Open Question: People s opinions on bisexuality?
I m pretty sure I m bisexual at this point. However, based on all the stuff I ve heard in the news, on the Internet, etc., I don t know what to think. So many people out there seem to think it s bad to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, etc, and sometimes they seem to have some pretty good arguments against the LGBT community. What kind of opinions should I prepare to face if people know I m bisexual?
Daily Archives: October 28, 2015
LULAC Supports HERO in Houston
LULAC Supports HERO in Houston
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Council supports the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO).
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College Guy Realizes His Best Friend Might Be His Boyfriend In The Most Adorable Way Possible
College Guy Realizes His Best Friend Might Be His Boyfriend In The Most Adorable Way Possible
Oh, to be young, confused and in love.
While we wouldn’t want to relive those days under any circumstance, there is certainly something universally romantic about fluttering heartbeats, bated breath and intense longing.
And in the case of one Redditor and his best-friend-maybe-boyfriend, it’s all pretty sickeningly cute.
“ProbablyGay1” detailed his relationship with his pal Ian, presenting evidence that their bond might be stronger than either one is letting on:
This is kind of a weird one.
Ian and I were in the same English class in high school. I assumed he was out of my friend league because he was really handsome-not ripped, just genetically blessed in the facial department-and seemed really smart and cool, so nerdy me assumed that he was super popular.
Ian and I ended up seeing each other a lot. Eventually I decided that it was time to stop being afraid of Ian and try to be friends with him.
About a year after I really started hanging out with Ian, there was a revelatory moment where I realized that I was Ian’s best friend. The whole time I’d known him I’d just assumed that he had a ton of great friends that he didn’t talk about.
I had been so wrong about Ian. Yeah he was quiet, but that was only because he was kind of introverted, and he doesn’t like talking about himself. Also, “too cool” my ass-Ian’s a fucking nerd, just like me. He seen every episode of Pokemon and Digimon AND Yu-Gi-Oh. We would hang out at each other’s houses doing homework and watching cartoons after school a lot.
Flash forward to today. Ian and I attend different colleges, but we talk everyday. Puberty has been kind to me. I’m not on Ian’s level of attractiveness, but I’m pretty confident these days. Lately I’ve been wondering if Ian and I are more than just good friends at this point. Some reasons;
- Ian HATES being touched. At first I noticed that he was uncomfortable when I’d touch him so I didn’t. After a while, HE started doing it. When we’re alone, he’ll move next to me and put his head on my shoulder. It’s kind of adorable. Now we’re physical all the time-not sexually, but he’ll lean against me if we’re standing together, or put his arm around my shoulder.
- At first when we slept over one of us would sleep on the floor or couch or something. Now we just share beds. I’ve woken up with his arm around me before. Not gonna lie; my heart did embarrassing things the first time that happened. I woke up before him and just thought about how nice this was, and how lucky I was. He woke up a few minutes later and we looked at each other smiling, and then I said, “Gay.” And we both burst out laughing.
- We go on each other’s family vacations.
- Once he went on a research trip for college. When he came back he told me he identified a new type of thing (I’m being vague, his major is weirdly specific). He said he named it after me. I was kind of floored, and asked him why. He said, “Who else would I name it after?”
- Neither of us have dated anyone recently. Personally, I just haven’t felt inclined. I think maybe it’s because I already feel like I have Ian. I don’t have a gender preference and my friends know this. Ian has always been vague about his orientation.
- We go places alone a lot, like the beach. Once I was having a bad day and he surprised me by showing up my house and knocking on my window. He drove us to the top of a mountain, and we climbed into the back seat and just laid there together for hours.
- While we’re in college, he sends me cute messages. Like “I miss you,” “Something reminded me of you,” etc. I found out from his friends that he talks about me a lot, which is a relief because I talk about him to my friends all the time. We mail each other gifts sometimes. He sends me samples of specimens from his research, like cool rocks or leaves. It sounds dumb, literally receiving rocks and leaves in the mail, but you bet your ass I have a whole shelf devoted to that shit. Honestly, Ian could probably send me a turd that he found scientifically significant and I’d treasure it.
I think about Ian a lot. He’s attractive and smart and funny and overall, probably my favorite person ever. It’s embarrassing how much I like Ian. He can make my whole day by texting me.
As you can see, there are a lot of things that can be explained as things that regular straight best friends do, and other things that . . . can’t. (What, straight bros don’t snuggle?)
