What is your sexual preference?

Vida May said:
What is your gender? Are you transgender? Please describe your sexual orientation or sexual identity in anyway you want". "How do you describe your sexual orientation or gender identity"

Our choices are
Same-gender loving
Same-sex loving
Lesbian
Gay
Bisexual
Straight
Pansexual
Asexual
Queer
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I'm neither racist nor sexist. I take all of them as sexual partners. Or better, I would if I were not married.
 
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Dave03 said:
I've had to answer some questions on forms from time to time. I just check 'male' and move on.

How a person identifies is their business, and I'm not going to get in a twist over it.
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Thank you. When these sexual questions started I wrote on the form "private information". We are now given the choice of not answering. I am so glad our privacy values were acknowledged.
 
keedge said:
Hahaha - I like that no one actually answered the original question or filled out the information. Just went on rants about it. Too funny. :cool:
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You truly are new here! :ROFLMAO:

Anyway, I'll answer. I'm gay, and I'm guessing I skipped this thread in 2024 because it was just after Pride month where my lifestyle was called a "scourge" and "disgusting" in a Pride thread. Thankfully, there were many members who didn't agree.
 
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I make sure to just click "Straight", no need to further encourage modern silliness.

Although, once I did admit to being "Pregnant" on a questionnaire I had to fill out in the dentist's office. Lol.
I was in a fun mood, and was tired of filling out a mini book that I just filled out last time I was there. I still get a chuckle wondering when they will notice it.
 
If they're giving that many options i find it interesting they did not have the option of "intersex". An estimated 1.7% of population is born intersex. That may not sound like a lot but when you consider the total world population, it is over 138 million people.

It is not always obvious, tho the physical appearance of some intersex people can get them misidentified as transgender, which can make them targets of prejudice despite the fact they had no choice in the matter. And some transgender people, especially decades ago,were born intersex (having ambiguous sexual characteristics) and parents accepted doctors recommendations (in some cases doctors didn't consult with parents, just informed them after) to 'fix' it based on the most prominent features without looking at chromosomes or hormonal data. Later it became clear they'd guessed wrong further complicating what would have been problematic for the individual.
 
The community clinic where I live asks such questions but has an option to not answer. I feel that only general questions about my current health, past medical conditions, allergies, surgeries, and the like should be necessary when pre-registering for a doctor visit.

The only time the doctor may need to know about my personal sexual matters would be if I directly ask for medical treatment or advice on a specific sexually related issue or dysfunction, and even then, he should only only such questions which are necessary to investigate my concerns.
 
feywon said:
If they're giving that many options i find it interesting they did not have the option of "intersex". An estimated 1.7% of population is born intersex. That may not sound like a lot but when you consider the total world population, it is over 138 million people.

It is not always obvious, tho the physical appearance of some intersex people can get them misidentified as transgender, which can make them targets of prejudice despite the fact they had no choice in the matter. And some transgender people, especially decades ago,were born intersex (having ambiguous sexual characteristics) and parents accepted doctors recommendations (in some cases doctors didn't consult with parents, just informed them after) to 'fix' it based on the most prominent features without looking at chromosomes or hormonal data. Later it became clear they'd guessed wrong further complicating what would have been problematic for the individual.
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They were referred to as "hermaphrodites" which according to Google Search's AI:
Hermaphrodites don't exist. That is an outdated term implying that a person is both fully male and fully female, which isn't biologically possible. In fact, many people who are intersex consider that term derogatory and stigmatizing. Intersex and being intersex are the correct terms.
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When I worked at the Sheriff's Dept. inmates that fell into this category were housed in a medical-isolation cell, in either the male or female section, depending on which the inmate most closely resembled.
 
Nathan said:
They were referred to as "hermaphrodites" which according to Google Search's AI:

When I worked at the Sheriff's Dept. inmates that fell into this category were housed in a medical-isolation cell, in either the male or female section, depending on which the inmate most closely resembled.
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Thanks for adding info. I knew about the outdated hermaphrodite term being considered offensive for the same reason i knew the statistic. I've been watching an Australian documentary series called "You Can't Ask That" on Netflix where the people making it ask people online to list questions they'd ask members of various 'groups' of people but don't because the questions might be intrusive, offensive, or they don't even realize they know members of certain groups.

Each show has about 6 varied representatives of the group who read the 'anonymously' submitted questions of cards and any of them who wish to answer do. The diversity of appearance, attitude, humor in even such a small sampling is often a contradiction of stereotypes. But usually they have at least two or three be people are either well informed in general or have made it a priority to learn what they can about their specific demographic.

I've found it both entertaining, because many of the people answering have interesting personalities and good senses of humor and informative because of learning new info. Tho a couple of episodes have had me in tears, as people recount bad treatment by others or their struggles with their own emotions.

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Forgot to mention that it is possible some of the negative associations with being intersex may be related to the days when people with visibly different bodies had trouble finding work except as circus, 'carny' sideshow acts. No doubt intersex people got billed as 'Hermaphrodites'.
 
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George1959 said:
I never have been asked such questions. But if I am at a new specialist, the questionaire always asks "are you pregnant?" There is no "only for females". Maybe the next time I'll mark "yes" and add "with ideas".
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Since the age question (or DOB)is usually before the pregnancy one i have a couple of times since i've been past 70 yrs been a smart ass and said things like "If i am it'll be big news or 'see surgical history'-- because 2 of the 3 surgeries i've ever had involved my reproductive organs being disabled and removed.
 
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feywon said:
Since the age question (or DOB)is usually before the pregnancy one i have a couple of times since i've been past 70 yrs been a smart ass and said things like "If i am it'll be big news or 'see surgical history'-- because 2 of the 3 surgeries i've ever had involved my reproductive organs being disabled and removed.
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My reproductive organs are still there, but I don't use them anymore.
 
Nathan said:
Lol. I recently had a medical appointment, and as always they emailed me a post-appointment questionnaire . This time Kaiser also included a short survey, asking me to indicate how I "identify as". I'm thinkin: I've been a patient of theirs for 46 years, if they don't know by now then they weren't paying attention anyways. View attachment 354704
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I've been with Kaiser for as long as you have, don't recall getting any questions like that. I wonder what difference it makes.
 
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