I was contemplating opening a new thread on this, but ill just post it here because its sort of to do with orientation and sort of to do with identity, i'm not really fully sure of what it is about..
All the alliances, groups etc tend to revole around GLBT now, because im bored and im thinking far too much for my head today, i have kind of come to a problem in my mind.. or a thought whichever..
Now, evidentally people can be gay, lesbian, bi, straight (plus a combination of many things) right? Everyone has some sort of sexual orientation, no matter how diverse.. So, surely in a way as much as these groups offer support etc they are also still a way of drawing attention to some that any other orientation other than hetrosexuality is 'different' from the way that society tries to make us.. as in, when we are born, from that instant we are raised specifically to be like our assigned physical gender. When people find out they're having a girl they think pink, when they find out boy they think blue.. so instantly we're being cloned to be a specific way ; to obide by the way in which society has catagorized us.
When people 'come out' in a way it is always taken as a statement, as wanting to be different.. why? Why should what were physically attracted to define us within society as being 'different', when really all we are doing is admitting to what we feel inside rather than shielding ourselfs from the judgement of society ; some people never admit to inner feelings for the fear of the way in which they will be viewed because of the way being a certain way had been percieved and portrayed by others and the media.. As we constantly try to make people see us as more 'normal' everything else is still trying to point out the differences.
What i dont quite understand is, why is it GLB *T* , surely being trans is different to being gay or lesbian or bisexual? I think, because it is not 'normal' for society to admit to these things openly and as acceptingly as it should it has all be grouped together.. we dont have support groups for straight people.. because no one see's the need for that, because it has been preconcieved as 'normal'. Obviousl, you can have trans people who are straight, trans people who are bi ..etc etc... so, could it not then be labelled into its own catagory rather than saying being trans was based upon sexual attraction and who one is attracted to which, by grouping it in with the sexual attraction identity groups surely it is? Because being trans does not define sexual attraction, however we wish to identify ourselfs we do not all have the same people which we are sexually attracted to. So being trans is not based on sexual attraction, therefore why is it labelled as so?
im hoping this isnt going to be taken in the wrong way, because it really isnt meant to be offensive to anyone.