gay stuff

Feb. 14th, 2019 09:23 am
isozyme: iron man getting thrown through the air by an explosion (Default)
[personal profile] isozyme
i was talking the other day about how being gay is pretty frictionless for me these days, generally comfortable and easy, and I don't know why I'm so compelled to write about being gay and being in a place that's hostile to those of us who aren't straight

and my wife asked me point-blank "what name to you use at work"

the name i use at work is not the same one i use with my friends, folks

that's not a thing i think about every day.  it's just how it is.  a battle i didn't want to fight.  a thing -- hah -- that i don't feel comfortable dragging myself through in public.  not at work.  nope.

so that's revealing, i suppose






sorry for not posting/responding to comments for a while, i have a deadline that's killing me and a fanfiction that is EATING MY BRAIN so i haven't been in the headspace for bloggin'.  i'm wondering if i can use light grey text to give myself back some whisperspace?  i don't know if it'll work, we'll see.  i miss tags.

Date: 2019-02-14 07:14 pm (UTC)
hopelesse: longhair calico cat head photoshopped onto the body of a Victorian lady; my Truest Forme (Default)
From: [personal profile] hopelesse
......that was, uh, rather blunt of me, wasn't it. but it's true -- being out and gay is easier now than it's ever been, but that doesn't mean it's easy. there's still always going to be places where it's obvious that there's a normal and we aren't it. i really do think that if you wanted to go for a name change at work, most people would be chill. but, hey, you're gonna be out of there soon enough either way <3

Date: 2019-02-15 06:29 pm (UTC)
spikethemuffin: (Default)
From: [personal profile] spikethemuffin
:looks guiltily at the entries that obfuscate crush's gender:

Date: 2019-02-15 06:33 pm (UTC)
spikethemuffin: (Default)
From: [personal profile] spikethemuffin
ON my blog, not yours. (I have one commenter who is super! cool! with the gay... except that every time I talk about it, there's always a "problem" that is not about gay, it's about oversharing. Or tackiness. Or being "more worldly."

And I know I shouldn't let one exhausting guy shape my discourse, but... sigh.

Date: 2019-02-15 10:54 pm (UTC)
manyblinkinglights: Upside-down Equius on a field of stars. (Default)
From: [personal profile] manyblinkinglights
+1 like

Date: 2019-02-16 01:50 am (UTC)
chickiedeare: (Default)
From: [personal profile] chickiedeare
<3

(I really like the grey for whisperspace. it's something i liked a lot when i was using tumblr for more confessional purposes and am trying to figure out here)

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