Polyamory
I am new to knowing I'm poly (though I've been practicing it for almost 20 years) and have been getting a lot of conflicting information about whether or not I'm included in the LGBTQ community.
The general consensus on reddit seems to be that we aren't part of the LGBTQ community (and they get downright mean if you say or believe otherwise). However my therapist, friends (those that I have told), and daughter say that poly people are. I also get told that I get to decide whether or not I am (which is very unhelpful).
Do you consider being being poly to be part of the LGBTQ+? Should we celebrate Pride Month as if we are? How would one go about that?
Please be kind with your answer; asking this took a lot of courage, because I was hurt so badly by my reddit encounters.
The general consensus on reddit seems to be that we aren't part of the LGBTQ community (and they get downright mean if you say or believe otherwise). However my therapist, friends (those that I have told), and daughter say that poly people are. I also get told that I get to decide whether or not I am (which is very unhelpful).
Do you consider being being poly to be part of the LGBTQ+? Should we celebrate Pride Month as if we are? How would one go about that?
Please be kind with your answer; asking this took a lot of courage, because I was hurt so badly by my reddit encounters.