Ask a Therapist: 4 Lies that Compulsory Heterosexuality Tells Us

Sometimes I wonder how different my life would have been if it hadn't been ASSUMED I was straight. Even today, people I meet think I am heterosexual. I'm past being offended by it, but it always makes me wonder about what assumptions people are making in regard to me, when they assume I am straight.

As a Therapist who usually works with those in the LGBTQIA+ community, I see the impacts of Compulsory Heterosexuality VERY regularly. Thus, this week's episode...what lies have we been told by Comphet, and what happens when we stop believing them?

4 Lies, as I see them, are:
1. That marriage and kids are expected
2. That you can't be friends with a person to whom you might be attracted
3. That sexual attraction is a given
4. That there has to be a masculine and feminine presence

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