Oh yeah

[anagramofbrat]

Alas, both of my gay icons are unavailable due to LJ account fail, but today is Coming Out Day.

ETA: Icon change brought to you by head58!!!!

I laundry listed the ways in which I am out last year; they all still apply. Especially the "Out" one. In light of all the publicity surrounding kids struggling so hard with their identities that they are committing suicide over it, I am doubly thankful that there have only been brief periods in my life where I've ever felt the need to closet myself, and of those periods only a few times have I done so out of self-preservation rather than to protect someone else. My personal struggles with myself have never been over who I am, which, sadly, is not an experience everyone has.

I plan on participating in Spirit Day later on this month. I also support the "It Gets Better" and other project aimed at supporting GLBT youth during their adolescence, which I think everyone can agree is a sucktastic and confusing time of life, especially if you are coping with constant attacks on who you are and who you feel you need to be. But mostly, I live as openly and honestly as I possibly can, both for my own personal happiness, but also with the knowledge that there are still so many people out there who cannot safely do so.

Comments

[anagramofbrat.livejournal.com]

I think the term you're looking for is "heteroflexible." :) At least that's my favorite word for it so far (though it makes me think of Cirque du Soliel performers in rainbow costumes.)

What the fuck, not queer enough. Gah, that sort of thinking bugs the shit out of me.

Thanks for commenting with the rainbow penis, btw, I was thinking of it while I was posting. :)

[head58.livejournal.com]

1) "Everything in Cirque de Soliel is wet and French and gay and on fire all at the same time."
2) w/r/t LJ account fail, happy birthday (part 1).

[anagramofbrat.livejournal.com]

1) I hate to admit it, but the South Park episode where Stan's grandfather attempts to get the "Frenchy Foo Fagnasties" off of Stan after he was taken to a Cirque du Soliel show still makes me laugh HARD.

2) OMG U ARE FUCKING AWESOME THANK YOU.

[head58.livejournal.com]

You're welcome, sis.

[cell23.livejournal.com]

Wait, that would make this incest...

[anagramofbrat.livejournal.com]

We HAVE been watching a lot of Arrested Development...

Also thanks for derailing my sniffle-on. ;)

[head58.livejournal.com]

You mean you and me having hot gay sex? No moreso than usual.

[cell23.livejournal.com]

Nothing about that would be hot except the ensuing vomit.