight and gay have tried to punish me for my decision. We are a minority within a minority, and the odds are against us, but I haven't backed down. I haven't given in. And with the support from my truest friends, I haven't doubted myself.

That is what I'm proud of.

Happy bisexual day, everyone.


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I've faced trial for coming out. People have tried to attack me, invalidate me, harass me, disown me, make me doubt myself, make me feel fake, make me feel as though I'm hurting them with my decision. People both straight and gay have tried to punish me for my decision. We are a minority within a minority, and the odds are against us, but I haven't backed down. I haven't given in. And with the support from my truest friends, I haven't doubted myself.




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I've faced trial for coming out. People have tried to attack me, invalidate me, harass me, disown me, make me doubt myself, make me feel fake, make me feel as though I'm hurting them with my decision. People both straight and gay have tried to punish me for my decision. We are a minority within a minority, and the odds are against us, but I haven't backed down. I haven't given in. And with the support from my truest friends, I haven't doubted myself.



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