I Don't Have A Label For My Sexual Orientation — And I'm OK With That

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COMMENT: 'I’ve come to realise that my obsession with finding a label was about trying to find a simple explanation for my sexuality. If I could find a single word to describe my sexuality, then maybe dating would be easier for me.'

Five years ago, in my first week at college in a new town, a high school friend invited me to drinks. The other students there were talking about the struggle of trying to fit into a heteronormative world as a member of the LGBTQ community.“Uh… uh, straight, I guess,” I responded, feeling caught in the spotlight.

I questioned whether I was heterosexual for a few reasons. For one, I suspected that I may have had a crush on a girl in high school. Another reason was that I’d never felt inclined toward sex. While many of my college friends had an active sex life, my hookups usually didn’t go further than a kiss. she didn’t join an LGBTQ community in college because she didn’t feel that she would be considered “gay enough.”found that one-third of the participants, aged 18 to 34, identified as something other than totally heterosexual. Although it’s unclear whether these participants identify with a label, the study suggests that a growing number of people are sexually fluid and identify with being somewhere between heterosexual and homosexual.

 

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I'm queer & asexual. I'm totally fine with it.

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