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Beau says:
Beau addresses misconceptions about sexuality, advocating for self-acceptance and rejecting harmful terminology in 2019.
All individuals questioning their sexuality or facing societal pressures.
The nuances and depth of Beau's message on acceptance and self-discovery can best be experienced by watching the full video.
#Sexuality #LGBTQ+ #SelfAcceptance #GenderIdentity #SocietalNorms
Well howdy there internet people, it's Bo again.
So I got a question that I feel like I have to answer.
The question goes something to the effect of,
Bo, I'm a heterosexual man.
I was on the street the other day and I saw a woman in a skirt and I turned and checked
out and realized, dun dun dun, she's trans, am I gay?
Now if you're the person that sent this, you're probably saying, well, he might be
talking about my message, but that's not how I said it.
You're right, it's not.
Stop calling them that.
They have enough people in the world who want to hurt them simply for being them.
They don't need society at large adopting terminology that reinforces the idea that
that they have somehow trapped you and changed your sexuality and damaged your masculinity.
You hear about this all the time where a guy whistles at some woman walking down the street
then finds out she's trans and then beats her to death.
Stop with this.
That is not good terminology because it reinforces the very question you're asking.
that question. I'm a heterosexual man and I was briefly attracted to a person I
believed was a biological woman. Am I gay? No. No. Of course not. Of course not.
I'm gonna take this a step further. I think we've all seen photos of inanimate
objects that appeared to be part of a woman, whether it be apples or a lamp that looked
like legs because of the way the lighting was or whatever.
When you saw that photo and you were like, those are nice legs, and then you found out
it was a lamp, did you question whether or not you were really attracted to lamps?
Of course not, because that's not how this works.
That's not how this works.
In fact, to take this yet another step further, I would suggest that being this concerned
about your sexuality is probably a better indication that you are in fact gay than being
briefly attracted to a trans woman.
I have known a lot of guys in my life who have done that, you know, they look, they're
like, hey, she's cute, wait a second, oh well.
At no point were they like, am I gay?
Because they're not, and they're secure in that.
question arises only if you're not. And I'll even take this another step further.
You may even know she's trans and still be attracted to her. That still doesn't necessarily
mean you're gay. Now that topic is probably better left to somebody who is better equipped
to handle the inevitable comment section that would arise from that. But yeah, even that
That doesn't necessarily mean that you're gay.
And then there's the underlying statement in all of this, is that somehow being gay
is bad.
It's not.
It's not.
I mean, it is 2019.
It is 2019.
Look, nobody who matters cares, okay?
nobody who cares matters nobody do you just be you live your life live your
life and let go of all of this I mean maybe maybe you are gay maybe you
are it's not it is not the end of your life it doesn't mean that you're not
masculine. It doesn't mean anything that this question kind of infers. Just be
you, you know, and I know if you are from a very traditional upbringing, you're
like, well that's weird. Who cares? It is 2019. Embrace the weird, okay? Just live
your life. Anyway, it's just a thought. Y'all have a good night.
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