Intimidated by Rita (298-301) Ambiguous thoughts feel a little bit um, “I open LGBTQ what’s the word, make one feel like an intimidated, I don’t individuals outcast among those know why, um (pause) I whom are open about think, I don’t know why I their sexuality. feel intimidated actually, maybe because of the people I have met are more open about it then I am, so a bit like I’m (whispers) “Wow you’re so open about and it” still dealing with I’m it” Fear of rejection Rita (308-310) Fear that others will scared as well that “I’m people might think, think that the because I’m not quite individual is bluffing openly, I know don’t about their sexual what openly bisexual identity. would even be, but because I come don’t across as being openly bisexual, I don’t want them to think that ‘Oh just a or it’s phase’ ‘It’s not really a thing’” Avoids personal Rita (339-344) Another was of “If there’s any incline conversations that gonna dissociating oneself somebody’s ask me something quite from sexual one’s personal, then I gonna identity get uncomfortable straight away, um so it, there’s certain groups of people I might be with and I might just feel like they’re gonna ask me something personal and I kind of feel really uncomfortable, even if they even if don’t, talking about they’re something that has nothing to do with me, I kind have this odd ‘Please don’t ask me anything personal uh so yea it feeling’ depends” Recognition is rare Rita (389-394) Transgender is rarely “For some reason I feel like it’d be less widely recognised – accepted than being gay transgender is almost is, I know why, don’t an alienated by maybe cause I feel like everyone. quite a drastic thing it’s to be transgender or transsexual or whatever, um I feel like, cause I just feel like that’s, people just wouldn’t be able to deal with that as well, people don’t like
Intimidated by open LGBTQ individuals Rita (298-301) “I feel a little bit um, what’s the word, intimidated, I don’t know why, um (pause) I think, I don’t know why I feel intimidated actually, maybe because of the people I have met are more open about it then I am, so I’m a bit like (whispers) “Wow you’re so open about it” and I’m still dealing with it” Ambiguous thoughts make one feel like an outcast among those whom are open about their sexuality. Fear of rejection Rita (308-310) “I’m scared as well that people might think, because I’m not quite openly, I don’t know what openly bisexual would even be, but because I don’t come across as being openly bisexual, I don’t want them to think that ‘Oh it’s just a phase’ or ‘It’s not really a thing’” Fear that others will think that the individual is bluffing about their sexual identity. Avoids personal conversations Rita (339-344) “If there’s any incline that somebody’s gonna ask me something quite personal, then I gonna get uncomfortable straight away, um so it, there’s certain groups of people I might be with and I might just feel like they’re gonna ask me something personal and I kind of feel really uncomfortable, even if they don’t, even if they’re talking about something that has nothing to do with me, I kind have this odd ‘Please don’t ask me anything personal feeling’ uh so yea it depends” Another was of dissociating oneself from one’s sexual identity Recognition is rare Rita (389-394) “For some reason I feel like it’d be less widely accepted than being gay is, I don’t know why, maybe cause I feel like it’s quite a drastic thing to be transgender or transsexual or whatever, um I feel like, cause that’s, I just feel like people just wouldn’t be able to deal with that as well, people don’t like Transgender is rarely recognised – transgender is almost an alienated by everyone.
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