I am not only gay.

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grєєtíngs humαn

It is I, your fellow furry-in-denial, coming at you from my corner of the internet.

Todays post is more of a PSA/ rant.

The story I will be telling, although something quite similar did happen to me, will be exaggerated to get my point across better.

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It is said that if you come out once, you'll have to do it a hundred times over. To the curious taxi driver, the hotel staff or the old lady in the parking lot who wants to know way too much about your personal life.

And some of the reactions following a coming out of this nature really get to me. So much in fact that I felt the need to make a post about it.

One day, mentioned to a not-that-close friend of mine that I had a crush on a girl before. Their eyes doubled in size as they said "So like... a girlgirl?" I nodded with a friendly smile, realising that I had no idea what this persons feelings on this topic are.

From then on, I was the queer friend.

I was sent rainbow flags every 20 minutes, was told they "always knew I was gay" and they never got tired to mention that I was such a good friend to them and how they were glad to know an LGBT member.

Mind you: Before telling them this, we barely knew each other. All of a sudden I'm the best friend one could ever ask for.

After the third time of them telling me how much they love gay people, I wanted to take a black marker and write the title of this post on my forehead.

And on we go to the ranting part of this post.

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Of course I'm glad you me. Of course I'm honored you went to a pride parade for me, even though I suspect you did it for instagram.

But you have to understand that by breaking my entire personality down to my sexuality, stereotyping me into a girl with short hair and flanel shirts, you are doing more harm than good.

Because I am not just gay, I'm many more things. Just because I am a member of the LGBT community doesn't mean I draw pride flags everywhere. Just because I'm gay doesn't mean I "look like it". Its a simple thing to grasp.

• We aren't exotic animals for you to keep. We are a person just like you. Equality means accepting someone, not further excluding them. •

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Alright, that was all I had to say for today.

Just treat me like a friend, not a trophy.

Tuning out now, have a (g)ay!

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