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Post by Rhiflect on Mar 28, 2010 11:23:46 GMT
That was a fantastic and very interesting post, Erik. Kids are cruel and strange, as illustrated by your friends in the eighth grade.
I had a friend in Year 6 and we used to play 'holding hands running' and we both thoroughly enjoyed the Tatu video where they kiss (also that may be unrelated). I think I always had a tiny crush on her, but it was never a big thing. But she's bisexual now, so maybe it was the same for her.
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Post by thornyking on Mar 28, 2010 12:17:22 GMT
Eh, my friends at that age (12-13?) were emotionally abusive in a lot of ways and I don't why I stayed in that situation. I won't really go into that here. Thank you.
That story sounds very nice, actually. My memories of Tatu were girls at a party saying how they liked the song but made it clear they weren't lesbians themselves. This a tangent, but do you think the almost gimmicky presentation of girl-on-girl was harmful to the LGBT cause? Or is more presence in pop culture better than none?
Edit because I am very unclear. SIX am, no sleep.
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Post by glumbumble on Mar 28, 2010 13:18:29 GMT
Oh I've felt like that too, I'm glad to know I'm not the only one, my friends would look at me weirdly XD. There used to be this goth girl in my school and she was the ONLY one and I used to listen to femme metal at the time so I reaaally wanted to hang out with her but didn't know how to, aah fun times. I ended up getting her email adress through her blog that I found I don't really know how (love my stalking skillzzzz XD) and then talked to her at school but then she kinda freaked me out so I stopped talking to her. I just assume I'm straight but I don't know, I don't usually go "oooh that person is SO attractive" about guys, I think that about girls. Also, most of the guys I think are attractive are quite effeminate. Which kind of confuses me. I haven't been with anyone either so I don't really know. No one ever asked me what I am, and I don't really ask myself the question. Unless we're talking about whichever actor and I feel left out because I can't see what's so attractive about him or others. Actually, some guy did ask my if I was straight at a gig but he was pissing me off so I told him it was none of his business (he had already asked the girl next to me if she was lesbian because of her short hair  , idiot). My parents are accepting towards gays, but my dad has a problem with bisexuality apparently. He says you have to make a choice or something...I guess. Haven't really talked about it XD. My view on it is that if you fall in love with someone, who cares about the gender, it's not like you chose it. It's a real waste of time trying to fight against it.
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Post by Lemon Bloody Cola on Mar 28, 2010 15:43:20 GMT
Paedophile!
No really, I have nothing interesting to add to this topic at all.
I'm entirely, boringly straight. I can see objectively when men are beautiful or even sexy but the part of the brain/hormones that would lead someone to a romantic or sexual relationship with someone of the same sex is just not within me.
I use to WANT to be gay when I was teenager.. with that awful but common teenage fetishism of minority groups. The place I grew up is very homophobic, very working class, northern small town with all the negative stereotypes you might infer from that. At school homosexuality was the ultimate "other", and the supreme insult. I hated the environment I grew up in and I remember seeing the TV series Queer as Folk when I was 14 (what can I say? Russell T Davis has played an important part in my life!) and it just seemed like the biggest "fuck you!" to everything detestable that surrounded me. I found homosexuality very glamorous and rebellious in the context of my environment.
That's interesting actually, how our enviroment shapes our views. Basically I'm so liberal on gay issues, mainly because I grew up around homophobia.. our views are either a reaction to or a reflection of or our backgrounds perhaps.
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Post by Lawrence on Mar 28, 2010 15:58:12 GMT
I'd say I'm straight, but I have homosexual tendencies. I'm pretty camp anyway, and I talk about guys being hot and stuff but I don't think I'd ever sleep with one.
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Post by glumbumble on Mar 28, 2010 19:17:41 GMT
@ Lemon Bloody Cola: What did you edit in my post? XD
And why did you write "Paedophile" ?
I'm confused now :/. XD
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Post by jadeface on Mar 28, 2010 19:26:16 GMT
^ Mods can edit your posts?! HAHA. EDIT ME JOSH, EDIT ME GOOOOOD  |
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Post by Lemon Bloody Cola on Mar 28, 2010 19:33:37 GMT
@ Lemon Bloody Cola: What did you edit in my post? XD And why did you write "Paedophile" ? I'm confused now :/. XD Because I'm a complete idiot and being a mod adds a whole new dimension to my "pressing modify instead of quote/reply" mishaps. I typed my reply into the thread, then did a massive what?! what?!!? WHAT?!? to the fact it displayed under the name "glumbumble" with a totally different avatar. Luckily by pressing back I was able to get glumbumble's original post back so I could copy+paste it back.. phew. I thought I got away with it Answering the central question being posed on this thread with "paedophile" was my idea of a joke. |
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Post by glumbumble on Mar 28, 2010 19:36:50 GMT
Oh! Haha ok XD. Well good luck with your new mod...stuff to do =).
