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Best name for an introduction ever

Discussion in 'The Welcome Lounge' started by Soaring, Feb 15, 2014.

  1. Soaring

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    Hey. I couldn't really think of anything to title this that wasn't really generic so... Anyways, My name is Katie and I'm from Arkansas. I'm a seventeen-year-old pansexual and I'm perfectly comfortable with it. I'm really open about my sexuality and everyone seems to accept it. I've moved around a lot (six times, actually) and although the places I lived in the past weren't very LGBT+ friendly I'm finally in a community that is more accepting and even has a lot of LGBT+ individuals.

    Like I've said, most people know that I'm not straight, but it actually seems like everyone assumes I'm a lesbian for some reason. Maybe it's because since I moved here at the beginning of the school year I've really only ever expressed interest in one girl, heh. The story of how I basically let everyone know I wasn't straight is actually kind of interesting, I guess. It was at the beginning of the year and we were doing a project where we each wrote a word that we wanted our school year to be like on a colored piece of paper that we were going to put together later to make a mosaic and while everyone else was writing things like "good" or "fun" or "easy" I decided to write "fabulous." I guess it got the point across because everyone kind of started clapping and making supportive comments.

    I'm out to my family as well (as bisexual at least; I'm not sure they would know what pansexual means and I feel like the difference isn't big enough that I need to explain it). Actually, my mom is a lesbian and she recently got legally married. I kind of feel hesitant to tell people about that because then I feel like they might think something like "well of course she's queer if her mom is" and I find that offensive. I don't like to be thought of as just some product of my mother and I don't like it when people try to fit me into their stereotypes. It was actually something that kept me from coming out or even admitting to myself that I wasn't straight for a while. Most of my queer friends seem to think it's pretty cool that I have two moms, though, so I'm not too worried about it now.

    I guess that's really it for my introduction. I like music and horror movies. I can't really think of anything else to put, heh. Anyways, I'm glad to be here and I hope I can make some friends.
     
  2. finlandwrc

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    Hey welcome to EC you will make plenty of friends here :slight_smile:
     
  3. Sarah257

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    Hi, welcome to the forums! Finlandwrc is right, you'll definately make friends here. Have fun!
     
  4. Wildclover

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    Welcome! I love your "coming out" story for the new school. I'm so glad people were supportive of you. Love your confidence & style!
     
  5. lukeluvznicki13

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    Welcome to EC! Hope you enjoy your time on the site :grin: :slight_smile: :smilewave (*hug*)
     
  6. FireSmoke

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    I adore pansexuals, I hold those people in hight esteem.

    Hi and welcome to EC! :slight_smile: