1c) Just because you know an individual is interested in someone of the same sex, don't assume that said person is gay or lesbian.
Was there a 5a?
5c) These terms are, at best, approximations. Someone can identify themselves as "gay" in one conversation and "bisexual" in the next, and you don't get to accuse them of lying or inconsistency. Nor do you get to demand an explanation.
6a) Nor are those "categories" mutually exclusive. Some folk like to think of all these as nicely discrete segments of the population, and they are so very not.
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Was there a 5a?
5c) These terms are, at best, approximations. Someone can identify themselves as "gay" in one conversation and "bisexual" in the next, and you don't get to accuse them of lying or inconsistency. Nor do you get to demand an explanation.
6a) Nor are those "categories" mutually exclusive. Some folk like to think of all these as nicely discrete segments of the population, and they are so very not.