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You know, I really don't get the GOP sometimes. Even if you think being gay is wrong, isn't employment one of the cornerstones of their entire philosophy? And then after saying how important jobs are, you're gonna support making someone unemployable for such a meaningless reason? But hey, it's not like this is the first time we've seen hypocrisy in politics. Also the test subtly implied that I was a slut.

It's not hypocrisy from their point of view.  Employers should be free to do whatever they want, so if they don't want to hire gay people then it's not the government's place to say they can't.  Employment isn't the cornerstone of their philosophy, free-market is, so any government regulation is a Bad Thing ™.

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Mine was Straight / Flexamorous (did we really need a new word for polyamorous?).

Polyamorous means you have multiple ongoing romantic relationships at the same time.  Flexamorous, as defined by that site, means that you're open to romantic relationships with people of either sex.

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I wasn't 100% sure how to answer those questions myself, because I wasn't sure what qualified as a "romantic relationship".  I mean, I could totally see myself being in like a hetero-lifemate type situation, but is that what they're talking about?

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One of my oldest friends is transgender.  He only came out to me recently but I kinda knew about it for years because he was really bad at hiding it.  I just never said anything.  He's a nice guy, if a bit awkward at times, and seeing that I already knew, it didn't really affect how we interact with each other.

 

Unfortunately, every other transgender person I've met has been a fucking asshole. 

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I think I know about two level-headed and rational transgender people.  The rest I've encountered tend to be the sorts of folks who use 'check your privilege' as a first line of defense on any sort of criticism and you have to walk on eggshells around them JUST in case.  And when I say walk on eggshells, I mean that ANYTHING you say could provoke some kind of argument.

 

Though I find a little amusement in someone telling me, a half-Jamaican, to check my privilege.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-25183041

 

Tom Daley has come out as Bi. Though a few folks are remarking that the "I like girls still" stuff is maybe to just stave off media shitstorm, if he's meant to be popular by being attractive to girls there's got to be an element of "I have a chance of dating him" to it, I guess. I'm not caring too much at this stage.

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hmmm, it was all a bit disturbing the way everyone was perving over him when he was rather young, Pretty much everyone thought he was flaming though.

 

Must be hard to come out as bisexual as there always seems to be a contingent of people who will refuse to believe you.

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Yeah there was a gay news site that (until they changed it due to complaints) had written it as "Tom Daley has come out, even if it's just as bisexual for now". In fact I'd say the stigma against bisexuals is strongest in gay communities over straight ones.

 

If a girl is bi they're straight but looking for attention, if you're a bi guy then you're gay but not ready to admit it. Which as I've seen concluded on this observation: 'it assumes everyone is after the D".

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