Pansexual? Do not eat at her house

I thought Max Powers was joking and had invented the word "pansexual"as a funny way of labeling Chente Portly Gente's replacement - Mary Gonzalez - recently on his blog.  However, an El Paso Times report today proves that it's a real term that Gonzales actually uses! 

Basically Gonzalez isn't "gay" - she's just not very selective when it comes to sex.  Boys, girls, girls dressed as boys,boys dressed as girls and clowns are what she's into.  She's a "pansexual" and it's a real thing.

She's claiming to be the first openly gay woman to serve in the Texas Legislature and she's wrong.  First of all, she's not gay.  She is, as I noted above, not picky.  That doesn't qualify as "gay" in any way, by any definition.  It's mostly just weird and likely an attempt to draw attention to herself. Being a homosexual requires more than an openness to wrestling naked with the same sex.  You have to be committed to the cause. 

Second, we all know who else is female and gay in the Texas Legislature.  Norma Chavez outed our truly gay local state rep. And - there are others who are gay, but choose not to make it a public thing.  The definition of "openly gay" is not something you can easily track down.  You can be "openly gay" and not begin every sentence with "As you know, I'm gay."  You don't even have to smooch your partner in public to be considered "openly gay" in these modern times.  As long as you aren't hiding your sexuality - you're "openly gay."  That would mean that even if Gonzalez was actually gay, she wouldn't be the first in the Texas Legislature. 

Frankly, I don't want to talk about any politico's sex life.  I take that back - Melina Castro's is on the table if she has something she wants to share.  Other than that - what does it matter and why should I care? 

Everybody has to try and be a "first" these days and it's annoying.  Gonzalez should try to be the first person to hold that seat whose first and only priority isn't getting the sopapilla named as the official state dessert.  All this talk about her openness to banging everyone is irrelevant.  Although, it does makes it easier to get a date in Austin when you're open to taking home any car on the lot.  

I will say in closing that if someone told me they were a "pansexual" - I hide the Calphalon and never eat eggs at their house. 

Comments

[SmartSpicStillStuckInEP]

Max is not gonna like that you're interested in Melina too....

[been in the CV for 15 years]

I just want to know when who is doing what to your orifices at any time of the day or night, became an acceptable topic of conversation?

Women keep saying they want everyone to stay out of their lives on the subject of abortion. "It's my body, and my business". Okie dokie, and I am in full agreement. But do me a favor and close your damned bedroom blinds - figuratively, of course - so we don't have to be a party to what you are doing in there. I don't care who Mary Gonzalez is banging. I don't need to know what her sexuality is. I need to know if she is she a good legislator, and that is all. Full stop. No other information needed or wanted.

Gay pride? Be proud of your accomplishments, not about with what gender you are getting all up into.

Pansexual? Does that come with a flute?

I don't remember anyone asking FDR, JFK, or LBJ, with whom they were knocking boots. I would rather not know on what team Hillary, Barbara Boxer, or any other elected official, male or female, is playing. I don't want to know that of my family, friends, or dry cleaner, either. With whom you are swapping spit is not a detail to which I wish to be privy.

Am I being a little stilted in my writing? A little formal? Yes, I am. Is it too much to ask that we all conduct ourselves like adults, not barely post-pubescent children who have discovered what happens "down there" when we touch ourselves?

Sheesh.

[dot]

Please forward that comment to the Times, since that is the topic they chose to lead with.

[lslsls]

CV: so right on as usual. Take Dot's suggestion - post on EPT.

Why elected officials feel it is so important to talk about their sex life, tweet pictures of their half naked body, etc. is beyond me. Normal, non-elected people get arrested for that. Listen up legislators - legislate and quit talking about your sex life. No one gives a damn!

Maybe Mary Gonzalez doesn't have a platform or anything she's passionate about so the only thing she could think of to say to a reporter is about her sex life. Sad - her parents must be so proud.

[U]

Of all the things you can write about and you chose this.

[Alonzo with an "A"]

I'd hit it.

[Mirrey]

She called herself "queer" in an interview with a Dallas gay paper, they published "gay" and people assumed she was a lesbian.

As long as queer people don't have equal rights in this country, it's still going to be a big deal when what you do in your bedroom determines what civil rights you have.