From 552b12cee92af6ce3086c639e51f98190484dfb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Thurstenson Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2021 16:43:10 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] coming-out-while-questioning.md: fixed formatting and missing letter --- .../lgbt/coming-out-while-questioning.md | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/ramblings/lgbt/coming-out-while-questioning.md b/content/ramblings/lgbt/coming-out-while-questioning.md index af4d517..2ef6fbc 100644 --- a/content/ramblings/lgbt/coming-out-while-questioning.md +++ b/content/ramblings/lgbt/coming-out-while-questioning.md @@ -38,24 +38,24 @@ Guess what: When a human with little life experience and a newly-discovered pers We *all* learn via experience during puberty, and your parents are no exception. - === 2. On Labels and Questioning === +### 2. On Labels and Questioning --A label is not a template for behavior. It's a tool used to communicate you particular brand of awesome to others.* You are you, pick a label that fits. (or don't, whatever) - +*A label is not a template for behavior. It's a tool used to communicate your particular brand of awesome to others.* You are you, pick a label that fits. (or don't, whatever) + This isn't to say that labels are unimportant, though. At the very least labels provide a useful shorthand for things that are complicated or abstract (see: bisexuality vs pansexuality), so there's definitely an argument for their practicality. The point is that *your you-ness* should inform your label choice, and not the other way around. - + This is why I think identifying as questioning is so cool. You can't get any more honest than openly admitting that you don't know shit and are still figuring it out :D - + Alright, out of my soliloquy, and back to your thing :P ### Communicating Your Truth Is it a possibility to come out although I am not sure of my labels yet? - + As each person on earth is wholely unique, I would argue that there's currently around 7 billion different possible sexualities out there. Who you are, who you like, and the reasoning/motivation for any of these things are fully unique to you alone, which means that you happen to be *literally the only human on the face of the planet* with enough information to determine what label fits you best. - + This goes both ways, too. You are the only one who can determine which labels *do* fit, but the same goes for labels that *don't* fit. If heterosexuality no longer fits you, that conclusion is equally entirely valid. - + On that same coin, choosing to use no labels is just as valid, and so is picking a label but choosing to keep it private. should I wait until I stopped questioning?