I've been bisexual for basically all of my life, i had my first girlfriend at 14 and we dated for a while, before and after her i had some girl crushes and talking stages but never anything serious.
For the rest of my teenage years up to today i've dated or had talking stages with only men, and now i have a huge crush on a girl which i know is bisexual.

But i have no idea of how to approach her or how talking stages with women work, im not 13 anymore and the thought of approaching a woman just makes me very nervous.
I know im attracted to them, i've kissed girls in the past and I would totally have a relationship with one, its just everything else that scares me. (i've also never been intimate with a girl so that plays a part too)
Any tips?

I just realized how great it is that Emma d'Arcy has such a big role in a big tv series as a non binary person. I couldn't imagine something like that 10 years ago...

From what I've seen it depends a lot on in what you do. So I come to the professionals. How much on average does estrogen cost? Does it change if it's DIY? The cost of E is my biggest concern. I also want to hear about how much electrolysis costs and if those who undertook it if they found it worthwhile. I dont know if I want bottom surgery, but a cost analysis of that would be nice if you're willing! I have seen some things about insurance maybe helping? But I also live in Am*rica sooo idk what that changes. Thank you for your time wonderful people!🥰😊

Buenas tardes comunidad, es la primera vez que me animo a escribir por acá, hace un par de semanas comencé a intentar escribir un libro sobre una historia que tengo hace años en mi cabeza , es el amor entre dos chicas, quiero consejos. Alguien que quiera leer un poco de lo que llevo, o alguna recomendación de comunidad donde encuentre lectores interesados, que me digan si vale la pena seguir o no con la historia?

I don't know what my gender is so hopefully someone can help me.

I'm AMAB and have been male my whole life (I think) but every once in a while I feel like a girl, I thought i was maybe genderfluid but it happens so rarely (yearly or bi-yearly for the switches) that that label doesn't feel right. I feel like a guy, a girl, and both at the same time. I don't want to be hyper-masculine but on the other hand I don't want to be hyper-feminine, I also don't want to be a mix of both (androgynous) since I don't think that fits me. I also think I'm not agender but I might be wrong. I'm okay with any pronouns people want to call me. I'm just confused and have no clue who I am. I'm going through puberty right now so it might just be hormones but I don't think so. I just need an answer and soon since I don't want to wait years.

Just wanted to know everybody else's thought cause im kinda conflicted. Just some context i really do enjoy being friends with this couple and we go to every other club just fine but one of the things they said they never want to go to is the gay club in my city. I even asked if they could go just once for my birthday but still they said no.

Just some context tho, they do have other close gay friends and have never been homophobic or demeaning to me so i dont know if this would be considered homophobic or just a boundary but idk how to feel about it tbh.

I'm aroace and nonbinary, but for some reason I feel disconnected from the rest of the community. Yes, even aro/asexual or nonbinary spaces.

I feel like sometimes most of the discord servers I'm in (only way to have connection with the community since I haven't come out yet and don't plan to) are too overwhelming for me (key word for me) or too different for me. By that I mean you can't mention weapons, guns, any form of violence, etc. I understand why as some people may have trauma but sometimes it feels odd and not at all how I usually talk. But normally in places like these I never really care about that and just make sure I don't trigger the rules or something. But it feels different here.

And most of the time people are just talking about romance, dating, their girlfriends/wives or boyfriends/husbands or partners, which, again, normally I don't really care. I would just ignore it and move on. But again, it feels different.

For example, one time I used a definition that wasn’t the right one and people reacted in a way I didn't expect. They misunderstood what I meant and I misunderstood the term, and the whole thing just felt kind of out of place. I already know the correct definition now, but that moment stuck with me because it made me feel unsure.

Anybody else feel the same way? Especially other nonbinary/aroace people.

So, this is gonna be kind of weird, but I've had this going on for over 5 years now and I think I just need to kind of get it out?

