LGBTQIA Roll Call!

[tld221]

Originally Posted by susan314

(NTTAWWT - just don't want to misrepresent myself here

yesssssssss +2 to susan314 for clever acronym stemming from mid 90s catchphrase...

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by susan314

Exactly!

(Didn't see your post before I responded, but I agree with the questions being a little weird.)

And what was the point of the "God clearly states in the bible that homosexuality is wrong" question? A person can be completely straight and not agree with that statement. But the way the test was scored and the questions were phrased, if you didn't agree with that statement you must be gay.

i answered disagree and came out as 99% 0

[AlethiaSi]

i'm a Kinsey 1... i've thought about it, had some experiences, but i'm definately into guys more than girls...

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by susan314

Still think that quiz is worded weird though. How is a question that asks you to rank from "Nuh-uh" to "Totally" whether "God clearly states in the Bible that eating shellfish is wrong" supposed to determine anything?

(Not to mention I wasn't sure how to answer the question "Having a hetero date might be FABULOUS" - do you answer "totally" because you do like dating members of the opposite sex, or do you answer "nuh-uh" because the "might be FABULOUS" part is supposed to allude to a gay person who might be willing to consider going on a hetero date? I don't like taking quizzes where I have to decipher what the hell the question means so that I can give an answer that best represents my opinion. )

I agree - very strange. I have no idea exactly what I was answering on half of those questions. Still, I agree with their assessment of me (a 2); it seems about right.

[Dionysus]

No need to start a new thread about this. I heard of the term of LUG and BUG the other night on MTV. It supposedly stands for Lesbian Until Graduation and Bisexual Until Graduation.

Has anyone heard of this? Or know women who were LUG/BUGs? I find this strange, because half of the lesbians I know were actually "straight" during their high school and college years, not the other way around. Are these the same girls who do it because it is trendy? Or were they geniunely lesbian or bi and went straight because they thought they'll catch more drama in the "real world" for their orientation?

[Drolefille]

Sorry to take the topic in another direction Dinoysus, but I thought I'd post this now since I got my topic assignment last night.

I'm taking a class on Sexual Dysfunction and Family Violence and each student has to teach 40-60 minutes of material. My topic is sex and violence issues specific to the LGBTQ(etc.) community. While I wait for my textbooks to show up in the mail, I was hoping some people could make some suggestions about topics to cover within that presentation.

(To clarify, the class is NOT saying that LGBTQetc is a sexual dysfunction, but we're doing a section specific to this community/communities.)

[Dionysus]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Sorry to take the topic in another direction Dinoysus, but I thought I'd post this now since I got my topic assignment last night.

I'm taking a class on Sexual Dysfunction and Family Violence and each student has to teach 40-60 minutes of material. My topic is sex and violence issues specific to the LGBTQ(etc.) community. While I wait for my textbooks to show up in the mail, I was hoping some people could make some suggestions about topics to cover within that presentation.

(To clarify, the class is NOT saying that LGBTQetc is a sexual dysfunction, but we're doing a section specific to this community/communities.)

I don't remember where I read this, but same sex violence (sexual and physical) is very underreported and is as much as a problem in the GLBT community as it is in the heterosexual one. Look on around on the internet and you should find something.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

I don't remember where I read this, but same sex violence (sexual and physical) is very underreported and is as much as a problem in the GLBT community as it is in the heterosexual one. Look on around on the internet and you should find something.

Thanks,

And for your topic, I didn't know any LUG/BUGs per se, or no one who identified as Lesbian/Bi but dropped it. I definately knew people who engaged in threesomes, and probably won't after college, but as I don't know how much of what was going on (and definately don't want to) I can't say for certain. I don't know what they'd self identify either so... I got nuthin.

[mulattogyrl]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

No need to start a new thread about this. I heard of the term of LUG and BUG the other night on MTV. It supposedly stands for Lesbian Until Graduation and Bisexual Until Graduation.

Has anyone heard of this? Or know women who were LUG/BUGs? I find this strange, because half of the lesbians I know were actually "straight" during their high school and college years, not the other way around. Are these the same girls who do it because it is trendy? Or were they geniunely lesbian or bi and went straight because they thought they'll catch more drama in the "real world" for their orientation?

I've never heard of this, but I do remember reading that many women do experiment during their college years. I would have to guess they do it because it's trendy. I would think it would be difficult to be gay or lesbian, live that lifestyle for a few years, then go back to being straight. I would think if they're gonna fake it, they'd just fake it all the way through. I would think that would be extremely hard to do though.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by mulattogyrl

I've never heard of this, but I do remember reading that many women do experiment during their college years. I would have to guess they do it because it's trendy. I would think it would be difficult to be gay or lesbian, live that lifestyle for a few years, then go back to being straight. I would think if they're gonna fake it, they'd just fake it all the way through. I would think that would be extremely hard to do though.

I feel like there's a category I call Hedonistic. Where they're just in it for the pleasure and the fun and the approval or whatever but it's not really reflective of their actual orientation as a whole. That's where the "trendy" people fit in to me.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Sidebar: Anne F a u s t o-Sterling has some interesting articles about the link between sex and gender.

She is a professor at my undergrad, where LUGs were quite common. One I know is getting married next month.

[KyleMcGuire1983]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

She is a professor at my undergrad, where LUGs were quite common. One I know is getting married next month.

oh man Anne F a u s t o-Sterling....we had to read her crap in my freshman writing class back in the day. Damn hippie sociology 'tards.


p.s. why does it block her name out?

[squirrely girl]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

I feel like there's a category I call Hedonistic. Where they're just in it for the pleasure and the fun and the approval or whatever but it's not really reflective of their actual orientation as a whole. That's where the "trendy" people fit in to me.

i can see what you're saying here but i also don't believe that ALL hedonists would be trendy. maybe there's just a separate category for trendy...

other than that can i go with 1.5?

I'm a 1.5

There are a few topics for Drolefille's class. I agree that violence in lesbian relationships is very undereported.

I'm curious to know the correlation between lesbian nuns and violence within their convents, communities, and schools. Wonder if they've done studies. I've heard awful stories, but nothing documented.

(FYI, I'm Catholic, I'm marrying a Catholic in a Catholic ceremony. I am not bashing the church. I just think it's an underreported subtopic.)

Let us know how the class goes, Drolefille.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

No need to start a new thread about this. I heard of the term of LUG and BUG the other night on MTV. It supposedly stands for Lesbian Until Graduation and Bisexual Until Graduation.

Has anyone heard of this? Or know women who were LUG/BUGs? I find this strange, because half of the lesbians I know were actually "straight" during their high school and college years, not the other way around. Are these the same girls who do it because it is trendy? Or were they geniunely lesbian or bi and went straight because they thought they'll catch more drama in the "real world" for their orientation?

I've been hearing about this for years - as in back when I was in college. I think it's most prevalent in women's colleges and with women who are brought up in Repressed Small Town USA, are going to college to get their degree, but will be returning to Repressed Small Town USA because their family owns a huge business or something.

I'm sure there are also HUGs (Hobags Until Graduation) who screw their way through college and then go home and marry their high school sweetheart who still thinks she's still a virgin.

How anyone gets away with this anymore with the internet & myspace though, I have no clue.