Date: 2006-02-06 11:39 pm (UTC)
You are not an "idiot" to feel this way, Ellin. It is makes sense, unfortunately. Yes, I have been thinking of people as just people, or trying to, but I see the author's point. Even if he overstates it a little in order to make it, the situation is one that can't be ignored in terms of the effect it would have on a person, inside.

As long as sexual orientation is considered a distinguishing factor about a person, it's going to make an impact on any gay or lesbian person, as to how they feel about themselves.

I used to feel that way about being overweight (I fluctuate between being average to what I am now - too heavy). I still do, but less strongly as I get older. More than anything, I wanted to be trim just so that people who met me would think of me as, "the woman who talked about Lord of the Rings all night, " rather than as "the fat woman who talked..." I hated it that the most determining factor for people meeting me was that I was overweight. I wanted people to look at me and see a person, not a fat person.
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