labels are for clothes, not people

I really really love Glee. I'm not the type of person to wait all week for a show and adjust my schedule to watch it, but this is something different. I feel like I have to see it. I guess my love of Glee isn't terribly important to what I really want to say today, but it was last night's episode that made me decide to write about this.
Ok, so last night on Glee Kurt was upset because he thought he was losing his relationship with his dad because he's gay. He tells this to Sue and she asks him if he has ever even kissed a boy or a girl. Kurt says no. Sue tells him that the problem with his generation is that they're obsessed with labels. She basically tells him that maybe he doesn't really know yet and shouldn't just take on a label because it seems to make sense. Well, if you want to know what happened, watch the episode.
As I watched this exchange take place, I sort of laughed to myself because it is something I've been thinking about a lot. I think that young people are generally obsessed with labels, but that most people grow out of that. I do however, think that there is an area where the general public continues this obsession with labels. That area is sexuality. For some reason people want to see everyone as either straight or gay with very little wiggle room.
Here's the thing. I don't think that sexuality is as simple as all that. Sure, some people are only ever attracted to one sex or another. I think though that a lot of people deviate from that. I mean, how many girls do I know who have made out with other girls but still consider themselves straight? Or what about the gay men I know who have slept with several women? If sexual orientation was as simple as we make it out to be, would these situations arise? I say no.
I guess what I'm saying here is that the labels are kind of a sham. I mean, they don't actually mean anything. At the end of the day, aren't we all just looking for someone to be happy with? One of the most influential people in my life happens to be one someone who kind of breaks the rules when it comes to labels. The way she describes it is that it was never about whether someone was male or female. It was really only ever about the person. Label that!
So what if people don't fit into one category or another. So what if it's you that can't quite figure out which camp you belong in. Sure, labels seem convenient, but they really aren't helpful. It is far too easy to get caught up in a label and lose your true identity.