So I was talking to Steph about sex and how completely focused the entire fucking world is on it and romantic relationships. So of course, as it always does, it got me thinking.

( Cut for discussions of societal expectations of sex and asexuality (AKA kind of cranky TMI hour with Linn). )

Say what you want about marriage and whether or not it's a flawed institution, I still think this is a step in the right direction. Good on you, California.

So, a while back I wrote my remembrances post for Day of Silence, you may recall. Well, at one point I wrote about this:

"I remember having my first celebrity crush on a girl and trying to convince myself it wasn't about that. I remember watching that movie again and again and wishing she'd turned out to be a lesbian in the end after all."

And so ( Read more... )

I'm still not entirely up to date on this entire Day of Silence thing, but I know that it generally is a good thing. So I thought I'd talk a little bit about my own experiences about this.

( I wrote about this once before, I remember. The cut text was 'So, I'm bisexual' and people were wonderful. )

This has been done before, I know, but seeing as how I don't have the results ready at hand, and am a curious bastard, well. I know we slash all these guys (and girls) like it's going outta style, but which ones does actually come across as queer to you? (I think it goes without saying that marriage to a woman never stopped anybody from being queer ( Read more... )