Are labels important to you?

Labels are labels. They don't really do anything but tell others about you. I guess if you don't let yourself get depressed or let the labels define you, then I suppose they're fine.

 

They are way too important too me. I wish I could just throw away all labels and live happily ever after with a girlfriend. I can't. I constantly obsess about whether I like men or not. It's horrible.

 

(This is an arrow pointing at my orientation/gender) well evidently not.

 

Is very important to me! It's a identity...
But exist people don't like, is all right! Each people is unique and every have your opnion!

 

I think it's up to you if you want a label or not. Ultimately labels are there for the individual and no one else, so if you want one, you can have one, if not, that's fine too!

Personally I like putting a label on myself, joining that community and having a flag to fly. But it's all personal choice.

 

I like them because they help me categorize things. I'm not going to impose labels on people, but when it comes to myself, I'll use enough. (Of course, going the other way around and having way too many labels is extremely annoying.)

 

I like clear communication and see no reason why we should use overly simplistic language when discussing sexuality, if we have no problem using far more precise definitions elsewhere. It can be confusing, but I am not giving in to half-baked arguments about being unable to explain sexuality and gender when those same people who complain have no qualms with practically any other field's terms.

 

I appreciate the existence of the word "bisexual" to identify myself to others.
I'm definitely on board with anyone who says being gay (or anything else) is a part of who they are and a part of their life.
I acknowledge that labels have a purpose.

I just kind of wish we lived in a world where they didn't matter, and no one cared, and we could just love whoever came along. And I don't think you need a label to know who you are. I could say, "I can fall in love with a person regardless of their gender," and that would mean exactly what "I'm bi" means to me.

 

Yes, the people who are against labels are either lazy, or do not understand identity and the mechanics of inequality.

 

I am a black american gay agnostic atheist cis male short geek introvert and i am ok with that. i know that labels are used to help identify things and people. we call forks "forks" to help distinguish them from knives. If we called all utensils "forks", we could end up with any number of unwanted tools at our disposal.

So i understand that labels are important in that sense, but i also feel that people put too much emphasis on them. Yes, im gay and it took my 22 long harsh years to finally come to terms with that, but that is only one part of what makes me me. There are people "out there" who automatically add stereotypes to individuals because of a label they choose to own. I may be an atheist, but i don't eat babies for breakfast, i don't worship satan, and i know that religion is important to some people so i don't mind it all that much (only when it attacks the rights of individuals).

That is why i believe most of us choose to just be ourselves, "label-less", and allow people to view us as we really are instead of how society's preconceived notions say we are... that's just my take on the whole label/non-label discussion... :icon_bigg

 

They are important to me in defining what I am, which is a boy. But who I love is not the same as what I am, so I don't care about sexuality labels really. Just gender.

 

No...I yearn for the days when we would all just point and grunt.

 

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it appears that a lot of people here don't like them, but i do. :3

they helped me through a lot, gave me clearance and information. i like to put things in figurative boxes.

my girlfriend is genderfluid, so she will feel like a boy one day and like 'herself' the other. i don't mind, not at all.

so yes, i love labels. it's because i have a disorder that causes me to need structure. but i won't ever, never, tell you you're wrong about your gender, sexuality, whatever, because of your label. i have changed my label trice in two years, so why bother telling others it's wrong. it isn't.

 

I think that they are important to understand what makes a person comfortable. As long as they are defining themselves as such and not pushing a label on someone else. That being said, I really wish that there was no need for labels in this world. A person is just a person to me. It doesn't matter who you like or who you feel you are. You are you and that is all that should matter. If everyone was just accepted, then there would be no need for labels, and I would love that. But as it is, I do think that they are important, if only to help the people who are using them.

 

People don't like labels unless it's the label they want. If you label someone gay they get mad, but if you label them smart and independent then they're totally cool with. People wouldn't mind the label if nothing bad came with it, it seems to like the people not the label that are the issue.

 

Labels are limiting to the uniqueness of a person.

 

What is the point in labels ?

 

I kind of can't say " I don't want to be labeled" because society always wants to put people in a box, and for me it's " Black Gay, and Atheist." I don't live on other people's terms, so no, they aren't important to me.

 

Yes, it's nice to have a shorthand description with which to help conceptualize things. I just don't like the pressure of trying to find, or conform to, a given label. That and the accompanying stereotypes, of course.