X Years Ago Today

[sorcyress]

One year ago today, it was 2008, and I was (shocking nobody who's ever had an extended conversation with me ever) interested in gender and sexuality.

I also believe I originally meant to post up some thoughts on that poll, ages and ages ago, and then got distracted. At the very least, go fill it out for me if you haven't, okay? Or, if you want to do the really quick and dirty version in the comments of this post...

You list as [gender(s)]:
Explain:

You are attracted to people of [gender(s)]:
Explain:

You consider yourself [poly/mono/etc]:
Explain:

You are currently in relatinships best described as [none/mono/poly/complicated/etc]:
Explain:

And, bonus question, since I forgot it in the original poll:
Your preferred pronoun is:

Seriously. This kind of thing fascinates the hell out of me. Babble¹ about gender and sexuality and stuff like that in the comments, please!

~Sor
MOOP!

1: No, really, Har, Dodger, etc. I like hearing people's thoughts, especially about this. I am encouraging long comments, damnit. Don't let yourself be limited by the thought that I'm going to be overwhelmed --if you're that worried, just toss a one line summery at the bottom for ease of skimming. I promise to read the whole thing though.

Comments

[madbodger.livejournal.com]

I identify as male, and look and dress as such. But my interests, emotional state, and ways of expressing myself are much closer to what most people think of as "feminine". And I'm fine with that. Given that, the usual male pronouns suit me fine ("he", "him", "his", etc.) Though "squeeing fangirl" is applied to me rather a lot, and I enjoy that too.

I'm attracted to interesting people more than anything else. I do seem to prefer female people to some degree. My preferences do vary with gender (I like curvy females and skinny males). Androgynous, mixed, or bizarre sexuality is very appealing to me.

I consider myself poly. I tend toward comfortable relationships. When someone is happy with just occasional hugs, that's what we end up doing. When people really enjoy non-sexual shared showers, that will tend to happen. I enjoy most forms of interaction, and I enjoy other peoples' pleasure, so this is no surprise.

I tend have long-running relationships. As to the above, they tend toward what the people involved enjoy and find comfortable. There are occasional pleasant surprises when new activities (e.g. kissing) become such. I seem to be happier with a reasonable number of people I really know and enjoy than a huge gaggle of random acquaintances. This does make it painful for me when I fall out of touch with someone, though.