Due to our readings this week for class; I have been thinking a lot about my sexual orientation. Our readings have been focusing on homosexuality and the related issue of homophobia. Lesbian, gays and bisexuals have stigmatized because we are often misunderstood. If I ask another woman out for a drink who knows that I am a lesbian; often I am rejected because of homophobia. I constantly remind myself that people cannot help reacting this way because our society has inbreed this fear into them. For the record here I would like to set something straight. Just because I ask you to join me for coffee, I do not want to go to bed with you nor would I act in anyway inappropriate to your own sexual orientation. I would ask of you the same respect in return. I truly believe people are born with a gender, sex and a sexual orientation. Gender is who we feel we are either male or female, not necessarily what our body looks like. Sex is the biological aspect of our body; we either have a penis or a vagina or both. Sexual orientation is the sex or sexes we physically, romantically, and intellectually attracted to. Many of us have grown up going through the stages of confusion, confrontation, denial and hopefully acceptance. Now if we could just be more accepted by society, maybe it would be possible for us to enjoy the same romantic love displayed in so many novels and movies. Because no matter what our gender, sex or orientation; everyone just wants to be loved.
