I'm sorry to hear that your friends are putting you in a difficult situation. They should respect your decision and just enjoy that you for who you are! If they want to parade, they should parade. If you don't want to, you don't need to. It's not hard thing to grasp.
It's this polarized culture we live in that doesn't make sense. It's either you for it or you against it and doesn't leave any grey area for people to be in. Grey area exists! Just because you aren't parading doesn't mean you don't support LGBT+.
I hope they can understand your wishes. Keep being you~ (๑•ㅂ•)و✧
I COMPLETELY AGREE SIS..it's annoying how some people push their idealised narratives on others..I mean its fine if it's about themselves
Such wise words
your life decisions aren’t supposed to be made by them, feel free to do whatever you like. Don’t be upset love and pay no attention to what their saying. People here are supporting your own decision. Whatever makes you happy, wish you the best (●'◡'●)ﾉ
Girllll feel free to do whatever tf you want. Live for your own standards of normal, not what your friends think.
Tbh, I don't like when people treat their sexuality as a big thing, I don't mind that they want to show off, but I mind when they treat it as something that isn't normal, does that make sense? Sorry if it doesn't lol
yea your feelings are completely valid and your friends really shouldn't be outing you this way, try talking to them and explaining why you dislike it. the comparison to hetero people though is very different though, cause many members of the community like to show pride as a way of showing their identity after fighting for so many years hetero people didn't need to do that which is why many people will show pride.
I have some people I know who are really commited, into lgbt community.
These friends are very open-minded but they can't understand sometimes when I say that I dont want my sexuality to become a symbol of justice, or to scream everywhere that I'm lesbian. They tell me I'm afraid, but they can't understand that it's just about privacy.
Today, I feel like it's like people are always more pushy.
I understand the fact that people want to show that sexuality is not a taboo, that we can love who we want, but I feel judged when my friends ask me if I posted a picture of me in the #Lgbt something and I say no.
It's like I was hiding or betraying them, but I just want to live my life, and I don't wake up the morning with the need to say "I'm lesbian" I just fall in love with women, is that so important ?
Hetero people don't scream "I'm Hetero" everywhere, this is not the second thing they put in their description in social media. Why should I do that ? Am I supposed to define myself by my sexuality, having "I'm lesbian" written in my head.
I don't know, sometimes I would like people to understand that sexuality isn't the same for everyone. For some people, it means a lot, but for me it's just a matter of my private life, and I would like people to understand that I'm no different from everyone else. I meet someone I fall in love, and that's it. Why expose my life to everyone, they don't do, why should I ? It's not because I like women that I'm a special person. I wouldn't like either people to know all about ou private life if I was hétéro. This is my personality to keep my personal life for mysemf. But I'm not hetero, so for my friends, I'm a coward who doesn't contribute to help lgbt comlunity To be accepted.
I dont feel the need to expose my sexuality everywhere, this is a choice, and I find it quite ironical that people who are the most annoying for me these days are hetero friends totally screaming for every lgbt event, when me the only lesbian of the group, I am judged because I don't want to show my life to everyone.
Sorry for this terrible long message, I'm just a bit upset. Sorry.