Respecting Sexual and Gender Orientation

Everyone is different, and this goes for someone's gender and sexual orientation. If someone identifies with being Lesbian, Bisexual, Homosexual, Gay, Queer, Heterosexual, Transgender, Pansexual, Asexual other, you need to respect that they know who they are. If someone is questioning, you also need to respect where they are in their lives and that the are uncertain.

Either way, people don't need labels and shouldn't have to have them. If everyone just mutually respected each other, and that everyone has their own preferences, views, and what turns them on, all these prejudices and irritating statements people make would cease to exist. Unfortunately many people are not educated on the LGBT community and tend to judge us.

So the next time you ask someone out and get rejected, it's not always because of the way you present yourself, it can be thousands of factors. Rejection is a part of life and using excuses or getting mad when someone says oh I'm gay/straight ect. doesn't mean you should question their orientation or continue to ask them. Move on, the right person will give you a chance, if they feel mutually interested.

Some websites that can help you with LGBT questions are:

http://gogayhawaii.com/oahu/resources/
https://www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights
http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/10-things-my-sexual-orientation-is-not/