National Coming Out Day

[redbird]

In case anyone reading this doesn't know, I'm bisexual, meaning I'm attracted to people of more than one gender. It's relatively easy/safe for me to be out, both because of where I live and because I'm semi-retired, but it feels both more important and a bit riskier to be out now than it did two years ago.

I'm also polyamorous, and have both female and male partners: that makes it pretty clear to most friends and family that I'm bi, but I suspect some people who see me in passing assume I'm straight, and a few assume I'm a lesbian, depending on which partner they see me with.

"Queer" also fits, enough so that I have a "Queerville" shirt I bought from the Somerville High School Gay-Straight Alliance. (I say "bi" rather than "pansexual" because it's the term that people were using when I came out, not because one feels more accurate than the other.)

(Thanks to eftychia for her post, which reminded me of National Coming Out Day.)

Comments

[minoanmiss]

*cheers*

[drwex]

Thanks for the link. I've not interacted with her in some years and so was out of date on the proper way to speak to/of her. Good to update.