I have just recently discovered that I don't give a fuck if random people in my school know I'm bi. I mean, people like the ones in my physics and math classes last semester, the regular people that I've never met before in my life. I mean, my crush was in my physics class and I certainly came out to her, and I wouldn't have denied it if asked by those people. It's the group of AP kids I'm worried about. The group of about sixty people that I've known for years and years, going as far back as grade one. My school's big. No one knows everyone. But the AP people, the core group, is one big interconnected web of friendships, acquaintences and competition. Everyone knows everything about everyone else. Last semester, I had one AP class, English. This semester, it's all different. I'm a year ahead in bio, as are a lot of the other AP people. Same goes for French. And the social is also an AP class. I know these people, or know of them. I would die if everyone suddenly knew, because I get enough stariotyping as the blind girl. And this is a group of people who consider themselves the elite. The people getting the university money and the awards and the leads in plays and top spots on sports teams, and student council and whatever else. You'd think they'd be the most likely group for me to come out to, especially as we all know each other and I don't need to prove to them that I have a brain and socially acceptable group of friends and acquaintences because we've all known each other for ever. But no. I'd much rather be outted to the stoners and slackers and the people who have goals that aren't strictly university/college oriented. I don't know. My brain's fucked up like that.
In other news. I attended the lgbt youth group in my city for the first time on Saturday. It rocked my socks and such other things.
In other, other news. I need to learn how to sleep because ten hours of sleep out of sixty-some of awakeness is not a good thing.
If you read this far......no, wait. No one did. I wouldn't have, so I don't blaim you.
[eta] AP = advanced placement. It's where they throw all the people who are farther ahead than regular classes but not willing to give up their souls to the IB program.
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Wow, I did read it all. Does
Wow, I did read it all. Does that make me weird?
The fear isn't strange at all. You're afraid of them knowing because those are the people whose opinions matter to you, and you fear that their opinion of you will be lower if they know that you're bi. That may or may not be true, but since you believe it to be true, it is a legitimate fear. It is also a fear shared by many others. The thing is, eventually you will (with any luck) get to the point where you are sufficiently self-confident that you don't care, or if you do, you don't care enough to tolerate being in the closet anymore. Coming out for most people is a marathon, not a sprint, and everyone has to take it at their own pace. Cut yourself some slack. You'll know when the time is right.
- Pat Nelson Childs
"bringing strong gay
characters to Sci-Fi & Fantasy"
http://www.patnelsonchilds.com
http://www.samersguild.com
Nope
I read as well. But what you say is perfectly ture. It is the people we know which is always worse. Strangers are easy to cope with, it is the reactions of friends that can be so much more judgemental. Note though that their reactions are normally better than random people. Same for people you spend a lot of time working with. In that sort of relationship you either end up hating someone or getting on with them no matter what. And the latter is the far more likely option
P.S. Ehat's an AP class?
"Sexual intercourse began in nineteen sixty-three (which was rather too late for me)"
I believe that would be
I believe that would be Advanced Placement, unless the meaning has changed. Those would be classes for exceptional students.
- Pat Nelson Childs
"bringing strong gay
characters to Sci-Fi & Fantasy"
http://www.patnelsonchilds.com
http://www.samersguild.com
*laughs* I wouldn't go so
*laughs* I wouldn't go so far as to say exceptional, however; the meaning hasn't changed. Advanced placement it is.