wearing ur sexuality "on ur sleeve"

wantstobeout's picture

ok so here's the deal. i saw this girl today. she was kind of boyish looking because she had short hair and wears boyish clothing. i thought there was a possibility she was a lesbian. then it was comfirmed: i saw a tattoo on her arm that had the lesbian symbol. so the question is: would you ever get a tattoo that was so overt stating ur sexuality?

fox333's picture

maybe but mine would say im

maybe but mine would say
im gay
wait.... bi
gay
bi
gay
bi
straight?
bi.

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fox333's picture

wait... 'Oh Brave New

wait...

'Oh Brave New World!'
- Brave New World
I think...

the ghost's picture

I don't think I

I don't think I wuld.Personally I don't really see the point.But if it is someone elses thing and makes them happy then go for it =]

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music is life's picture

I would, but i'm not sure of

I would, but i'm not sure of what. I think i might get the women symbol on the back of my neck, because that could stand for a couple of things

theonechickcagelle's picture

yeah, i was thinking the

yeah, i was thinking the venus symbol. but i think i'd have it in a place that is not always visible.

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jeff's picture

Eh...

I'd just as soon tattoo that I have hazel eyes...

I'm above 100% out, though, just nothing I'd want tattooed on me.

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TeeAhr1's picture

ditto

I'm with you. I'm out, I just don't want to get inked any more than I am. One's plenty.

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ConnorJ's picture

Wouldn't work for me

It wouldn't work for me, people would see me in Iron Maiden and Metallica shirts with a tatoo that says I'M GAY and never believe it.

jeff's picture

See...

... if only it was Judas Priest, you could get away with it...

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hellonwheels's picture

lol...

when i fund out halford was a fag...i was like wtf??? how'd he make it in metal...right place at the right time i guess?

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jeff's picture

No...

I think it was more closeted until no one cared anymore.

Of course, metal is so gay anyway, the fact that we only know of one out performer is a bit of a miracle.

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ConnorJ's picture

Rob Halford

When I found out Rob Halford is gay I was like W...T...F? Then I did some research on him and the whole leather/chains stuff they wore was because he's into bondage and that stuff. Then stuff started making sense, like them doing a cover of "Diamonds And Rust", a song about Bob Dylan LOL. That cover rules! And I swear a song or two of thiers sounds...gasp...DISCO! ROTFL

I'm sure there's a lot of gays in metal, but nobody's dumb enough to end thier career by coming out. Maybe in ten years I'll be the first? In the meantime, how do you play Slayer's "Angel Of Death"? LOL

Ashe Wednesday's picture

I thought about

I thought about it...reeeeally thought about it...but I've realized that although it's important to me, it's not important enough to get a tattoo.

that, along with the fact that yellow and orange won't show up real well on my skin :)

gaynow's picture

Huhh... good question. I

Huhh... good question. I have to think about this one, actually. I might, or at least wear something very out-ing like a pride ribbon (just 'cause I don't like tattoos... unless maybe it was a treble clef...)

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Riku's picture

Hahaha. My sexuality is too

Hahaha. My sexuality is too fluid for that. Besides, I don't see a point. I don't have any problem with being out. But it's not a big deal for me. The whole sexuality thing is kind of like "oh, whatever". I don't get what the big deal is.

And I'd be more likely to get a tattoo about my gender identity but it wouldn't be obvious what it meant. Some kind of metaphor, probably having more to do with wholeness than anything else. Because I've felt so disconnected from myself for so long.

jeff's picture

heh...

Can you get a blurry tattoo?

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Maux's picture

maybe...

I would depend on wen i got it. i wouldn't right now 'cause i'm not out to everyone, but...maybe later on in my life.

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my three wheeler rox's picture

..

Yup..
I was thinking a little one on my ear though, not on my arm.

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Fiona Rosge's picture

twisted

See this is what I was having trouble with.
Have any of you ever read Keeping you a Secret by Julie Ann Petters?
If so then think of Cece. I mean would I do that if I could? Go around wearing a shirt that says "I have a queer consusion do you?" maybe. Because at one point I'm like why hide it, if guys can go around wearing shirts that say somthing like "I'm not a gynocologist but I can look" Which if you ask me is so yucky-yes I saw sum guy wearing that in PetCo, which you know doesn't exactly prove my poing but you get the gist-then why cant we? If everyone else can flaunt themselves why not the gays? (really not trying to lable people hear, cuz I know this isn't coming out right but I hope that wont be important) but then I talk to other people who say its a private matter and that people should just like you for who you are not WHAT you are.

So what do you guys think? Get the tattoo or the tee-shirt and flaunt it because come on everyone whos out can relate to the "drunken with freedom feeling" at first, or keep it hiden because its private?
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1stTeeka's picture

i wouldnt mind getting like

i wouldnt mind getting like a rainbow or something, but small since it would be my first tattoo. i might get it as a tramp stamp if i do :P or on my arm

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missidontgivafuc's picture

what is the lesbian symbol?

what is the lesbian symbol?

Adam A's picture

there's a symbol for

there's a symbol for lesbians? is there one for fags too?

Neutrina's picture

Yes to both. There's the

Yes to both.
There's the interlocked female symbols and the interlocked male symbols.
There are also the black and pink triangles, black for women and pink for men.

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gaynow's picture

I'm sure there are a ton...

I'm sure there are a ton... in general, just a rainbow or a pink triangle (general queerness/pride symbols) or one of those "female" symbols (called Venus signs, I think?) interlocked. You know, like that piece of jewelry in Keeping You a Secret. XD

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1stTeeka's picture

i reallly want one

i really want to get a rainbow rapped around my arm now cause aparently everyone thinks I'm straight when they first meet me and its getting annoying -.-
They also keep thinking i'm dating one of my friends cause i always make her listen to random songs on my ipod so they always see us sharing headphones. this doesn't help her because the swim team already thinks she's a little bit of a whore cause she always with a different guy they think she is dateing, and she has a crush on this guy on the swim team.
yeah so i need to get a rainbow tattoo, except i'm a poor college student -.- that or i need a rainbow shirt that says "stop assuming we are dating swim team" to wear whenever i'm with my friend.

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