Karen
Posted by ulla on Monday, February 23, 2009
Under: Bisexual
Name or Nick Name : Karen
Country or City you are from: : Australia
Your Age : 31
Your Gender : female
What did you come out as? : Bi
What other words would you use to describe yourself? :
How old were you when you first realised your identity? : 13
How old were you when you first told someone? : 19
Did you plan it? If so, how? : I think it just started to manifest more and more in my experience that I was probably speaking a lot about it indirectly
What made you choose that person to tell? : trust
Can you remember exactly what you said? : Dad, I have a girl-friend!
How did you feel? : apprehension
What was the person’s reaction? : cool
What did they say? : “does she work?”, yes i replied
“is she on drugs”, no, i replied
mmmm…he pondered for a second…well she sounds a hell of a lot better than some of the boys you’ve dated!
What was your relationship with the person like afterwards? : close
What’s it like now? :
If you’ve been outed unwillingly, who did it? :
What happened? :
What were peoples’ reactions? :
If you’ve experienced homophobia etc, please give an example. : sometimes lesbian groups profess bi cool/trans cool/gay friendly etc but they often only want other lesbians around. I was a member of a group for 2 years when they decided to make it exclusively lesbian. No bi’s included, with a sorry if youre pissed off touch at the end. Its more bi-phobia and its common enough in the Sydney scene
Since coming out how out are you at school? : all_out
Since coming out, how “out” are you at work? : not_out
Since coming out, how “out” are you with family? : all_out
Since coming out, how “out” are you with your friends? : all_out
What does being out mean to you? : I think bi’s can pass as both lesbian and straight depending on the partner they have at the time. Its important that you know who you.
What differences, if any, did your cultural background make to your experience of coming out? :
What does the concept of the closet mean to you? :
What advice would you give someone wanting to come out? : take them places/show them some clubs/groups etc…tell them all that I was not told about
If you could do it all again, would you do it any differently? If so, how? : nah!!
Country or City you are from: : Australia
Your Age : 31
Your Gender : female
What did you come out as? : Bi
What other words would you use to describe yourself? :
How old were you when you first realised your identity? : 13
How old were you when you first told someone? : 19
Did you plan it? If so, how? : I think it just started to manifest more and more in my experience that I was probably speaking a lot about it indirectly
What made you choose that person to tell? : trust
Can you remember exactly what you said? : Dad, I have a girl-friend!
How did you feel? : apprehension
What was the person’s reaction? : cool
What did they say? : “does she work?”, yes i replied
“is she on drugs”, no, i replied
mmmm…he pondered for a second…well she sounds a hell of a lot better than some of the boys you’ve dated!
What was your relationship with the person like afterwards? : close
What’s it like now? :
If you’ve been outed unwillingly, who did it? :
What happened? :
What were peoples’ reactions? :
If you’ve experienced homophobia etc, please give an example. : sometimes lesbian groups profess bi cool/trans cool/gay friendly etc but they often only want other lesbians around. I was a member of a group for 2 years when they decided to make it exclusively lesbian. No bi’s included, with a sorry if youre pissed off touch at the end. Its more bi-phobia and its common enough in the Sydney scene
Since coming out how out are you at school? : all_out
Since coming out, how “out” are you at work? : not_out
Since coming out, how “out” are you with family? : all_out
Since coming out, how “out” are you with your friends? : all_out
What does being out mean to you? : I think bi’s can pass as both lesbian and straight depending on the partner they have at the time. Its important that you know who you.
What differences, if any, did your cultural background make to your experience of coming out? :
What does the concept of the closet mean to you? :
What advice would you give someone wanting to come out? : take them places/show them some clubs/groups etc…tell them all that I was not told about
If you could do it all again, would you do it any differently? If so, how? : nah!!
In : Bisexual
