Am I gay enough?

Contents:

• AM I GAY ENOUGH? WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT QUEER INTY
• AM I GAY ENOUGH?
• LONGEST GAY TEST!
• AM I GAY ENOUGH?
• QUIZ: ARE YOU GAY?

AM I GAY ENOUGH? WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT QUEER INTY

)Sce I started acceptg that I was queer and havg queer enunters, I have been told numero tim that, as a super femme cis woman, I'm "not gay enough. —Devan, 26It sounds like you already know this, but let me say loud and clear: There is no such thg as not beg “gay enough. ” Many people the LGBTQ muny feel the same way you do, whether they’re fellow femm who don’t “appear” gay, bisexual people hetero relatnships, gay men who don’t f stereotypil standards, and so many others.

In fact, gay people who don’t exprs their gayns wh an explicly “queer athetic” often experience what some psychologists ll “queer imposter syndrome. A uple of lumns ago, Kira, a “femme-prentg queer, ” told me about her “extremely awkward ‘look, I'm gay!

What do you do if you don’t want to bee a Profsnal Femme Gay Woman? Reachg beyond your lol muny and fillg your social feeds wh queer folks who look all kds of ways n serve as a daily affirmatn that you are gay enough, exactly the way you are. After two s, I fally accepted feat the power stggle wh myself, and I am embracg life as a homosexual.

AM I GAY ENOUGH?

I am now ntually askg myself, “Am I gay enough? A 2015 study found that gays and lbians had nearly intil prejudic agast bisexuals as heterosexuals even though we reportedly make up 52% of the LGBTQ+ a rult, we are statistilly ls likely to e out.

I had been told through the media and iends that was a 50/50 spl, so I assumed that I wasn’t gay enough to be that I am out of the closet, the thoughts have morphed and mutated to somethg new.

LONGEST GAY TEST!

I currently feel as if I am “not gay enough” for the LGBTQ+ muny but “too gay” for society — thoughts many bisexual (and even pansexual) people may also experience.

This is the longt "Am I gay? If you want or need to know if you're gay, jt s yourself down now and answer all 45 of the qutns hontly. What if turns out you're gay?

Have you ever wonred what gay sex would feel/be like? He tells you that he's gay and lik you. That same iend who jt told you he's gay wants to kiss.

AM I GAY ENOUGH?

Wh this tt, you n fd out where you lie on the spectm of heterosexual, homosexual, allosexual, and asexual.

Jt for funI'm spic that I may be gayI've never had a csh on anyone, and am unsure where I lie on the spectm of sexualyWhat would your ial partner be if you two are gog to spend a week on an island? But mak me unfortable to see gay upl 's a gay uple, 's fe.

Havg sex wh the person I love mostCuddlg wh the person I love mostJt beg next to the person I love mostHangg out wh iends / beg aloneHow would you feel if your bt iend me out as gay?

QUIZ: ARE YOU GAY?

For me, the rponse of feelg like a d right after I wonr if I’m gay enough to do this work. It tak me lisends to get om receivg that well-tentned feedback to me not feelg that I’m [gay/smart/relatable/f/whatever] enough. Why I don’t feel gay enoughI’m 45-years-old and am new to the whole livg-life-as-a-gay-man thg.

In Augt 2019, while we were livg Wellgton (New Zealand) on her diplomatic postg, my then wife and I cid to separate, and I me out of the closet to live as a gay man. I spected that I was gay when I was 14-years-old.