Wednesday, September 20, 2006

BYOB

Yesterday I heard our company receptionist on the phone with a caller.

"We are a civil rights advocacy organization for the LGBT community....No, the B stands for bisexual."

What the...?
Posted by at
Labels: ,

8 comments:

Courtney said...

Blond

3:39 PM
Law Fairy said...

(hopefully but probably incorrectly): bicurious?

maybe they thought "bigendered." There are some *really* confused people out there and the right wing does a good job of keeping them confused. I can imagine the propaganda: "Just look at all those crazy made-up words they use: bigendered? How can you be more than one gender?"

Etc., etc., etc., ad nauseum.

Or they could've just gotten tongue-tied.

I'd definitely ask. That one makes me curious.

6:45 PM
Will said...

Little Gay Boy Twink community?

9:31 PM
Andy said...

Black, actually.

9:36 PM
Andy said...

PS, Lawfairy: though we have not officially adopted it, many people/groups use LGBTQ (or, some put the G first, whatever) where the Q can stand for either "queer" (as human resources assistant, I can tell you we have some employees who identify their gender as "queer") or "questioning."

The whole transgender thing was COMPLETELY new to me when I started this job, and I freely confess I did NOT get it. But now that I have gotten to know some transfolks and can even call one a dear friend (uh oh, I just invoked the "some of my best friends are transgendered" line) I am learning that our gender is not defined by our genitalia. I still don't fully understand -- since my theology rather delicately rests on the perfection of God's universe, I haven't quite come to a conclusion how people can be born into the wrong body -- but I can tell you I am utterly convinced that transgender folk aren't just cross-dressing for a lark.

I can only begin to imagine what it must be like to live in a body that feels alien to you, so of COURSE people are confused! And sometimes I'm one of them. I had a coworker who preferred not to use gender pronouns, only names -- and I just could NOT help myself calling her (see, I did it again) "she." And I have another coworker who just says, "Gender is bullshit" and doesn't care what you call him.

I think the point I'm lamely trying to make is that confusion is okay.

However, I'm with Carrie Bradshaw and Miranda Hobbes: bisexuality is just a stop on the road to Gaytown, which is near Rickymartinville.

9:46 PM
Gino said...

rickymartinville?
wasnt that a jimmy buffet diddy from way back?

10:13 PM
DJRainDog said...

Andybabes, I have to respectfully disagree with you on the bisexuality issue. When I hang out with the gay-folk, I typically will say I'm gay, just because it simplifies matters. I do, however, continue to identify as bisexual, as I am now and have been for as long as I can remember attracted, both physically and emotionally, to both men and women. I think the Kinsey model is a little flawed, but I like it anyway, and I'm still hangin' out around a 4 on that scale. (I can hardly resist, but won't bring into this discussion the number of times in the last week I've been accused of behaving like a straight man, for reasons ranging from my shoes to my laundry to the things I've been known to do to get into people's pants.)

7:08 AM
StePHen said...

ditto to what jere said :)

12:21 AM

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)