Blog: i guess those are your fingers AKA the sexuality blog
From 12/23.
So did you guys know that I'm club secretary of the Gay-Straight Alliance now? I find that to be unspeakably awesome. I got the impression that the vote wasn't too close, either, which is really pleasantly surprising. I mean, the guy I was running against had experience in the position; I don't. And my speech was just me talking about myself, and then I said I had OCD/was on ADD meds so the minutes of the meeting would be good.
Not that I'm complaining, mind! I'm just kind of happily baffled. The other guy (Jose, I think his name was) ended up getting elected treasurer, so I don't even feel bad that he lost.
I'm happy. I want to be as involved with GSA as possible, and I REALLY want to make a difference in the way gay, trans, and bi people are perceived by society & our school. Maybe I SHOULD become an activist. IDK, what do you guys think?
Heh, I went to the equality California website a little while ago and wrote a message to all the legislators urging them to repeal Prop 8. It got damn eloquent, too. I got 30 "thank you for contacting my office" automated e-mails a few seconds later. And then last week I got a letter from our assemblyman thanking me for my interest and saying he disagreed. Apparently he's the Republican whip, so I'm not surprised.
On a slightly different note… I hate it when people make assumptions about me. This is probably because my father is really fucking unobservant. In freshman year I did a group project for English where we had to recreate a scene from Romeo + Juliet. Our group filmed a video with LEGO people, who we ended up just picking up and moving around on camera. I filmed it, and then edited the final product- of which I was quite proud. So I showed it to my parents.
One of the people moving the minifigs was Ninette. She was wearing chipped black nail polish, and my dad said, I guess those are your fingers.
Dad, I said. I haven't worn black nail polish in about a year.
BUT. I figured something out last week. I would rather somebody assume I was a lesbian than think I was a straight girl. Which is interesting, because Jourdan always used to say I was a dyke and stuff, and I'd get pissed off. But I have proof positive: last week, I was jokingly hitting on God (one of the guys at The Group, so named because he looks like Jesus), and he said, I don't mind, you're a lesbian. I just laughed and said, Not quite, I'm bi.
Sexuality isn't black and white. I have a lot to say on that, which I'll get to shortly. But if I did have to be one or the other, I guess I'd be gay. After all, I don't care too much who I DATE, and I think plenty of guys are hot, but when it comes to the bedroom… I'd MUCH rather be with a girl.
And now I'm climbing up on my soapbox. Sexuality is not a matter of being one or the other. There are people who are bi. But being bi is not a single point on a map. Everyone (gay, straight, and in between) falls on a scale developed by this guy Kinsey in the 70s, I think it was.
1- Completely, 100% attracted to opposite sex.
2- Almost always attracted to opposite sex, with occasional exceptions (approx. 80/20%).
3- Usually attracted to opposite sex with a lot of exceptions (approx. 60/40%).
4- Completely 50/50%; opposite/same sex.
5- Usually attracted to same sex with a lot of exceptions (approx. 40/60%).
6- Almost always attracted to same sex, with occasional exceptions (approx. 20/80%).
7- Completely, 100% attracted to same sex.
And, yeah, everybody thinks they're a 1 or a 7. But here's the clincher- only about 17% of the people in Kinsey's study were. WE CAN'T ALL BE IN THAT 17%, GUYS. I personally am a 5. And, think about it- 17% were a 1 OR a 7. So that means that only 8-½% were completely straight.
Food for thought, isn't it?
***ETA: So, the Kinsey scale actually goes from 0 to 6, not 1 to 7. Yeah, I feel stupid now... T_T***
So did you guys know that I'm club secretary of the Gay-Straight Alliance now? I find that to be unspeakably awesome. I got the impression that the vote wasn't too close, either, which is really pleasantly surprising. I mean, the guy I was running against had experience in the position; I don't. And my speech was just me talking about myself, and then I said I had OCD/was on ADD meds so the minutes of the meeting would be good.
Not that I'm complaining, mind! I'm just kind of happily baffled. The other guy (Jose, I think his name was) ended up getting elected treasurer, so I don't even feel bad that he lost.
I'm happy. I want to be as involved with GSA as possible, and I REALLY want to make a difference in the way gay, trans, and bi people are perceived by society & our school. Maybe I SHOULD become an activist. IDK, what do you guys think?
Heh, I went to the equality California website a little while ago and wrote a message to all the legislators urging them to repeal Prop 8. It got damn eloquent, too. I got 30 "thank you for contacting my office" automated e-mails a few seconds later. And then last week I got a letter from our assemblyman thanking me for my interest and saying he disagreed. Apparently he's the Republican whip, so I'm not surprised.
On a slightly different note… I hate it when people make assumptions about me. This is probably because my father is really fucking unobservant. In freshman year I did a group project for English where we had to recreate a scene from Romeo + Juliet. Our group filmed a video with LEGO people, who we ended up just picking up and moving around on camera. I filmed it, and then edited the final product- of which I was quite proud. So I showed it to my parents.
One of the people moving the minifigs was Ninette. She was wearing chipped black nail polish, and my dad said, I guess those are your fingers.
Dad, I said. I haven't worn black nail polish in about a year.
BUT. I figured something out last week. I would rather somebody assume I was a lesbian than think I was a straight girl. Which is interesting, because Jourdan always used to say I was a dyke and stuff, and I'd get pissed off. But I have proof positive: last week, I was jokingly hitting on God (one of the guys at The Group, so named because he looks like Jesus), and he said, I don't mind, you're a lesbian. I just laughed and said, Not quite, I'm bi.
Sexuality isn't black and white. I have a lot to say on that, which I'll get to shortly. But if I did have to be one or the other, I guess I'd be gay. After all, I don't care too much who I DATE, and I think plenty of guys are hot, but when it comes to the bedroom… I'd MUCH rather be with a girl.
And now I'm climbing up on my soapbox. Sexuality is not a matter of being one or the other. There are people who are bi. But being bi is not a single point on a map. Everyone (gay, straight, and in between) falls on a scale developed by this guy Kinsey in the 70s, I think it was.
1- Completely, 100% attracted to opposite sex.
2- Almost always attracted to opposite sex, with occasional exceptions (approx. 80/20%).
3- Usually attracted to opposite sex with a lot of exceptions (approx. 60/40%).
4- Completely 50/50%; opposite/same sex.
5- Usually attracted to same sex with a lot of exceptions (approx. 40/60%).
6- Almost always attracted to same sex, with occasional exceptions (approx. 20/80%).
7- Completely, 100% attracted to same sex.
And, yeah, everybody thinks they're a 1 or a 7. But here's the clincher- only about 17% of the people in Kinsey's study were. WE CAN'T ALL BE IN THAT 17%, GUYS. I personally am a 5. And, think about it- 17% were a 1 OR a 7. So that means that only 8-½% were completely straight.
Food for thought, isn't it?
***ETA: So, the Kinsey scale actually goes from 0 to 6, not 1 to 7. Yeah, I feel stupid now... T_T***