sexuality

[desh]

Inspired by today's Gene Weingarten chat and by talking to a few friends of mine, here's a poll:


But first, to define some terminology: "Gal" is what I'm saying since neither "woman" nor "girl" is as age-nonspecific as "guy". Please ignore whatever patronizing connotation you may think "gal" has.

If "gay", "straight", and "bi" aren't specific enough for you, then consider "gay" to be kinsey 5-6, "bi" to be kinsey 2-4, and "straight" to be kinsey 0-1.

There are limits to the number of choices any poll can give (especially on LJ), but not limits to the number of different answers that are actually possible, especially with a charged question like this. Please, wherever possible, choose the closest answer even if it's not perfect. Feel free to elaborate in comments.

Now, then:
[Poll #1104392]
(As always, LJ lets you edit your poll results if you misclicked or something.)

Comments

genderqueer

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

IMO it's genderqueer to transition, because it queers traditional views of gender being 100% aligned with birth. to the mainstream we're all queer; transsexuals, transgendereds, even intersexeds. and we all have issues surrounding gender that cisgendered straight people don't have (gays, lesbians, and bis have gender issues as well, which is the main reason i feel the T belongs in GLBT).

any particular transsexual might not feel 'genderqueer' is the right term for zirself, of course, and i wouldn't argue with anyone's self-identification. some TSs are left with clear answers, some aren't; some wholly subscribe to the binary gender idea of the mainstream, some don't.