So a lot of people have asked me as to why I am bicurious and not straight or gay, and I'll tell you that, as well as how I knew I was bi.
So, first, let's go back to late August. It's a new school year, I'm a senior, it's a great first day. I'm seeing a lot of new students and holy shit, I see hot guys in some of my classes that I've never seen before. Throughout the year, I've gotten close enough to them where if I were walking down the hall and saw them, we would say "hi" to each other. One day in late November, I just sit in my bed thinking about it because I think that I'm gay, but then within ten minutes, I remember that I'm still attracted to women. I thought about it all. I was romantically into men, but sexually attracted to women. I knew at that moment I was bi. I came out to my family, then my closest friends, followed by my social media followers. I didn't post on Facebook because I do have some relatives that would think of me in a negative way if I told them, and specifically, I'm referring to my severally conservative, racist, anti-LGBT grandmother and her sister, who is also the same way. A lot of people congratulated me on coming out, and surprisingly, a good number of them were conservatives who recognized that not being straight wasn't a matter of their political views, but rather what makes the people they enjoy being around happy. I'm currently single and wouldn't mind dating men or women and it has made life so much easier for me.
Now, the reason I am bi and not gay or straight is first off, I'm attracted to both genders, as I've already mentioned, but how do you know you're straight if you haven't dated a person of the same sex? It really makes you wonder about your sexuality and really question if you're straight, and I think there will come a point where being "curious" will be the norm as opposed to being attracted to the opposite sex right out of the gate.