I’m graduating college this year (he’s staying to get a higher degree) and I realized it’s the first time I can decide where to live, and I also realized that where I want to live is with him. But I feel like if we’re going to live together, I should finally figure out whether we’re boyfriends. Ian’s pretty reserved, so it looks like I’m going to have to be the brave one here.
tl;dr: My best friend and I have some not-so-platonic behavior. How do I ask him whether we’re boyfriends, or if he wants to be?
Commenters offered some sage advice:
Hi there OP, your story reminds me of the time when i hang out with my current girlfriend. (Fyi, I’m a girl too and she’s my first.) We started out exactly like how you guys did and one day we were having a sleepover and I kissed her cheeks. Then she kissed me back and then everything was a blur and then boom she dropped the question and we got together.
I would suggest finding a private time to drop the question to him if not, tell him how you feel about him. Great feelings, heart fluttering moments, tell him all that. From what you posted it definitely sounds like he feel the same.
And one had some very specific recommendations:
Time for a weekend visit.
Hold the hugs a little longer. When you guys are just around and alone hold his hand. Play in his hair if he put his head on your shoulder. Snuggle a bit deeper and longer. Hum contentedly when he puts his arms around you.If you cuddle in bed and all of the above weren’t rejected your face needs to find it’s way to that wonderful spot between neck and shoulder…be a brave soul and drop a kiss there and then wait. There’s nothing about that move that can be confused. Either things will amp up and you can have a discussion or he will ignore it and then you do the same.
Or you can find your warrior spirit and just take the plunge. Tell him how you feel. Reassure him he’ll always be your best friend no matter what. See what happens.
You guys are too cute and I want to punch you I’m so jealous. Good luck you adorable little bastard.
h/t GayStarNews
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Creationist Ken Ham: Abandon Your Clothes Because Gay Marriage – VIDEO
Creationist Ken Ham: Abandon Your Clothes Because Gay Marriage – VIDEO
Answers in Genesis head honcho Ken Ham unwittingly hit the nail on the head last week when he complained that a non-literal interpretation of the Bible reveals that God in fact did not create marriage.
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Appearing on radio show Point of View, Ham also worried that Americans will lose their clothes if they fail to accept that the bible is not just a hashed together collection of stories rewritten and appropriated to serve the Catholic hierarchy.
“Bible-believers believe in creation first and foremost because that is what the Bible plainly reveals” – B.Osborne t.co/LdcpjquCxZ
— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) October 26, 2015
According to Right Wing Watch, Ham said:
“The doctrine of marriage is based there upon the literal history of Genesis.
“But if that history is not true, if there was no literal Adam and Eve, then what is marriage, why is it to be a man and a woman? It’s only a man and a woman because God invented marriage, and he invented marriage when he made the first marriage, Adam and Eve.”
“The origin of clothing,” he added “…it’s right there in Genesis [so] if you abandon Genesis’ literal history of marriage and say marriage can be two men or two women or whatever you want, well why not abandon clothing?”
Ham’s creationist nonsense is so off the charts that earlier this year even hoary old bigot Pat Robertson had a go at him.
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Former MLB Star Lenny Dykstra: I Blackmailed Closeted Gay Umpires for a Better Strike Zone
Former MLB Star Lenny Dykstra: I Blackmailed Closeted Gay Umpires for a Better Strike Zone
Former Major League outfielder Lenny Dykstra is bragging that he used to spy on closeted, gay umpires, and then blackmail them to get favorable calls.
In an interview with Colin Cowherd on The Herd on FS1 that is being passed around quickly by TMZ, Outsports and others, Dkystra says bluntly that he spent $500,000 to hire “a private investigation team” that dug up dirt on umpires, including their sexual orientation, or extra-marital affairs, gambling and more. Then he threatened to expose the umpires in exchange for shrinking the strike zone, for example.
“Fear does a lot to a man,” he said, explaining why the strategy worked and was never uncovered until now. “It wasn’t a coincidence that I led the league in walks the next few years, was it?”
Dykstra wasn’t exactly apologetic for his tactics.
“I do what I had to do to win, and support my family,” he said.
Outsports editor Cyd Zeigler called for the MLB to punish Dykstra with a lifetime ban in the same way it had done for Pete Rose over gambling on games.
“What a pig,” wrote Zeigler in reaction. “I’m not sure what is lower: Invading the private lives of men whom he should have viewed as his colleagues and then blackmailing them, or then using your children and wife as a shield to keep naysayers at bay.”
