Contents:
- "I AM NOT GAY, BUT LEZ-BE PRECISE:" LGUISTICS, HIP HOP, AND NICKI MAJ'S QUEER PEDAGOGY
- HOW DO I KNOW I’M NOT REALLY GAY/STRAIGHT?
"I AM NOT GAY, BUT LEZ-BE PRECISE:" LGUISTICS, HIP HOP, AND NICKI MAJ'S QUEER PEDAGOGY
I am not gay, but let's be precise. But I do have a fuckg problem wh people thkg that beg Gay, or Bi, or Queer, or whatever the fuck else you wanna ll mak them special. In orr to have doubts about one’s sexual inty, a sufferer need not ever have had a homo- or heterosexual experience, or any type of sexual experience at all.
HOW DO I KNOW I’M NOT REALLY GAY/STRAIGHT?
If the sufferer is heterosexual, then the thought may be that they are homosexual. If on the other hand they happen to be homosexual they may obss about the possibily that they might really be straight. ” Some people’s doubts are further plited by havg such experienc as hearg other people talkg or lookg their directn and thkg that the people mt be analyzg their behavr or appearance and talkg about them – discsg how they mt be gay (or straight).
For those wh thoughts of beg homosexual, part of the distrs mt surely be social orig.
Let’s face , gay people have always been an opprsed mory wh our culture, and to sudnly thk of beg this posn, and to be stigmatized this way, n be ighteng. I have sometim wonred if those who experience the most distrs om such thoughts as the do so bee they were raised wh more strongly homophobic or anti-gay attus to beg wh, or if is simply bee one’s sexualy n be such a basic doubt.