Deandra Howard

I think that was a great time to bring me in. So I am engaged. I have been engaged for a long time to a man. However, I identify as bisexual. And so I think I am an Amazing example of how I present as somebody that is hetero or that passes as straight. And people are quick to label me as straight.

I think that was a great time to bring me in. So I am engaged. I have been engaged for a long time to a man. However, I identify as bisexual. And so I think I am an Amazing example of how I present as somebody that is hetero or that passes as straight. And people are quick to label me as straight.

But really, my lived experience and who I am and where my attractions fall, I am bisexual and I have my whole life. So this is something that a lot of people struggle with in my life because I have a wonderful, loving fiance that is a man. And so I think a lot of people have a hard time understanding how that can mean that I am still bisexual.

But really, my lived experience and who I am and where my attractions fall, I am bisexual and I have my whole life. So this is something that a lot of people struggle with in my life because I have a wonderful, loving fiance that is a man. And so I think a lot of people have a hard time understanding how that can mean that I am still bisexual.

But I think it opens the door for conversations with a lot of people. And by the end of the conversation, they're like, yeah, I do think that you're bisexual. I do think that you're gay. So I think it's just... I think I'm a good example of don't judge a book by its cover. Don't label a book by its cover. And I do think that there are stereotypes for straight people that I fall under.

But I think it opens the door for conversations with a lot of people. And by the end of the conversation, they're like, yeah, I do think that you're bisexual. I do think that you're gay. So I think it's just... I think I'm a good example of don't judge a book by its cover. Don't label a book by its cover. And I do think that there are stereotypes for straight people that I fall under.

And I fall under stereotypes for bisexual people. I have a nose ring. That's a common one that people make a joke about. And even a common... A common stereotype about bisexual women is that they are dating or engaged or married to a straight man. So I fall under that stereotype, too. But that doesn't diminish my experience by any means. Yeah, I think that was a great time to call me in, Stan.

And I fall under stereotypes for bisexual people. I have a nose ring. That's a common one that people make a joke about. And even a common... A common stereotype about bisexual women is that they are dating or engaged or married to a straight man. So I fall under that stereotype, too. But that doesn't diminish my experience by any means. Yeah, I think that was a great time to call me in, Stan.

no okay oh i can go ahead for just go ahead yeah go ahead sure i think it's it's obviously it's religion it's ethnicity it is race and it is age like we think about even you know yeah yeah we like to joke on this podcast a lot we're the young ones you guys are the old ones like it's really easy to but really um uh i have 110

no okay oh i can go ahead for just go ahead yeah go ahead sure i think it's it's obviously it's religion it's ethnicity it is race and it is age like we think about even you know yeah yeah we like to joke on this podcast a lot we're the young ones you guys are the old ones like it's really easy to but really um uh i have 110

three-year-old participants, they would look at you and they would call you young. So really in the scheme of things where we label ourselves, where we label other people, it is so subjective. And when we think about, um, Like even religion, you don't know in the scheme of things how involved they are in their church or their practice or in their community.

three-year-old participants, they would look at you and they would call you young. So really in the scheme of things where we label ourselves, where we label other people, it is so subjective. And when we think about, um, Like even religion, you don't know in the scheme of things how involved they are in their church or their practice or in their community.

Or I even think about like immigrants a lot where they may have come from a culture where it's completely immersed in their culture and now they're here and it's different. It's different and you may go to the same church here, but it will be with different people and a different culture and things will be practiced differently.

Or I even think about like immigrants a lot where they may have come from a culture where it's completely immersed in their culture and now they're here and it's different. It's different and you may go to the same church here, but it will be with different people and a different culture and things will be practiced differently.

And so I just think in the scheme of things, really like zooming out and looking at the bigger picture, we have no idea where people are or where. where they fall unless they tell us and communicate with us about that. And that's why I think the pronouns in the emails are a great opportunity to just effectively communicate clearly with no ifs, ands, or buts.

And so I just think in the scheme of things, really like zooming out and looking at the bigger picture, we have no idea where people are or where. where they fall unless they tell us and communicate with us about that. And that's why I think the pronouns in the emails are a great opportunity to just effectively communicate clearly with no ifs, ands, or buts.

This is what this person would like to be labeled as. That's just my two cents on it.

This is what this person would like to be labeled as. That's just my two cents on it.

You know, I would agree with that wholeheartedly. I think that when I... speak to people and i talk about some of these things there is not a connection made between politics and health it is it's just there uh i remember this is so funny i remember when i used to not like uh certain certain governmental bodies

You know, I would agree with that wholeheartedly. I think that when I... speak to people and i talk about some of these things there is not a connection made between politics and health it is it's just there uh i remember this is so funny i remember when i used to not like uh certain certain governmental bodies