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Originally Posted by artemis-within
I'm sorry you have to deal with that. I consider myself bi, although I haven't been with a woman in a very long time (been married 19 years) but y'know it's still very much a part of who I am... hubby knows, and is actually pretty ok about it as sometimes he'll tease me by pointing out a beautiful woman and say "check HER out!" or something.
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You definitely
are bi.

I really am a bit sad that since my SO is my first ever (and likely only ever) sexual partner, and we are monogamous, I might never ever get to explore my attraction to women, especially as I'm really a lot more attracted to women...
I'm really lucky that my SO (who is a cisgender heterosexual white male) is very understanding and accepting.
I often wonder if I would be happier in his Scandinavian nation where even the church is LGBT-affirming though of course I have reservations because I'm Asian and his mother believes in the racist stereotype of me potentially being a 'gold-digger'...and because the Scandinavian nation in question isn't as non-racist and inclusive as they're portrayed to be.
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Originally Posted by artemis-within
I told t a long time ago - it was really hard for me to tell her, it was within the first 6 months I was seeing her I think, but she is great about it - I even shared with her a very very personal poem I wrote to J who was my first love.... and she thought it was so beautiful... she is straight, but I am pretty sure she is trained in LGBT issues, she has that as one of her specialties on her online profile. Anyway she's been absolutely great when I've needed to talk about it.
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I told my Ts too, eventually. It was really hard for me. The first one was also about 6 months into therapy, but she asked some bi-ignorant questions ("How do you know if you've never been with a woman?") and I basically ended uo writing a timeline of my same-gender attractions.
She put in my chart that I am bisexual and that's how current T knows (they're colleagues).
I don't think T is trained in LGBT specific issues and I'm scared to see a counsellor in an LGBT organisation because I'm terrified of biphobia and it takes forever to build up trust... yet I'm frustrated that T doesn't sound LGBT-affirming, she's neutral I feel...
T told me she has LGB friends but that doesn't mean she's trained in LGB specific issues and while I "pass" for being heterosexual, I really struggle a lot with internalised homophobia due to how hateful my nation can be and I desperately wish T can help with that rather than just telling me "the bone of the issue is you don't accept yourself".
She means well but
how the heck do I accept myself as a Queer Person of Colour when positive potrayals of LGBT people are censored in my nation and I've not found a home in
local messageboards... I'm rambling, sorry.
Wow, you're so brave for showing your T such a personal poem!

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Originally Posted by artemis-within
I am so grateful that our very own couch is a safe place to talk about this!

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I'm grateful too!