Gay culture is making your bi friend drive
It's Not About "Choosing A Side"
Just like everyone else, bi people are individuals with idiosyncratic preferences that go beyond sexual orientation. Some folks would rather use dating apps, others like to meet in person at bars. Some folks have rules against dating coworkers while others are totally open to meeting the love of their life in the workplace.
Bisexuality adds one more interesting dimension to these idiosyncrasies, which can manifest as a compassionate of preference — temporary or permanent — for dating one or the other sex. These leanings don't necessarily have anything to do with how we feel about this or that sex, though. It can simply be a side effect of other preferences we acquire , such as the ways we like to come across potential partners or the atmospheres in which we feel most at ease.
Some bi men feel more comfortable dating women, and some of us experience more comfortable dating men. Until recently, I’d regarded this as a uncomplicated matter of taste, which is fine when that's the case, but I realize now that these apparent preferences are sometimes more complicated than that. In many cases, it’s cultural.
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International Travel
Travelers can face distinct challenges abroad based on their real or perceived sexual orientation. Laws and attitudes in some countries may affect safety and ease of travel.
More than 60 countries consider consensual same-sex relations a crime. In some of these countries, people who hire in consensual same-sex relations may face severe punishment. Many countries do not distinguish same-sex marriage.
Research your destination before you travel
Review the tour advisory and destination communication page of the place you plan to attend. Check the Local Laws & Customs section. This has information specific to travelers who may be targeted by discrimination or violence on the basis of sexual orientation.
Many countries only recognize male and female sex markers in passports. They undertake not have IT systems at ports of entry that can accept other sex markers, including valid U.S. passports with an X sex marker. If traveling with a valid U.S. passport with an X sex marker, confirm the immigration regulations for your destination as acceptance can vary by country.
Bring important documents
Bring copies of important documents. This is es
Internalised homophobia and oppression happens to male lover, lesbian and double attraction people, and even heterosexuals, who hold learned and been taught that heterosexuality is the norm and “correct way to be”. Hearing and seeing negative depictions of LGB people can steer us to internalise, or take in, these negative messages. Some LGB people suffer from mental distress as a result.
A general meaning of personal worth and also a positive view of your sexual orientation are critical for your mental health. You, like many lesbian, gay and bisexual people, may have hidden your sexual orientation for a long moment. Research carried out in Northern Ireland into the needs of young LGBT people in 2003 revealed that the average age for men to realise their sexual orientation was 12, yet the average age they actually confided in someone was 17. It is during these formative years when people are coming to understand and confess their sexual orientation that internalised homophobia can really alter a person.
Internalised homophobia manifests itself in varying ways that can be linked to mental health. Examples include:
01. Denial of your sexual orientation to yourself and others.
02. Efforts to a
Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ+ Issues: Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
BACKGROUND
A small denomination with approximately 80,000 adherents in the Merged States, the Religious Society of Friends shares common roots in a Christian movement that arose in England during the middle of the 17th century. Separations over hour have resulted in different branches of Friends that underscore different parts of this common history. Today, there are at least three distinct branches of Friends: Friends General Conference (representing “liberal” unprogrammed Quakers), Friends United Meeting (representing mostly mainline pastoral Meetings), and Friends Evangelical Friends Church International (representing the most evangelical pastoral branch).
Friends or Quaker congregations, known as communities or meetings, are almost completely autonomous. Because there is no main authority that speaks for all Quakers, modern Friends exhibit significant variations in the ways they interpret their traditions and practice their beliefs, including matters related to Gay equality.
LGBTQ+ EQUALITY
ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION & GENDER IDENTITY
Many Quaker communities are open and welcoming to LGBTQ
If Someone Comes Out to You
Someone who is coming out feels close enough to you and trusts you sufficiently to be honest and risk losing you as a partner. It can be tough to know what to say and what to do to be a supportive friend to someone who has “come out” to you. Below are some suggestions you may wish to follow.
- Express gratitude your friend for having the courage to inform you. Choosing to inform you means that they have a great deal of respect and have faith for you.
- Don’t judge your friend. If you have strong religious or other beliefs about LGBTIQ communitites, keep them to yourself for now. There will be plenty of time in the future for you to think and talk about your beliefs in brightness of your friend’s persona.
- Respect your friend’s confidentiality. Allow them the integrity to share what they want, when and how they want to.
- Tell your companion that you still look after about them, no matter what. Be the companion you have always been. The main fear for people coming out is that their friends and family will reject them.
- Don’t be too serious. Sensitively worded humor may ease the tension you are both probably feeling.
- Ask questions you may have, but understand that your ally