The Spectrum of Sexuality

In the wake of Gigi Gorgeous' recent video in which she revealed she is a lesbian, I thought I'd add my two cents worth on what I think about sexuality and how it works in my mind. I think recently, with all the talk and information about gender, sexuality has also come to the forefront of peoples minds. It's always in the media, especially YouTube and is taking over our every day conversations.

Personally, I have found my own sexuality pretty easy to determine. Ever since I first understood the concept of sexuality, I believed I was straight, and I still believe this today. But now I have a slightly different view on it. I think sexuality it a spectrum. At one end you've got heterosexual and at the other end is homosexual. Most people are at some point on the spectrum in between being 100% straight and 100% gay. There are those few who identify as asexual (and other similar sexualities who do not feel sexual attraction) who are not on the spectrum but for the most part, everyone is somewhere on this sexuality spectrum.

I have found myself to be probably 85% straight and have that 15% where I find women attractive. This has taught be that yes, I can find a woman attractive but I do not want to pursue a romantic relationship with her. For me, that is exclusively men. I am yet to find someone who is completely at either extreme of the scale.

I guess the idea that I want to put out there is that if sexuality is indeed on a spectrum, how can discrimination occur? We are all on this same spectrum and no one is going to be at the exact same point on it as you are. Hate and discrimination would be significantly reduced if everyone saw sexuality this way, and because everyone has some sort of sexuality, this concept affects all of us.

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