So, I'll stop philosophizing, I promise. Still, as I learned while researching this article, there are a wide variety of ideas and opinions circulating about bisexuality on this campus. According to popular opinion, a large percentage of students at Vassar are bisexual or want to be. After all, the term includes men who are attracted to women and men, as well as women who date men and women, as well as people with all shades of sexual attraction to their own gender and the opposite sex. I'm not really sure where I see myself on the spectrum.
Bisexuality is kind of a nebulous term.
Edelson came out his junior year in high school although he stresses that he doesn't run around telling everyone his sexual preference. An intern at Blegen House, which he describes as an off-campus safe space for gays and lesbians as well as a learning resource for the entire college community, Edelson considers it important for bisexuals to be involved in Vassar's gay community. We're a minority that tends to get overlooked. Above all, Edelson makes it clear that he is absolutely adamant about supporting gay rights. Both gays and straights can be guilty of automatically assuming that people are heterosexual, as I learned last year when I wrote an article for The Misc about the Homo Hop.