Think of your partner + 5 closest friends - how similar are you in terms of race/sexuality/gender identity (details inside)?

So The Queer Commons and I are putting on another workgroup next week around race within the queer community and we’ve been sending out these really cool surveys about who people interact with and which races/sexualities/gender identities stick more with like vs. unlike and whether there are any patterns. So I decided to ask Fluther about the same kinds of things.

Think of your partner and 5 closest friends besides your partner. Of these 6 people, how many are: 1) the same race as you (mention your race) b) the same sexuality as you (mention your sexuality) c) the same gender identity as you (mention your gender identity)*

*only mention said things if comfortable; if you are single, use 6 closest friends.

I’ll do my own circle as an example: of the 6 people closest to me…

1) 4/6 are the same race as me (white)
2) All are part of the LGB/queer community (queer)
3) 2/6 are genderqueer/GNC (gender non conforming)

Let me know what feelings this exersize brings up or what conclusions you draw. I find it interesting that most of my friends are the same race and sexuality as me but aren’t the same gender identity.