Yeah, I get a lot of things that I didn't before, or I get them better than I did before (and I realize there are a lot of things I still don't get, and things that I never will get).
During the aftermath of Prop 8 there was a point when I said that people (like my cousin) who didn't consider me human enough (due to being bisexual) to get married enough to C. had C. been female could just identify themselves so that we could end our association. And that was a pain that was brief and not lifelong and that comes from something I can easily hide and not think about and that other people don't see and that rarely comes up.* Dealing with the risk of worse hurt constantly as in the link, well, augh. Much more painful doesn't even begin to cover it. I am at a loss as to whether to continue posting links in my journal because so far there's been a great deal of "bouncing-off," not just in comments but in other people's post in their own journals in response. I don't know.
*No analogies here because NOT THE SAME THING and I know it very well.
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During the aftermath of Prop 8 there was a point when I said that people (like my cousin) who didn't consider me human enough (due to being bisexual) to get married enough to C. had C. been female could just identify themselves so that we could end our association. And that was a pain that was brief and not lifelong and that comes from something I can easily hide and not think about and that other people don't see and that rarely comes up.* Dealing with the risk of worse hurt constantly as in the link, well, augh. Much more painful doesn't even begin to cover it. I am at a loss as to whether to continue posting links in my journal because so far there's been a great deal of "bouncing-off," not just in comments but in other people's post in their own journals in response. I don't know.
*No analogies here because NOT THE SAME THING and I know it very well.