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Cass Identity Model - which stage are YOU at?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by Amerigo, Jul 9, 2013.

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which stage?

  1. Identity Confusion

    1 vote(s)
    1.8%
  2. Identity Comparison

    5 vote(s)
    9.1%
  3. Identity Tolerance

    8 vote(s)
    14.5%
  4. Identity Acceptance

    31 vote(s)
    56.4%
  5. Identity Pride

    19 vote(s)
    34.5%
  6. Identity Synthesis

    18 vote(s)
    32.7%
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  1. Gibson85

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    I'm pretty much at 6. Pretty comfortable with myself on most days being proud to be Gay and Ftm. (still have my days tho I hate looking in a mirror)
     
  2. RedMage

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    I am at 4 and 6, I don't think I'll ever 'get' to 5 because I don't feel the need to entirely divide and isolate myself from people who are heterosexual. I still think I am struggling a bit with accepting that I am bisexual but I feel I have made progress.
     
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    I skipped 2 and 3. I had no trouble accepting it, I'm more worried about other people accepting it.
     
  4. Amerigo

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    exactly! i thought the last 2 stages were a bit odd, like i didn't feel comfortable with how it's supposed to turn out.
     
  5. Hun

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    I'm a 4 through and through. I'll tell people my sexuality when they ask.
     
  6. PurpleRain

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    I feel like I go back and forth between 3 and 4 a lot... :frowning2:
     
  7. Ang

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    Probably, to the majority of people, four. I fully accept my attraction to women and have no issue with it myself, but like other say do worry about some people I'm not out to thinking the same!

    I don't like five either as I really don't see isolation in that way as being a positive step

    To some people, the people I'm completely out to, I'm maybe a bit more like a six. BEing with my ex or going to a gay bar etc. would just naturally come into the conversation as something I did at the weekend in the same way they'd talk about their partners.
     
  8. kem

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    Probably at 6. I am happy to be gay and it's shaped me a lot, but in the end it's just my sexual preference. I don't feel the need to come out to everyone, but I'm at the stage of acceptance where I could blurt it out and not feel ashamed of myself.
     
  9. George

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    I put 5, although there are times that I slip back to 4.
     
  10. BradThePug

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    For my sexual orientation, I would say that I am between stage 5 and 6. For gender, I would I am between stages 3,4 and 5 with an occasional dash of 6.
     
  11. BlueLines

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    I am between 4-6 depending on who I'm around and the day.
     
  12. Amerigo

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    update: Identity Acceptance taking the lead
     
  13. Diego89

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    Mmm definitely 4. Tho I would like to skip stage 5 if possible and just get to 6, hopefully soon!!!
     
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    Yeah, the model assumes that society is heterosexist to the extent that it impairs the livelihood of LGBT people, which I think is only occasionally true where I am and definitely not for me. But it's been nearly 35 years since it was created, so no bother.
     
  16. BryanM

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    I'm at 5 and 6. I feel proud about myself, but I also believe that my sexuality is only one thing about me, and there's so much more about me besides it.
     
  17. Oddish

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    I'm at a 5-6 with my sexuality. I accept it in full, I'm happy that I'm attracted to a variety of people, and it doesn't bother me nor complicate my life.

    I'm at 2-4 with gender. I feel shame at times because I'm trans*, but I can tolerate it to a certain degree. I'm unsure if it will ever be something I can accept and have peace with completely.
     
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    With my gender identity, I'm up and down between 2 and 4. I'm pretty OK with who I am/might be, but I'm not 100% on it.
     
  19. Sarcastic Luck

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    I bounce between 1 and 3 when it comes to gender. Depends on the day.

    I've always liked men, so that's a nonissue.