Watch the moment from the interview below:
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Gay YouTube Personality 'Comes Out' In Support Of Donald Trump
Gay YouTube Personality 'Comes Out' In Support Of Donald Trump
YouTube personality Kyle Kittleson is shaking up the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) blogosphere by expressing his support for Donald Trump — and “not in an ironic way,” either.
In a five-minute video, the Los Angeles-based Kittleson said he plans to vote for Trump, who he bizarrely praises as a “slightly crazy uncle who’s a little behind the times, but still knows what’s best.” Kittleson, who previously worked as a marine mammal trainer at SeaWorld Orlando and hopes to host a television show focused on animals, may even donate money to Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, citing the Republican’s stances on infrastructure, immigration and LGBT equality.
“Long before Hillary Clinton supported gay marriage and gay rights, Donald Trump supported equal rights for everybody,” Kittleson said in the clip. He also cites a 2000 interview in The Advocate, in which Trump emphasizes his support for workplace discrimination protections and “strong domestic-partnership law that guarantees gay people the same legal protections and rights as married people.”
“Trump supported equal rights and equal protections for gays and gay couples,” Kittleson said. “Granted, he didn’t want it to be called ‘marriage,’ but he did advocate for unions with legal, equal rights.”
He dismisses Trump’s divisive remarks about the Latino community and women, saying, “I don’t really think he hates anybody, at least because of their race. And the whole insulting women thing — that’s just a political play.”
Kittleson insists he’s gotten plenty of support from other LGBT people who plan to vote for Trump on social media since posting the clip on Oct. 25.
Seriously, my inbox is filled with lgbtq trump supporters. t.co/dS2dYvrOH4
— Kyle Kittleson (@Kyle_Kittleson) October 27, 2015
Yay! Shouldn’t have to be fearful of “coming out”politically! t.co/LWaWSMfE5h
— Kyle Kittleson (@Kyle_Kittleson) October 26, 2015
It’s unclear whether or not Kittleson created the video, which currently has over 11,000 views, as a sincere endorsement of Trump. Still, he may want to re-examine Trump’s more recent remarks on immigration and the LGBT community before he casts his vote.
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Open Question: If a murderous organization adopted as their banner, the rainbow flag, then named their group after you, personally, would you…?
Open Question: If a murderous organization adopted as their banner, the rainbow flag, then named their group after you, personally, would you…?
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…know that it has nothing to do with you OR the LGBT movement?
People would associate you and the flag, from now on, with this murderous bunch just as they associate the Rebel flag — originally to honor the fallen — with the K-Lan.
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AmberP: Their leader has the same name. And, they like rainbows. Now, your name is all over that. But nobody knows or cares that it was also somebody else’s name. Now what?
Bada Boom: The British called the Revolutionaries treasonous. Were we?
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Unreal: Governor Sam Brownback To Address International Anti-LGBT Summit in Utah Today
Unreal: Governor Sam Brownback To Address International Anti-LGBT Summit in Utah Today
HRC slams decision by Kansas Governor to participate in the World Congress of Families’ gathering in Salt Lake City
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Gus Kenworthy Shuts Down Homophobic Twitter Troll With Olympic Form
Gus Kenworthy Shuts Down Homophobic Twitter Troll With Olympic Form
Since revealing he’s gay last week, Olympian dreamboat Gus Kenworthy has felt the wave of support that accompanies a high-profile coming out in 2015 — messages poured in congratulating his self-served eviction from the closet.
But while it’s a marvelous thing that there is so much support out there in the world these days, it’s the internet after all, and trolls are to be expected.
Related: Miley Cyrus Is A Fan Of Out Olympian Gus Kenworthy, And We’re A Fan Of His Naked Instagram Pics
Like one Prexton Vice (aka @MmmPrexton), who tried to throw a wrench in Gus’ good news with an age-old (read: tired) question — who’s the woman in the relationship?
He posted his eye-rolling query on Twitter:
But Gus wasn’t having it. He fired back with the perfect response:
Elaborating on his decision to come out last week, the 24-year-old said, “Part of the reason I had such a difficult time as a kid was that I didn’t know anyone in my position and didn’t have someone to look up to, who’s footsteps I could follow in.
“I hope to be that person for a younger generation, to model honesty and transparency and to show people that there’s nothing cooler than being yourself and embracing the things that make you unique.”
He’s off to a great start.
h/t Attitude
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