Buffy the Shemale Vampire Slayer Part 15

"They were clues, but I didn't know it at the time I saw them. He built this place-imagined it into existence, I guess we could say-based on the destructive emotions people have as a result of confusing, first-time, same-sex experiences and the humiliation, hopelessness, and despair that gays, lesbians, bisexual, and transgendered people sometimes experience in a world that derides, insults, abuses, and even kills them just because they're different."

Buffy thought of Xander and his fear of having his bisexuality discovered by those whom he loved. He was afraid that Giles and even Willow, whom he'd known since kindergarten and who was gay herself, might no longer care for him if he came out of the closet. He'd looked sick after Buffy had learned the truth about his sexual identity, and he'd begged her not to tell anyone else. Buffy had tried to console him, offering him what she had, a few minutes ago, in the throes of one of Baphomet's spells, it seemed, regarded as mere platitudes and clichés but now recognized as truths. She'd told him that his being bisexual didn't matter, that it changed nothing between them, and that there was no shame or need for shame in being who one was. She'd reminded him that everyone, including Xander himself, had continued to love Willow after she'd come out as a lesbian. It would be no different for him, but she'd honor his request and not divulge his secret to anyone else if that was what he wanted.

After having been transformed into a hermaphrodite as a result of having been bitten by the Feral demon, Buffy herself had come to think of herself as a freak of nature, as a bitch, a slut, and a whore. Now, she knew that she was none of these things. She was, as Willow, had reminded her, good, kind, compassionate, loving, caring, strong, protective, and courageous. Most of all, she was a vampire Slayer. But she was an equal opportunity Slayer; she'd just as gladly kill a demon or a devil like Baphomet.