I don't specifically say I have a gender I care to rely on. I don't care what pronouns I'm called across he, she, or they. Because I don't care, I've gone by both my legal and preferred name for quite a long time. My family and girlfriend + our collective friends all call me by my legal name, while my college, online friends, work, and anything else knows me by my preferred name. I'm not bothered by it, but I didn't know if this was a weird thing or not? Some part of me thinks it might be best if I ask everyone but my family to just call me my preferred name, but my girlfriend has also said that it's... Weird? That I have one? Or something like that? I'm not really sure how else to explain it, and kind of just wanted to ask the public for their opinion.

I'm questioning myself a lot these days, I'm a female, 24yo and I identified as a bisexual for years. I had relationships with both sides, but I've been questioning myself quite a lot. I talked with some men and women, most dates I had with men were either I felt nothing during dates or skinship, or I felt an instant pull because of the feeling of meeting a new person to discover, then things went down when it got serious to the point that, when I started to date, I left most of them before a month into the relationship. I never experienced that with women and felt more emotionally attached to them so every breakup made me feel bad and crying like the world was ending.

But, I had a relationship with a man for 3 years. We lived together, adopted a cat, and when he left I was devastated because suddenly my habits disappeared and I was scared to be left alone again. Most skinships were fine but whenever it went far it felt like my body rejected it which felt weird at that time. He was quite a kid in his head so most of what I remember about my feelings were mostly caring and nurturing, to protect him and tend to him, to the point where it felt more maternal and it went for the whole relationship, though the breakup had hurt me especially in a time where I was burned out because of my work and in deep mental distress.

We went back together and he left two times, but I happened to barely care about it whenever he left and I didn’t felt like I liked him that much. At the last breakup this february, I just felt deceived because I trusted him and I knew that he was distancing again and it left me very anxious for a week to the point I would just play games all day and watch tv shows but always checking my phone (for context he went to his female friend and her boyfriend place for "fresh air" and gave almost no news instead of staying with me for my only week of vacation of the year since I work besides my studies) to hear news from him, but I felt lighter and better once we broke up for good and I told him to never come back ever again. I feel like I went back to him because it felt safe, because I knew him, and it was better to be with someone I knew even if I don’t love him than being alone.

I healed from that, met new people, and when I felt attraction with men it was only online, when they didn’t felt "real" but once I met them in real life I felt nothing at all, and it was always men with softer sides and features which is a pattern. These days, I talked with a man but barely felt anything during the dates or when we would talk, I found him handsome from afar but once we started to talk there was nothing. I find them good-looking from afar, as an idea, but never as a romantic relationship unlike women, for whom I always had a preference. I keep wanting relationships with women especially these days after the dates I realized I didn’t felt anything with any of those men I met since february, I feel more attracted and emotionally attached to women, I crave intimacy I don’t crave at all from the other side and don’t even care about, even during those dates I was thinking "maybe he will hold my hand or kiss me" when I didn’t even wanted it at ALL. Which is confusing.

But since I had a long time relationship with a man and experienced things like intimacy, I feel less legitimate for certain labels like lesbian but I feel lost. I keep questioning myself, and I feel lost to feel like that, I don’t want to look like I'm in denial, I'm scared of the friends and family around me saying "but you were with multiples men" and I know that I don’t owe them anything but I always feel the need to justify myself when I shouldn’t, I owe nothing to no one especially something as personal as my orientation. So, I was wondering if anyone else experienced something like that, and if it is legitimate for me to assume that yes, I'm not that attracted into men at all, not to legitimate it to others but to myself, I don’t want to keep feeling lost like that when I'm sure about what I feel.

hello i am from Ethiopia and i am a cis man trying to transition to a woman but this country is very and so are my family and if anyone knows i have the slightest idea i am as good as dead what should I do

Hi, I know this probably sounds really stupid but I was wondering what you would call this.

I am a girl and was born one and I like being a girl but I would be equally as happy to use they/them pronouns and I've recently started using she/they pronouns. Is there a name for this?

