chasing amy

This is from 'Chasing Amy', and a piece of it used to be on the bothsidesnow front page, right underneath the ole NBC peacock. I think its clear what its doing here.

ALYSSA Ive given that a lot of thought, you know? I mean, now that Im being ostracized by my friends, Ive had a lot of time to think about all of this. And what Ive come up with is really simple: I came to this on my terms. I didnt just heed what I was taught, you know? Men and women should be together, its the natural way - that kind of thing. Im not with you because of what family, society, life tried to instill in me from day one. The way the world is - how seldom you meet that one person who gets you... its so rare. My parents didnt really have it. There was no example set for me in the world of male/female relation ships. And to cut oneself off from finding that person - to immediately half your options by eliminating the possibility of finding that one person within your own gender... that just seemed stupid. So I didnt. And by leaving my options open, I was branded gay, which to me was no big deal - labels are labels, you know? They define what you do, not who you are, I guess. But then you come along. You - the one least likely; I mean, you were a guy.

HOLDEN Still am.

ALYSSA And while I was falling for you, I put a ceiling on that, because you were a guy. Until I remembered why I opened the door to women in the first place - to not limit the likelihood of finding that one person whod compliment me so completely. And so here we are, I was thorough when I looked for you, and I feel justified lying in your arms - because I got here on my terms, and have no question that there was someplace I didnt look. And that makes all the difference.