advice?

topic posted Sun, March 29, 2009 - 7:53 PM by  Zyanya
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so i'm 21 and i've known i was bisexual since the 6th grade when i had my first girlfriend. i came out to everybody. my friends and my family. nobody was surprised to say the least. i told my mom like it was nothing. but i was afraid to tell my dad. i don't know why though now that i think of it. he said that he'd known since i was about 3 feet tall. i considered myself a lesbian for about a year in high school before i met my boyfriend and soon to be husband who is now my ex-husband (what a mouthful!).

i've never had a problem telling somebody and nobody has ever given me a problem because of it. but now i'm 21. i've been to a couple gay bars. i have a ton of gay friends. they tell me there is no such thing as bi. just confused. a girl at work was having a conversation with somebody about her sister (a lesbian) and some of her friends that are bisexual. they were saying how bisexual people were just "nasty". i've never had sex with a woman before and because of that people have told me that im not really bisexual.

so i'm wondering... i don't really know what i'm wondering. i don't know that many bisexual people, actually i don't think i know any... they're either straight or gay. so i'd like to hear coming out stories or any advice.

oh! and i'm new to the tribe so hi! :)
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Zyanya
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    Re: advice?

    06/24
    Hi Zyanya,
    I'm betting that you haven't received any responses because you've asked a colossal question... From what I understand the disbelief in bisexuality comes from a host of studies showing that the vast majority of people, regardless of sexual orientation, are aroused by either one gender or the other. That is, essentially no subjects are equally aroused by either gender in the studies. Naturally, getting a "clean" study of this sort of thing is difficult and a lot of universities screw it up. One of the columnists in the SF Guardian did a bit about this phenomenon a while back, you may want to check it out. Gore Vidal has an interesting take on this: he claims that we should stop labeling at all, since there are no "homosexual people," only homosexual acts, so people should stop trying to put sexual orientation labels on those acts at all. You're only 21 so take this to heart: in a few years, you'll realize that you like who you like, and you don't give a damn what other people think.
    Happy voyage!
  • Re: advice?

    06/25
    I'm predominantly gay but consider myself bi because I do enjoy sex with both genders. Alot of str8 and gay people assume that anyone that says theyre bi is just gay and in denial. That's just stupid. There's a whole world full of bisexual and trysexual people to prove it. If bisexual people dont exist why the hell would they name a parade and a community "Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender?" Yeah, people that claim to be bi are just either confused or liars. lol Maybe some actually are. But not all for sure. Just do whatever the hell you want and dont worry about what anyone else says or thinks. Follow your heart and do what's best for you. Take care of yourself and keep your chin up soldier. And welcome to Tribe. : )

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