Stuck in Loneliness
April 15th, 2009
By Monica F. Helms
http://www.monicahelms.com/blog/sex/stuck-in-loneliness.htmand
http://www.bilerico.com/2009/04/stuck_in_loneliness.php(This is the 3rd and final installment in the "Stuck in . . . " series.)
We all know that loneliness does not limit itself to LGB or T people. This feeling probably strikes 100% of the human population at one time of another, many living in perpetual loneliness for most of their lives. A person can feel lonely because they have no one special in their life who loves them. Others can be lonely in a crowd of people who do love them. A majority of people don't go out of their way to choose to be lonely, yet some do. But, loneliness goes out of its way to chooses us.
Even though the feeling of loneliness does not differ between LGBT people and straight people, the causes can be different. If we can believe the figures for the number of LGBT people in the population, between 5% and 10%, then that means that there would be far less LGBT people in the world to find your special someone from. Of course, bisexual people have more numbers to choose from, as do straight transgender people. If an LGBT person lives in a rural area, their chances become zero in many cases. However, numbers alone don't keep people from feeling lonely.
