To Perceive Or Not Perceive...

[lupestripe]

In all honesty, is it obvious that I am gay?

Some people think that it is obvious in my mannerisms yet others tell me that they wouldn't have known unless I had told them.

In the end, I am just me so I am not bothered. I was just interested how I came across lols.

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[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

I don't know really, I am just me. I have always struggled with who I am and indeed have a deep-seated revulsion of myself because of it. It took me ten years to accept I was gay, which is a long time in anyone's book and now I am sure, it's one of the few things in my life that I am sure about.

The thing that interested me is how it is obvious that I am. I don't think my mannerisms are that gay at all yet some people have told me it is obvious and others say that it is not. This implies to me that the state of perception between people is different and how they judge perceived homosexuality is. But then what is the difference, is it life experience or how it relates to who they are?

If I met you, I would have thought you were straight but then I don't really judge these things so I am not the best assessor.