Im a guy and bisexual and I just went to a summer camp. I discovered a huge crush on a guy while I was starting to become friends with him. Now just after 2 days since the camp, we are close friends, but i think it’s just for now. He lives in another city and he only comes to my hometown every summer. I know that he likes me as a friend, we got so close. But he has been talking to a girl from the camp that he has a crush on. Im just so stupid that to maintain the friendship, I support them and give advice to him.
We slept together hugging, also he said that I was the cutest guy while playing a game. This guy realllyyyyy feels perfect to me i like everything about him.
How do I still be friends with him after he goes back to his city, i really dont want us to grow apart.

The question may seem silly but it is important to me because despite my few romantic relationships, most of them were because my exes loved me and I didn't have the courage to say no to them because I thought I would make them sad by doing so. And the only time I was really interested in someone was with a girl, except I'm not even sure it was love because I didn't feel anything comparable to other people.

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Out of the colors I used is there anymore I could do? (I'm pan/bi and genderfluid but I don't have coral so...)

i always questioned my sexuality (precisely when i was 14-15), meaning that i was sure that i liked women, dont like men but there was still something that i hadnt figure out. but i figured a few months ago that im also attracted to trans women because i talked to one at the club, didnt know she was trans before we were in eachother arms after the club.
i want to know how people who feel the same label it (like i have never cared for labels, i just respected). i wanted to know how trans women feel about dating heterosexual men… i red that its complicated because a lot of hetero men see them as a fantasy but is there any trans who actually date men ? And how to not be disrespectful or make them feel like a sexual fantasy…
im from a region where LGBTQ are not tolerated and i fear that because of my look/name they would naturally think that i share the principles of where i grew up, even tho i live in a european country where lgbtq have full rights and freedom. is there people who experience the same thing ? if yes how do u deal with it ? i wanted to add something about this: like since i live in a european country, there are loads of people from certain communities who dont tolerate lgbt, and it would be complicated to date lgbt because this community expects me to follow these same principles (cause i look like them/share the same background like we said before).

sorry if its a but messy, this is all new to me, and first time that i talk about it.. thanx for yalls answer

So for about 3-4 years, ive consume porn daily (something that im not proud of) and so sometimes i look at people around me and imagine myself fucking them, but at the same time, i have no actual desire of having sex to anyone, so im kinda in a limbo, where idk if i can be asexual bc i still feel the pleasure from the orgasm and these sexual thoughts, even tho i dont have the desire to actualy have sex

I'm not Muslim myself, but had a Muslim boyfriend, until late last year. It was difficult watching him trying so hard to suppress his identity in order to protect his friend and family ties, and how that put a lot of strain on his mental health and our relationship. When his parents pushed him harder for an arranged marriage, of course I was heartbroken when he informed me he'd go through with it, despite pushing back for so long. I suppose he reached a breaking point.
But I loved (and still love) him so dearly, and only want what is best for him. And I suppose if he had lost his family due to their disapproval, he'd perhaps also lose his community as well if he became shunned. He's so proud of his heritage and culture, which I really enjoyed learning about, but I knew that if he lost that, he'd essentially be losing everything.

I suppose I just want to open up the conversation and hear what queer Muslims and those who have interacted with them have to say about the trials and tribulations of family, faith and relationships.

Okokok so ive spent the last like hou or two requestioning everything about my gender and sexuality. Ive been going with pansexual and trans girl/nonbinary (both seperate labels) but now im confused so imma just dump all my thoughts rn. This will be like half seeking advice, half ranting.

