stereotypes

Posts : 1 Join date : 2012-07-25

so i was just wondering if anyone has experienced problems with stereotypes of LGBT people

i've had people not believe me when i came out, because i don't fit into some stereotype.

has anyone else had experiences like this? or anything else about stereotypes? i think its a topic that isn't discussed enough/

Posts : 31 Join date : 2012-07-14 Age : 30 Location : PA

Ehh, not really. If I felt weirdness, it came from my ex. I felt like I was either a femme guy or a stereotypically macho one; which I'm not at all (like I was expected to conform to one or the other).

Admin Posts : 58 Join date : 2012-07-14

I don't know if this counts at all, but like, ok.

My girlfriend has short hair and wears guys clothes and shoes and what not.
I have long hair and I sometimes wear girls clothes and I carry a purse and all.

People assume she's the "man" of the relationship but I am. So that form of stereotype doesn't fit us. I dunno. I guess I don't really understand the point of the topic?

Subject: Re: stereotypes Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:36 am

I don't know if this is a PROBLEM per se, but whenever I come out to someone, they're usually like "oh, i knew that from the first time I saw you" or "well, that's obvious, i mean, you're practically a guy!"

It used to bother me, and it sort of still does, that people think lesbians have to look like guys, and if a girl dresses masculine or whatever, that automatically makes her a lesbian... but, tbh, I find it really funny when I get that reaction now, coz it's just so dumb!

Admin Posts : 58 Join date : 2012-07-14

This is along the lines of that. "But you wear dresses and makeup, you can't be gay!" (this hasn't been said to ME, because I wear neither, but i've heard people say it to others)

Admin Posts : 58 Join date : 2012-07-14

"You've never been with a guy so how do you know you're a lesbian?"

STFU.