Ignorance Is Not Bliss When It Comes To Identities | The Odyssey Online
Start writing a post
Politics and Activism

Ignorance Is Not Bliss When It Comes To Identities

20
Ignorance Is Not Bliss When It Comes To Identities
The LGBTQ+ Flag

Have you seen people use specific sexual words to get people out of their faces? People say they're lesbian when they are more bisexual but no one judges their decisions. Copious number of people have showed their true selves to family members, close friends, friendly teachers or professors, and counselors. Being bisexual is not a phase, and it shouldn’t be labeled as one. People shouldn’t label bisexuality as something that will just pass you by.

Girls that have been labeled as a girl that “doesn’t know what she want in a mate so that makes her a harlot”. Guys that are called “faggots or gay”, yes they’re gay but that doesn’t mean you have the right to use that word as an insult to them. The definition of a “faggot” means a bundle of sticks so using that antithetical term as an insult creating a paradox within the insult. No one has the right to belittle anyone with saying “It’s a phase. You will figure out if you are either straight, gay or lesbian.”

People that call themselves bisexual are usually told that they are “greedy” or “selfish”, which makes no sense how does that make someone greedy or selfish just because they like both male and female. Ignorant people think that bisexual people are going to take their “girls or guys” but all they’re truly doing is looking for someone to accept them and love them as they are. Thomas Gray’s "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College", “No more; where ignorance is bliss,/’Tis folly to be wise.” Gray is stating that being ignorant isn’t bliss that you should get yourself educated about specific ideas and having open minds about people and their sexualities.

Bisexual males and females are the invisible gender, people think that we cannot make up our minds so we don’t deserve to be taken serious. Bisexual people may have a different varities for dating people but it doesn’t mean we get to be treated like we have to choose if we are lesbian, gay or straight. All of the state may be okay with LGBTQ, but specific ignorant people aren’t okay with the idea of a “gay guy” living next door or a “lesbian kissing her girlfriend”. What is wrong with the way we see each other? We are all equal. We have the same internal body parts, even if you have solid gold internal body parts that doesn’t mean you get to make cruel remarks to someone that has the same goal as you.

When you see someone that is getting called a “tramp” or a “fag”, stand up for that person because they’re the ones getting bullied for love either the same sex or both genders and they could always use a friend to help them conquer the fear of being rejected even more. No one deserves that feeling of being rejected. Help someone, anyone. Just help them

smile, because they’re going through harsh times and no one is willing to make the first move to help them move past the harsh times.
Report this Content
This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.
Entertainment

Every Girl Needs To Listen To 'She Used To Be Mine' By Sara Bareilles

These powerful lyrics remind us how much good is inside each of us and that sometimes we are too blinded by our imperfections to see the other side of the coin, to see all of that good.

453386
Every Girl Needs To Listen To 'She Used To Be Mine' By Sara Bareilles

The song was sent to me late in the middle of the night. I was still awake enough to plug in my headphones and listen to it immediately. I always did this when my best friend sent me songs, never wasting a moment. She had sent a message with this one too, telling me it reminded her so much of both of us and what we have each been through in the past couple of months.

Keep Reading...Show less
Zodiac wheel with signs and symbols surrounding a central sun against a starry sky.

What's your sign? It's one of the first questions some of us are asked when approached by someone in a bar, at a party or even when having lunch with some of our friends. Astrology, for centuries, has been one of the largest phenomenons out there. There's a reason why many magazines and newspapers have a horoscope page, and there's also a reason why almost every bookstore or library has a section dedicated completely to astrology. Many of us could just be curious about why some of us act differently than others and whom we will get along with best, and others may just want to see if their sign does, in fact, match their personality.

Keep Reading...Show less
Entertainment

20 Song Lyrics To Put A Spring Into Your Instagram Captions

"On an island in the sun, We'll be playing and having fun"

329487
Person in front of neon musical instruments; glowing red and white lights.
Photo by Spencer Imbrock on Unsplash

Whenever I post a picture to Instagram, it takes me so long to come up with a caption. I want to be funny, clever, cute and direct all at the same time. It can be frustrating! So I just look for some online. I really like to find a song lyric that goes with my picture, I just feel like it gives the picture a certain vibe.

Here's a list of song lyrics that can go with any picture you want to post!

Keep Reading...Show less
Chalk drawing of scales weighing "good" and "bad" on a blackboard.
WP content

Being a good person does not depend on your religion or status in life, your race or skin color, political views or culture. It depends on how good you treat others.

We are all born to do something great. Whether that be to grow up and become a doctor and save the lives of thousands of people, run a marathon, win the Noble Peace Prize, or be the greatest mother or father for your own future children one day. Regardless, we are all born with a purpose. But in between birth and death lies a path that life paves for us; a path that we must fill with something that gives our lives meaning.

Keep Reading...Show less

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Facebook Comments