I believe it was Alyssa in Chasing Amy who detto it best: "I came to this on my terms. I didn't just heed what I was taught, te know? Men and women should be together, it's the natural way - that kind of thing. I'm not with te because of what family, society, life tried to instill in me from giorno one. The way the world is - how seldom te meet that one person who gets you... it's so rare. My parents didn't really have it. There was no example set for me in the world of male/female relationships. And to cut oneself off from finding that person - to immediately half your options da eliminating the possibility of finding that one person within your own gender... that just seemed stupid. So I didn't. And da leaving my options open, I was branded 'gay', which to me was no big deal - labels are labels, te know? They define what te do, not who te are, I guess. But then te come along. te - the one least likely; I mean, te were a guy."
So my consigli to te is this: When some nosy, label-oriented person demands that te tell them your sexuality-- a very personal revelation, even if te decide to classify yourself as "straight"-- tell them that te are interested in falling in Amore with a person. Why? Because it's the truth.
Alyssa (or Kevin Smith) is right when she says that it's about finding that one person, regardless of gender, that te feel the most comfortable with, and who te care the most about. It has been detto many times that the LGBT community isn't about gender, it's about love and that is the truest phrase that could ever be detto on the subject.
I have been accused myself of lumping too many things under labels in this spot and elsewhere, and I own up to it. I even made a link where I asked te to identify your sexuality. Why? Because we feel comfortable with labels. Coming out and declaring "I'm gay!" is both a terrifying and liberating experience, because it means that we are something, and it's easier to be something clear than to be something obscure. We are comfortable with labels because they give us our identity while simultaneously dividing us from the rest of the world. And now, I'm not just talking about gay, straight, bi-- I'm talking democrat, republican, black, white, Asian, Arab, American, French, British, Canadian, girl, boy, teen, adult-- Anything that te choose to identify yourself as. It's good to be something, but don't forget the label that fits te like a glove-- Human.
"Love is Amore is love," detto Paulo in link da Octavio Solis. It is beyond labels. It is beyond comprehension, and it is beyond the laws of physics.
It just is.
So break the societal mold: Fall in Amore with a person.