(I had initially written "functions" but that doesn't really work in English, does it? XD)
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Post by tarantella on Mar 28, 2010 19:42:14 GMT
I think of myself as queer. I don't like 'bi,' but it makes me uncomfortable to call myself pansexual -- sort of presumptuous or dishonest, maybe? There are so many genders and sexes; how do I know that I could be potentially attracted to all of them? I could maybe go for 'polysexual,' but that feels kind of stupid, idk.
I know some people use pansexual to mean that gender and sex aren't important to them in finding a partner/falling in love/etc., but that isn't the case for me. Gender and sex make up a significant part of what makes a person attractive to me. I definitely have a 'type' of guy that I'm most attracted to, but I'm attracted to a wider range of girl types. I've had crushes on a few genderqueer women and one transwoman, but no genderqueer men, transmen, intersex people (that I know of), and so on.
The past two years I had no real romantic or sexual interest in anybody, and that was very confusing. Tara, the queer asexual! Recently I've begun to feel more romantically/sexually inclined, though, which is cool. I had no problems with being asexual, it's just kind of boring after a while. Relationships and sex are fun! It would be nice to try them out again.
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Post by jadeface on Mar 28, 2010 19:52:57 GMT
^ Mods can edit your posts?! HAHA. EDIT ME JOSH, EDIT ME GOOOOOD Teehee, oh Josh your comedy edit of my post with so cheeky, yet also witty and alluring. You're quite a chap! Hail to the GODerator! Ok, I'll stop that now promise. |
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Post by wakefromthysleep on Mar 28, 2010 20:09:09 GMT
[...] homophobia [...] . The strongest example was with someone I ate lunch with every day. He told me he would like to go on a mass shooting and kill a whole lot of gay people if he could get away with it. I asked him why and he replied that is against the bible. against the bible?! wow. a very impressive example of homophobia! I'm currently writing a philosophical essay on homosexuality. The term appeared in the index of a book about ethics like this: p26-27: 'homosexuality as ethical problem'. I was like WHAT?! where is the fucking problem??I don't see one! Then I read the passage and it was about the link between religion and ethics. The author quoted the archbishop of Canterbury(book is from 1993) and he said that the church is wrong with it's fixation on sex. Further he said that we should think more about global problems. This made the author say that homosexuality is not an important issue in our time anymore. But of course it is! Absolutely. The world would still be a shit place when poverty was abolished and people go on discriminating each other for their sexuality. Also interesting on the theme is this speech from 2009 of stephen fry. It's simply wonderful and I'll quote him in my essay. |
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Post by lastgoodbye on Mar 28, 2010 21:15:53 GMT
^ Mods can edit your posts?! HAHA. EDIT ME JOSH, EDIT ME GOOOOOD Teehee, oh Josh your comedy edit of my post with so cheeky, yet also witty and alluring. You're quite a chap! Hail to the GODerator! Ok, I'll stop that now promise. Hahah! Oh dear, as your co-moderator I feel like I should make some vague attempt at exersizing restraint on you... meh. Poor Jade. |
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Post by jadeface on Mar 28, 2010 21:27:54 GMT
Haha, goderator, you just made me vom. It's okay as long as you don't put anything malicious. Imagine, me coming back on to find that I have called you all massive c-units and that you're a waste of space and get off the internet. Haha, you can tell I have absolutely no ammo towards any of you, I can't think of anything. :/
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Post by Lemon Bloody Cola on Mar 28, 2010 22:23:59 GMT
Teehee, oh Josh your comedy edit of my post with so cheeky, yet also witty and alluring. You're quite a chap! Hail to the GODerator! Ok, I'll stop that now promise. Hahah! Oh dear, as your co-moderator I feel like I should make some vague attempt at exersizing restraint on you... meh. Poor Jade. haha rest assured one time only joke, I think if I did it again it would get annoying and a little dubious. Now BACK ON TOPIC PEOPLEZZ |
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Post by jay on Mar 29, 2010 0:22:48 GMT
any hole's a goal.
what. i had to.
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Post by helwin tins on Mar 29, 2010 0:25:50 GMT
i might get a tattoo of this. |
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Post by wakefromthysleep on Mar 29, 2010 20:39:35 GMT
^ a tattoo of this would be sweet. haha
I wonder why my last post didn't cause a new discussion here. Your replies could be helpful to finish my essay. Not that I couldn't think on my own but it's always good to hear some more opinions. You can read mine up there.
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Post by Rhiflect on Mar 29, 2010 21:08:24 GMT
I seriously love Stephen Fry. A part of me goes warm inside (minds out of the gutter, you freaks) whenever I hear him speak! I basically agree with everything he's saying. I like what he said about 'aiming to love it setting yourself up to struggle'. That's very true in most circumstances. I also liked the way he referred to his sexuality as 'my sexual destiny'. I also like the way he talks about religion even though he's an atheist.
He truly is a wonderful man.
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Post by thecircusgirl on Mar 31, 2010 13:45:57 GMT
^ Stephen Fry is a living legend, if anyone doesn't love him, there's something wrong.
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