Jess and I went to Pride this weekend. It was our second time going together. Priot to last year, I didn’t give much thought to Pride and couldn’t even have told you when it was. Last year, Jess and I hadn’t been dating very long, and it was fun to experience Pride but I still felt like a bit of an outsider.
Since last year, I have fully come out as a lesbian. I identify as a lesbian even though I know I am attracted to men as well. I’m am committed to a monogamous relationship with a woman and I feel more comfortable identifying as a lesbian than as bisexual. I often feel like I need to defend myself about this, but Jess reminds me that how I identify is completely up to me. (She identifies as bi.)
Also since last year, I have become engaged to a woman. Jess and I haven’t picked the exact date, but we plan to marry in the summer on 2017.
These two things make me feel like I really belong at Pride, and this year I didn’t feel like an outsider.
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