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I can totally relate, Tabby. I’m not all one thing or the other. I’m complex. I’m not a stereotype for anything. It’s not a bad way to live.

Keep being yourself in all its beautiful complexity!

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This is a good post. I get tired of stereotyping as well. It happens to the best of us and oftentimes, we even engage in it ourselves. My g/f gets upset because people always ask her if she is a basketball player. They tell her she just looks like a baller. She thinks it’s a stereotype and they are really telling her she looks like a lesbian. My answer to her is always, “Well, you are a lesbian who played basketball.”
I think I’m guilty of stereotyping, despite the fact that I’m also a victim. Take a look and let me know your thoughts: http://nspiritonlife.blogspot.com/2008/12/are-femmes-and-fags-alike.html

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Tabby, dare I dip into cliche’s and tell you that you sound like me when I was a teenager. Do I sound old just for saying that?

You make a lot of good points in this post. And first and foremost let me tell you that you are always welcome here! Feel free to spill your guts at anytime in the name of it making you feel better. Now on to your good points.

1. If you’d just read between the lines, and understand that I’m not like all the other stupid teenagers out there–I have a heart, a brain, feelings, thoughts, hopes, dreams, things that most people my age don’t care about…(why is that, anyways?)

I get this. Till this day I am positive that I was 40 when I was 13. I think adults tend to remember all the mistakes they made as kids and project them on all those under 18. If you know who you are don’t worry about what they think. Even when you’re 30 there will still be people that don’t give you the respect you deserve.

2. It’s okay to not fit in anywhere; nothing will ever be a perfect fit, because that is stereotyping.

DON’T EVER FORGET THIS!!!

3. Don’t call me a freak, because I’m much more than that. Don’t call my a dike, because my love for women is just that: love. Don’t call me an Emo Kid, because I am very in touch with my emotional side, and I know it to an extent that most don’t.

I promise you that the good people in this word will call you nothing but a friend. Keep on this track and it sounds like you are becoming an astounding individual!

Originally Posted By goldstardykeTabby, dare I dip into cliche’s and tell you that you sound like me when I was a teenager. Do I sound old just for saying that?

You make a lot of good points in this post. And first and foremost let me tell you that you are always welcome here! Feel free to spill your guts at anytime in the name of it making you feel better. Now on to your good points.

1. If youâ??d just read between the lines, and understand that Iâ??m not like all the other stupid teenagers out thereâ??I have a heart, a brain, feelings, thoughts, hopes, dreams, things that most people my age donâ??t care aboutâ?¦(why is that, anyways?)

I get this. Till this day I am positive that I was 40 when I was 13. I think adults tend to remember all the mistakes they made as kids and project them on all those under 18. If you know who you are don’t worry about what they think. Even when you’re 30 there will still be people that don’t give you the respect you deserve.

2. Itâ??s okay to not fit in anywhere; nothing will ever be a perfect fit, because that is stereotyping.

DON’T EVER FORGET THIS!!!

3. Donâ??t call me a freak, because Iâ??m much more than that. Donâ??t call my a dike, because my love for women is just that: love. Donâ??t call me an Emo Kid, because I am very in touch with my emotional side, and I know it to an extent that most donâ??t.

I promise you that the good people in this word will call you nothing but a friend. Keep on this track and it sounds like you are becoming an astounding individual!

omg, Kelly, thank you so much! No, you don’t sound old at all–I love you!! 8D
*hugshugshugs*
Thank you a million times!