Tricky, that. I suppose it's context-dependent. In a given context I'm more likely to think "Am I comfortable here or not?" than to identify as "an xyz". When I go to Bicon I feel very very much a part of the bi community. (Even though I live on the other side of the world where there isn't a "bi community" as such, just a bunch of people, some of whom kind of cluster as friends). When I'm in a goth club I'm comfortable, even if I'm peripheral and not core community there. When I'm among fellow geeks, I enjoy myself even if I can't get as seriously tech-obsessed as most of the others.
The other day I found a personality profile result which my former shrink once did for me. It basically said I was radically independent by temperament and not very much inclined to define myself in group terms. So yes, there are communities where I feel comfortable and communities where I don't (like, interestingly enough, most gay clubs these days. But it's the yuppiedom, banality and mainstreamness of it all which squicks me, not (obviously) the sexual aspect)
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Date: 2004-01-30 06:35 am (UTC)The other day I found a personality profile result which my former shrink once did for me. It basically said I was radically independent by temperament and not very much inclined to define myself in group terms. So yes, there are communities where I feel comfortable and communities where I don't (like, interestingly enough, most gay clubs these days. But it's the yuppiedom, banality and mainstreamness of it all which squicks me, not (obviously) the sexual aspect)
That's about it for now, I guess.