I cringe in
embarrassment and discomfort when people, getting a hernia straining to be PC,
refer to all those who are not heterosexual, monogamists who only have sex in
the missionary position as "queer"(I feel a cringe coming on right
now). That goes for the straights, the gays and "alternatives" alike.
I am not queer.
I am a magnificently idiosyncratic personality, to be sure, but that has
nothing to do with my sexual orientation. That has to do with me being Doreen.
As for my sexual
orientation: I am Bisexual and Polyamorous. That is
unusual in our societies in our time, but it is not queer.
The very last
thing in the world that I am aiming for is for the BiPoly
way of life to be considered
the habitation of the "queerdos" of
society.
I am convinced that
there will come a time when society-at-large will recognize that the Human
sexual norm is Bisexuality and Polyamory. At such time those practices will be what the
just plain folks do.
In the meantime I
adjure you not degrade people, self-deprecate, or alienate straights by
throwing the sobriquet "queer" around liberally.
Diamonds, as opposed
to quartz, are rare, not queer.
Thank you in advance
for your consideration and cooperation.
Doreen Ellen Bell-Dotan,