Can Hilary Cass tell us what "confusion about sexuality" is without being homophobic? Which sexualities are "confused"? Is this just young people who don't know yet? Questioning is not confusion. Or is this when a patient states their sexuality and the clinician disagrees?
Younger people often experience emotions and physical feelings that they don’t have the maturity to analyse. Does wanting to be like someone mean you fancy them? Does thinking your female friend is pretty mean you have a crush on her? Does getting excited at some glimpse of lesbian porn make you a lesbian? It can be a bit of a maelstrom at that age, and that’s without the societal impact of fear of homophobia, Jesus says no, whatever.
@FondOfBeetles @Alex_Autistic Cant believe were having to explain the basics of sexuality discovery to supposed LGBT allies/activists.
@IainFletcher8 @FondOfBeetles @Alex_Autistic This person already knows..
@IainFletcher8 @FondOfBeetles @Alex_Autistic Many of them probably never had a normal path of sexual discovery, what many of us take for granted as part of growing up they may have not experienced, or they processed differently (or not at all). But it still strange they can't understand how simple Emma makes it.
@IainFletcher8 @FondOfBeetles @Alex_Autistic Their phrasing suggests they think that 'questioning' your sexuality is some rational straight forward analytical process rather than a process that can take you on a confusing journey that Emma described very well.
@IainFletcher8 @FondOfBeetles @Alex_Autistic Or even just the basics of being a teenager.