I’m on a roll right now, haha. This infographic covers the meaning of the acronym LGBT+. I will possibly make a history timeline or reblog some history stuff soon to go along with this.
It does say who they’re attracted to tho. They’re attracted to people they have an emotional bond to. There’s more sexualities than just straight, bi, and gay.
I always like to point out that orientations actually talk about who someone has the potential to become attracted to.
Gay men aren’t attracted to all men. Lesbians aren’t attracted to all women. Bi people aren’t attracted to everyone of all of the genders they’re attracted to. Pan people aren’t all attracted to everyone on the entire planet. Just to name a few.
Gay men have the potential to become attracted to men. Lesbians have the potential to become attracted to women. Pan people have the potential to become attracted to people of all genders/regardless of gender… I think you get the idea.
Demi does the same thing. Demi people have the potential to become attracted to only people they’ve already formed an emotional bond with. There’s no, “I would want to have sex with/I want to date [x celebrity],” for example, because those aren’t people you can form an emotional bond with unless you actually know them as a person. And even then, everyone you know, even everyone you know well, may not end up being someone who you have an emotional bond with.
And then on top of that, someone could identify as, to give a couple examples, demi-bisexual, or demi-homoromantic, if they want to be even more specific.
Basically, this particular exclusionist argument is built on an incorrect premise to begin with, and yes, demi-orientations do have the same function as other orientations.
my new roommate’s best friend literally says “we’ll just go out for one drink” on a weeknight, goes to a club, has ONE drink while everyone else is getting to it, and then tells everyone when it’s time to go home so they can actually make it to class in the morning and I’m genuinely terrified by the amount of self control she has
saying you’ll just have one drink at the club on a school night and then following through and getting up for class the next day demonstrates the exact level of resolve it took to amputate your own arm on an 18th century battlefield
*cracks knuckles* i didnt get my medical license revoked for nothing
i like idea of a necromancer that can bring back the dead but doesnt know how to cure the living so has to wait for someone to die before bringing them back
“hey doc do you have any splints I think I fractured my ankle”
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