Do you think being GLBT has made you more open minded?

Question

Do you think you would be as willing to embrace diversity and open your mind to as many things if you were straight?
I guess what I'm trying to say is, since GLBT people are still considered a minority by today's standards, do you think that marginalization has led towards our desire to seek out other minority groups and learn from them, thus increasing our open mindedness?

Answer 1

No. I've always had an open mind to difference. However, personally I am a little neurotic. So little things tick me off. (shrug)

I don't know. Can't imagine what it would be like to be straight.

In the GLBT community, people are marginalized by our own. I think its human nature. I strive for equality though.

Answer 2

In my case, I'd say the answer is yes. Being a lesbian, and working in several very diverse offices (especially the one I work in now...5 gay people, including myself, white/black/Asian/Latino...in an office of only around 30). At the same time, my thinking that being part of any minority might make one more open-minded has been proved wrong many times. I've come across many minorities that are prejudiced towards others. One would think struggling against discrimination might make one more sensitive.

Answer 3

Definitely. I don't know how much more open-minded, accepting, and diversity-conscious I've become since I've come to know the GLBT community. It's one of the things I love about it (when we aren't being mean and separatist)- it's a haven for all sorts of people, and my life has certainly been changed for the better.

I just can't imagine being straight and feeling the way I do about things now . . .

Answer 4

That's a tough one. My partner and I are VERY conservative for the most part, which tends to surprise a lot of people. Most in the GLBT community tend to be very open minded about a lot of issues. I can only speak for me personally. I am more open minded than I was since I have been with my partner. However, I still have a very conservative mind set in MANY areas and I don't see me being swayed very easy. I don't see my sexual preference as having much to do with my mindset.

Answer 5

I definetly feel it has made me more open minded. Because of all of the discrimination, the way people judge a book by its cover, being an "outkast", all of the things i have experienced especially being black gay and a stud has changed the way i look at other minority groups and it has made me be more willing and want to learn more about what is different instead of judging it and looking the other way. I think my family has also become more open minded also because i fit into of one of the other smaller categories of minorities....It has hit close to home for them so they aren't so quick to judge because it could be their sister or aunt or daughter or niece...!

Answer 6

I think that it could. I am straight but I have a foot fetish and I believe that my awareness that I am different from a lot of other people has made me much more willing to accept anyone's differences no matter what they are. Believe me I understand what its like to feel different. As a result I'd feel like I do gravitate towards diverse peoples and 'unusual' people. I think it has forced me, for better I hope, to view others in a more understanding way.

Answer 7

I've always been extremely opened minded because my parents raised me that way. Dealing with other factors (how some people react to my parents because they are deaf) also has an effect on everything. Bisexual is just another thing that's handy for acceptance.

Maybe it's a craving for acceptance that breeds people who are more willing to accept others.

Answer 8

Definitely.

I can't even imagine being straight. I'd probably be a lot more narrow.. in part because I'd probably have never left little old Hartford Michigan. I'd be stuck there with my wife and kids in my own little world, tied down and used up..

I'm gonna give myself nightmares with that kind of talk. Hahaha.. but who knows? Maybe I'd have been a nice, open-minded straight man.

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Answer 9

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Answer 10

I can't honestly call myself GLBT or straight, rather undecided and a bit confused, but my confusion has made me want to reach out to others. I want to unite with others who aren't being treated fairly by everyone.