What is your mental image if I ask you to picture a gay male, or a lesbian, or a hetero male or female? What perceptions do we have of how a person with a specific sexual persuasion looks, acts and dresses? And do they have to be either one or the other?
I’ve been fascinated about the sliding scale of sexuality for a while. For a long time I think that people saw there were two options – straight or gay. Then there were three- straight, gay and bisexual.
I think for many people the lines are not clearly delineated- and we still fall for the tricks of deciding someone with straight or gay from their looks, voice or penchant for fashion.
Last night I hung out with a bunch of straight and gay guys- and it was fascinating- the gay guys looked and acted…well straight. And the straight guys looked and acted…well gay. And I LOVE that. I think we need to get away with these labels “straight acting” or “a little bit camp” and just enjoy being the people are are most free-est being- without having to be labelled sexually depending on our appearance or ability to spot a label from 500 metres…
As for the sliding scale- perhaps very few of us are polar extreme of complete hetero or complete homosexual make up- maybe instead we are 95% one or the other, or 80% or even right bang in the middle…
Eighty Eight Dates by Rachel Goodchild 
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