Sexual orientation labels

I agree with your point.

I think that labels are there as general classifiers, but they say nothing of value really. Their meanings already vary, such as people having different definitions for the same label. Some choose to adhere strictly by labels, but that's their choice. At the end we still have a planet full of people - regardless of whichever labels they fit under.

 

I haven't suffered because of the labels that currently exist for LGBTQ folks, but from experience on EC, I know that many people don't fit plainly into one category.

I think it just helps to have some common terminology for the general feelings that we are feeling. I don't think many people fit easily into one category, so I voted that they are helpful to have, but are not exact.
Good topic.

 

About me, I don't like labels because I define myself as a androgyne person (with male brain) and I can't define myself neither as straight nor as gay (or worse lesbian).

So, I prefer say only "I love girls" or "I'm gynesexual".

Even if almost the people don't know this word. And I'm forced to define myself as gay.

 

It varies from person to person, but I think they generally don't help when you're questioning because they often cause you to try and look at the labels to deduce your feelings rather than look at your feelings to deduce the labels. They're convenient as a shorthand to concisely explain your attractions to someone, so they make communication easier, but apart from that they don't have any intrinsic value and it's not like we *need* them. Like anything else, there are good, bad and neutral aspects. All in all they have their place and do help some people, but people shouldn't be put under so much pressure to have a label, I reckon.

 

My motto in life has always been "live and let live" I won't butt into the life of someone else if they reciprocate the feeling.

That being said, I have no problems with labeling myself as gay, just as I have no problems with people who don't feel comfortable categorizing themselves in any one way or another. Its none of my business, it doesn't affect my life.

What grinds my gears is when some pretentious ninny gives me grief because I label or self identify as gay and they feel its their Holy Crusade to make me "see the light" and spout off some trite Andy Warhol-esque wisdom about labels being for soup cans or some such sentiment. I am GAY, no question about it...and I don't understand why its so taboo to refer to myself as gay. If that's labeling myself, so be it.

Anyway though, as I said - I respect people if they chose to disregard labels as long as they respect me

 

They're definitely helpful, but a lot of people don't fit 100% into the standard ones. So you end up with the choice of either choosing the one that's the closest, or having to come up with all these new ones, that just confuse things even more.

I only want to date the same sex, but I don't mind sleeping with both. Calling myself "bisexual" wouldn't be right since I have no desire to ever date a girl. But calling myself "gay" wouldn't be right either since I have zero problems having sex with attractive girls. So yes, I've definitely been in situations where I didn't know how to describe my sexuality.

 

I figure labels *can* be helpful, but are often equally unhelpful. It's nice to be able to use a word and have others understand the concept you want to convey, but then a lot of people have different connotations for or understandings of those labels, and it can make things confusing. Or, worse, confining.

 

Even though we don't all fit under one particular label, I think it's good to at least have something to be able to...get close to? Not sure if that makes sense. Just something to try to explain things in a way that others understand without having to go into our feelings and all of the things that happen inside our heads.

 

Labels are for food!!

I think labels are okay but i dont understand why we have to put people in certain groups, why not just have one group of human? Not that i would want to be in that anyway XD

 

People like that need to make up new labels, in my opinion.

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How about homoromantic bisexual?

 

Labels are a bit of give and take honestly.

They are helpful in the sense that you can clearly define yourself as a person with their aide. I mean if there wasn't a term like 'demisexual' or 'heteromantic' floating about it'd probably take a bit of word soup to explain to another person these things that are part of who you are.

At the same time, however, they can be so damning to a person. So many people have been demonized and singled out based on these labels. Kicked out of homes, shunned from families, at one point killed and beaten ( maybe this still happens now I'm not sure )

So I guess all in all I think of labels as a tool, and it really comes down to who's using the tool and why.

 

We do need more people like that in the world. It would be nice if people could treat one another with a little decency and respect.

Oh well, things are on the path to change, so maybe with some time it'll all work out ^.^

 

I dont like labels people assume of me as a straight girl yknow? most people assume straught girls are whores nd not men . i think if both the girl nd boy are sleeping around theyre both whores, I dont like double standards.