Radioactive
- Real name: Ari
- Gender: nonbinary and woman-aligned
- Pronouns: he/him/his
- Gender expression: GNC
- Sexuality: questioning but definitely WLW
- Age: 20
- Location: United States
- Race: white
- Disabilities: autism, ADHD, chronic pain, blood sugar issues, and visual impairments (nearsighted+astigmatic+lazy eye)
- Socioeconomic class: working-class or lower middle-class, but I seem richer than I am and grew up middle-class
- Interests: music, fanfiction, knitting, fantasy, writing, feminism, hiking, history, roleplaying
- Religion: weird mix of Christian and Hellenic revivalist with a little Irish folk religion thrown in
- Aspirations and plans for the future: to graduate from college and become a social worker, to transition, to adopt a cat, to travel, to make a difference in the world
Totally fancy goatee and the other blog were merged into totallyfancygoatee only, also I turned twenty one in august -freyja
ReplyDeletePlease note that in the context of this page, "sexuality" means "overall, who are you attracted to?" For example, someone with an exclusive preference for their own gender/gender alignment sexually but romantic interest regardless of gender would still be bisexual because the word bisexual encompasses romantic as well as sexual attraction - the word biromantic is unnecessary to indicate this. An asexual gay person would just be listed as gay, even if they consider asexuality part of their orientation - asexual says nothing about who they're attracted to. An arospec pan ace would be pansexual because pansexuality is, like bisexuality, about romantic and/or sexual attraction. You can be both pansexual and ace.
ReplyDeleteThis, offline, is how sexuality and it's dynamics work. No one knows if you like sex or if you experience attraction differently to different genders. Often, no one cares - if you are gay or bi, you will still be sexualized and face homophobia, and if you are straight, you will experience privilege, regardless of the particulars of your attraction. Because this is a political blog that revolves around sexuality, gender, and sociology surrounding the two, it makes more sense for our attractions to be listed this way in the About Us page.
If you don't identify with this, fine. I can't stop you. But please do not make the mistake of heedlessly promoting the split attraction model, especially around minors, as some LGBT kids who look up to you (especially of you're older than them) may feel pressured to sexualize their identities more than anyone, ESPECIALLY kids, should be asked to. Believe me, I've had child fans who have done this before and I regret having that influence on them because it turned out so badly.
And if you have a problem with your sexuality being listed just as who you're attracted to, reply to this comment and let me know. If you're unable to change it, I'll do it for you. Also, Amber, you still have some information missing. And we still need to rename the blog. I made us a shared blog on Tumblr, where we can communicate more easily, so if you have any questions just direct them there.
DeleteI don't have to work for the rest of this week, but I do have a few hours of classes, a worksheet due by Thursday, and an essay to do for English class. So I'll get back to you ASAP, but that could be awhile.
Does anyone want to take charge of day-to-day admin stuff until like mid-December, when I'm out of school for the semester and have had a few months to get used to working?
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