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Mary Gonzalez, Texas' Only Openly Gay Legislator, Comes Out As Pansexual |
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Written by Instinct Staff |
Friday, 10 August 2012
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We priority mailed a muffin basket (no pun intended) to the incredible Texas State Rep. Mary Gonzalez when she became the state's first openly LGBT representative back in May. Now we're readying another congratulatory basket and adding a "P" to our vibrant acronym as Rep. Gonzalez has ditched the "L" to fully come out as pansexual.
Rep. Gonzalez revealed her true self in an interview with Dallas Voice, which reports:
Gonzalez said she identifies as “pansexual,” an orientation many would call bisexual, except pansexuals don’t believe in a gender binary and can be attracted to all gender identities. Gonzalez said she doesn’t believe in a gender binary because “gender identity isn’t the defining part of my attraction.”
After coming out as bisexual at 21, Gonzalez said a few years later she started dating “gender-queer” and transgender people, and later identified as pan.
“As I started to recognize the gender spectrum and dated along the gender spectrum, I was searching for words that connected to that reality, for words that embraced the spectrum,” Rep. Gonzalez said. “At the time I didn’t feel as if the term bisexual was encompassing of a gender spectrum that I was dating and attracted to.”
Congratulations, Rep. Gonzalez!
(Source: Dallas Voice; Image)
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