QSA 4 LYFE

So it looks like us Muskequeers will be running our school's Queer-Straight Alliance next year!
We are so delighted to have been presented with this opportunity.

We've talked over a few ideas for possible meetings & events - discussing local queer events & protests, bringing in guest artists, & of course planning our usual QSA events like the Unity Conference & the Day of Silence.

What would you want your QSA to do or discuss? (We'll particularly value your suggestions if you actually go to our school, but any ideas will be helpful.)

Dear Sexy Boys in my Life

Dear sexy boys in my life,

If you think "oh she's a dyke, she'd never go for me..." then you are probably WRONG.
Because of late, all I can do is check out boys. I don't know why, & I don't care why, I just want you all to know that if you are a boy, & I know you, then I have probably admired your ass many a time in recent weeks. Especially if you are Cayenne, Caen, or Tira. (Yay for codenames!)

Much much love,
Cadence the Omnisexual Polyamourous Femmy Boy-lover.

ps. But no facial hair. I will not tolerate facial hair. Eew.

I'm flattered you think so, but actually, no.

Dear readers, I pose a question to you:
What does it mean to "seem gay"?

I ask because I've been told repeatedly that I do, in fact, seem gay, but few people are able to tell me why. Here are some of the attempts at explanations I've received in the past:
"You are just one of those girls who is not gay but destined to be hit on by girls all their lives."
"Maybe it's all the bright colors you wear? You do seem to really like rainbows."
"You're so involved with the queer community, I just assumed!"

To which my rebuttals usually go something like:
(whiny voice) "But whyyyy?!?"
"Aren't I allowed to like bright colors? It's an aesthetic thing, not a sexual thing."
"Well of course I'm involved in the queer community! I'm bisexual, & 80% of my friends are queer!"

I have no shame surrounding my sexuality. I just don't want males to write me off as a lesbian, especially if I like them, because it limits me, & that is scary. Just as a well-rounded hetero man wants to date both blonde & brunette ladies in his lifetime, a well-rounded bi chick like myself wants to date both men & women in hers.

Many homosexuals, especially femme lesbians, have issues communicating their gayness to the outside world because they simply don't "read as" gay. But what about me, the Kinsey-2 who never seems to "read as" straight, even when she wants to?

I don't know what any of this means, but I'd really like it if one day I figured out the answer to my initial question: Why do I "seem gay"?