It's NOT another obsession, I really do like other girls!

AWESOMENESSFTW4444 · Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:01 am Post subject:

Sexuality wasn't a very big part of my life until the 8th grade. I'm a very talented artist, mainly when it comes to drawing people. This is when my mom decided to confront me, telling me that I was probably a lesbian towards the end of my 8th grade year, since I mostly drew women. I spent pretty much the entire summer thinking, and not knowing that it actually was true that I was a lesbian. It wasn't that hard because both of my parents are VERY accepting and tolerant people. Even then, I still believed I felt attracted to men, so I labeled myself as bi at the beginning of the 9th grade.

Throughout most of 2011, believed that I really was bi, and I've been through many different relationships, having been exposed to a larger grade, and attending parties and meeting people who wanted to date me. After one rough relationship with a guy, I finally opened my eyes to my real sexuality. In the many relationships I was in, I rarely had any sexual fantasies; I rarely dated any girls. The only sexual fantasies I did have only involved other girls. Being a teenager, I tend to look at very provocative and suggestive things on the internet; every one of the ones I enjoyed involved girls. In fact, just walking down the street I could figure out which gender I found more attractive. I doubted it at first because it may have been the aftermath of a bad relationship, but I finally realized that it wasn't resulting from anything, it was just how I felt to begin with.

At this point my parents did believe that I was bi after seeing me with so many guys. So they seemed a little confused when I told them myself that I was a lesbian. Mom told me that it might just be some sort of 'phase'. She then said that it's maybe 'all this anime stuff going to your head'. I will admit that I like anime, in fact I mostly watch anime when I do watch cartoons. But I don't think it's an obsession. Having AS, the people who know I have it often assume that I have very focused obsessions on certain things, which I don't think I do. I like pretty much what other teenagers like; music, the internet, video games, and sometimes even cartoons. And I haven't watches cartoons in MONTHS so it really bothered me when mom said that this 'anime stuff' was probably going to my head. She was accepting of me being a lesbian before, and she's still accepting of people in the LGBT community. So why isn't she fully accepting of me?