Growing up, being labelled is one of the toughest things that happens. As part of the LGBT community, I face this more and more.
I personally, have been told that "I don't look gay."
I'm honestly not quite sure what it means to "look gay" but the people who say such things are exactly the ones that feel the need to label us.
Now LGBT people are not innocent either. We have an astronomical amount of types and subtypes of LGBT people.
For example, lesbians are never just lesbians. You've got butches, femmes, lipstick lesbians, chapstick lesbians, gold stars, blue jeans femmes. The list goes on and on (and they don't make any sort of sense).
My point is, it doesn't matter who you love or how you dress. People are people. End of story. And they don't need any more labels. So save those for cans.
I love this, "Labels are for soup cans" that's great!
ReplyDeleteSo true - and I do enjoy soup, all different kinds too! I appreciate the way that you identify it is not just people outside the community, it is people within as well which often makes things that much more difficult.
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