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[–]strawberrysun 9 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I’ve always struggled with the concept of stereotypes. I’ve been getting “but you don’t look/act/seem like a lesbian” ever since I started coming out in 2009. I have long hair, I don’t like flannels, I love to cook and eat meat (I make a hell of a pot roast!), I am a political moderate, and I would never in a million years even consider Uhauling. I’m just… average, I guess? You couldn’t pick me or any of my past girlfriends out of a lineup with all my straight female friends.

There was a moment in the early 2010s when I thought we as a society were kind of moving past all that and everyone could just be how they wanted, but it has disappeared entirely. I’ve noticed a lot of the “[fashion choice] makes you gay” or whatever nonsense in the past 5 years or so, and I’ve started to become resentful of it.

My boy-crazy little sister fits more lesbian stereotypes than I do.