not, which in they’re itself is way more disgusting to me” Segregation Daniel (74-75, There is “People do demonise, between sexual 219-222) but people also discrimination within demonise from within minorities the LGBTQ the LGBT community” community as well as outside internal and – external discrimination. The minority of the Daniel (86-87, An outcast from the outcast from “An minority 223-224, outcast if you will, um outcast, feeling with, if they’re the isolated from one’s sexual minority then I’m own community. the minority of the minority” Evasive of new Daniel Avoids unfamiliar if like a family “Uh it’s social interactions party and or like there’s places and people, a party where I don’t otherwise uses alcohol know anyone, gonna it’s to loosen up seems – be like ‘Leave me alone, very self-conscious touch but don’t me’, when meeting others. mainly out of the that’s fact that I don’t know anyone, which is why I rarely go to a party where I don’t know anyone, or I get really, really hammered and that kind of fades” Shame internalised Daniel Being an outcast can be both “Shame for feeling isolated external and internal, within the outcast’s um I did feel a lot of leads to the internal shame about internalisation and demi-sexual cause, I still externalisation of do, because it doesn’t shame towards one’s quite feel real, or it sexuality the – feel legitimate doesn’t individuals feels cause I gone haven’t flawed. through the same struggles that uh other queer people have or like” Shame diminishes Daniel Lacking in annihilates the “It self-confidence I’m, mines due to one fricken low to begin with feeling unlovable? so you know they feel awkward going to say, um just being around family imagine, um I’d in my case it’s fine, in my sisters case fine, it’s we just take the piss” WHAT I am Daniel sexuality is for me I It’s “Like don’t One’s really, I really talk disconnected from don’t about it, just cause to me their identity. just a thing, just it’s it’s what I am”
they’re not, which in itself is way more disgusting to me” Segregation between sexual minorities Daniel (74-75, 219-222) “People do demonise, but people also demonise from within the LGBT community” There is discrimination within the LGBTQ community as well as outside – internal and external discrimination. The minority of the minority Daniel (86-87, 223-224, “An outcast from outcast if you will, um with, if they’re the sexual minority then I’m the minority of the minority” An outcast from the outcast, feeling isolated from one’s own community. Evasive of new social interactions Daniel “Uh if it’s like a family party and or like there’s a party where I don’t know anyone, it’s gonna be like ‘Leave me alone, don’t touch me’, but that’s mainly out of the fact that I don’t know anyone, which is why I rarely go to a party where I don’t know anyone, or I get really, really hammered and that kind of fades” Avoids unfamiliar places and people, otherwise uses alcohol to loosen up – seems very self-conscious when meeting others. Shame internalised for feeling isolated Daniel “Shame can be both external and internal, um I did feel a lot of internal shame about demi-sexual cause, I still do, because it doesn’t quite feel real, or it doesn’t feel legitimate cause I haven’t gone through the same struggles that uh other queer people have or like” Being an outcast within the outcast’s leads to the internalisation and externalisation of shame towards one’s sexuality – the individuals feels flawed. Shame diminishes self-confidence Daniel “It annihilates the I’m, mines fricken low to begin with so you know they feel awkward going to say, um just being around family I’d imagine, um in my case it’s fine, in my sisters case it’s fine, we just take the piss” Lacking in due to one feeling unlovable? It’s WHAT I am Daniel “Like for me I don’t really, I don’t really talk about it, just cause to me it’s just a thing, it’s just what I am” One’s sexuality is disconnected from their identity.
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