Identifying as bisexual/queer and telling people about it really helped me deal with some of my issues with dating and men. I realized that, when I was involved with men, I was interacting with them as though I was straight and "normal" and they were a part of showing that I could have "regular" relationships. It was…

There's already a word for "hetero-amorous" in use - it's heteroromantic and comes with homoromantic, biromantic, panromantic variations (without the "lustful" connotations of "amorous".) It's used in asexual communities to indicate not sexual but romantic attraction, but I think it's a useful thing for everyone to…