“I get that labels can be important.” “They connect us. They help create community,” Leah says. “I can see what you’re saying. If the world was perfect, maybe we wouldn’t need labels. But the world isn’t perfect, and labels can really be a source of pride—especially when we’ve got to deal with so much crap. I’m really freaking proud to be a lesbian.”
I totally get this. The second I learned what bisexual meant when I was a kid I was like -that’s got to be me, right? I don’t like only the one gender I’m "supposed to like”,- but it still didn’t completely accurately describe how I felt, so after a while, I just avoided a label for it. Bisexual was close, but not fully. Then, years later, I found out about what pansexual was and it instantly clicked. That one word, that label, makes me feel understood.