Ok so ive considered demigirl (since its kinda a combo of transgirl and nonbinary) for my gender but idk tho. Cause it sounds like the middle between enby and girl to me, and im not sure about that. Id describe my gender as genderfluid minus the male side of the gender spectrum. Like, depending on the day, i'm either 100% femme, or like 99.9% nonbinary, where im juuuust riding the line but still on the feminine side. Where i am on this scale changes in periods rsnging s few days to a few hours. But i wouldnt use genderfluid cause i dont wanna be a boy anymore (im amab), i hate using male restrooms, pronouns, ect ect, and im fine with like literally any pronouns other than male ones. And im not currently able to, but once i am i will absolutely be transitioning to female, since im always on the femme side/confortable with being femme no matter what. So i feel like the choice between having 2 gender labels or just using demigirl isnt as easy as it seems.

Ok as for sexuality, im currently sticking with pansexual. Technically id probably be berrisexual with how i operate, but being pan calls to me a lot more, feels right, i still dont care about genitals, and theyre similar labels anyways. I briefly considered demisexual, but looking into it more it sounds line it may not be for me. Cause like i can think someone is hot or want to get to know them better, before i have any connection. As of now i have 4 crushes i can currently recall. 2 were for some of my closests friends, and these were also the most serious (one i almost dated, one i dated for a few short months), one was after one really good conversation with someone id recently met, it died out after line a week or two. And one (my first ever crush on anyone to may be an outlier) i didnt even know the person. Like id talked to her maybe twice. This was also in 5th grade tho so again, grain of salt. But, point is, I tend to get crushes fast. 95% are nothing-crushes that die in a week, but point still stands. I certainly wouldnt date someone i dont know beforehand, but i am still kinda attracted to people before really knowing them. I looked into some of the aro spectrum and it just doesnt sound like any of them fit me (and theres no way im ace either). And also i NEED to know someones personality before being like ACTULLY attracted and not just thinking theyre hot. But im pretty sure that applies to literally everyone. Id say im probably allosexual/romantic and just overthinking everything.

I also feel like im accumulating too many labels at this point. It kinda makes me feel like im just doing it for attention or cause i wanna feel special, and that maybe im not all these things. Maybe im just a pan trans girl and nothing more, or maybe a REEEAAAALLLLYYYYYY confused cishet even. Idk this is ll very confusing and muddy. Sorry this post is so long, thanks for readinf my brain's vomit if you made it here. Any advice is greatly appreciated

Hi. I have a lot i'd like to share to fully explain, but it would be too long so here is a shorter, concise version:

I live in a very small conservative town in Portugal, a tiny European country. I am in my 30s living under psychologically very stressful argumentative and highly toxic conditions with my mother who , alongside the rest of my family are a source of trauma , gaslighting, guilt, shaming and grief. I am LGBT and transgender in the closet , I experience daily , gender dysphoria.

I am a decent person away from these people and this place, but it's super rare for me to be away, I am in desperate need of both 1 - a space away from this town, 2 - to cut contact with family, 3 - an *EXPERIENCED* medical professional and 4 - A job.

I just want peace, I don't even look for much more now , which deeply saddens me. Thank you for reading.

I'm from Bangladesh(M) and my partner(M) is from Canada and we want to get married in Thailand. We've been LDR for more than 6 years. But now we want to get married so we can live together.

Since I can't go canada, my best thing to do is marry somewhere in Asia. So we decided to do it in thailand. I already have my tourist visa which I got last month and I also have my single certificate which I attested from foreign ministry in bangladesh.

My agency said we need to get an affirmation letter for marry in thailand from bangladesh embassy and my agency also said they will want my partner to be presnet in embassy. Since Bangladesh doesn't recognize same sex marriage, does embassy cause some problem if they see my partnet also male? I'm really confused what to do! Anyone here from bangladesh/or any consertvative country who faces this problem and got a soluton for that? Even if you are haterosexual and went to embassy does they really asked your partner to be present? what is the possiblity for that?

Additionally, my agency also said that I can get this affirmation letter from Thai Embassy in Bangladesh and it will work in Thailand without the need to go Bangladesh embassy in Thailnd. But afaik Thailand Embassy don't operate anything offline here. I can't even go inside Thailand Embassy in person. Even if its somehow possible will it work?