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Loriiii

Thank you, I really appreciate the representation! Usually, it’s mainly gay people and homophobia shown in media (which there’s nothing wrong with obviously, it’s just bisexuality isn’t portrayed as much) and as a pansexual with a bi friend i love how you’re clearing up stereotypes and spreading awareness :D

2 years agoReply

All this bullshit bisexuals face really made my eyes open and see how horrid and vulgar the world can be.

4 years agoReply

Imascribble

This one really spoke to me. I am a bisexual cisgender female, and I remember coming out to my family.

"Mom, I am bi."

"No you're not. You married a man."

For her, because I never had a serious, long-term relationship with a woman, I couldn't possibly be bisexual. Any times I spent with a woman were called "experimenting" simply because my chosen life partner is a man. And it hurt.

I had a similar conversation with a friend of mine, who is gay.

"I'm bi."

"Are you sure, though?"

I have no doubts about my sexuality, but both my family and my friend - who's even part of the LGBTQ community - don't think it's real.

I've never heard of biphobia before, but you'd better believe I'll be thinking about it now when I have to explain myself to people. I feel kind of glad that other people have gone through similar experiences, yet disgusted at the lack of inclusion from a community that embraces all forms of sexuality.

4 years agoReply

BedazzledBlue

I'm so sorry. I wish your family was more accepting. It definitely hurts when someone so close to you doesn't believe that you're actually bi. It makes it so much harder to be confident and sure in your sexuality. Bi erasure-- the tendency to ignore, remove, falsify, or re-explain bisexuality-- is also a good word to know. And I agree; it is really sad and discouraging that the LGBTQ+ community, which is supposed to be accepting of all people, often discriminates against bisexuals. Ever notice how they don't give trans people or genderfluid people crap about being two genders/switching between two genders, etc.? I'm still not out to my extended family, because they're a bunch of super religious homophobic jerks and I don't really feel like being disowned from my family and told to go burn in hell. They've most likely never even heard of bisexuality, but anything other than straight as a ruler is wrong to them. I'm still a proud bi in my everyday life, and my intermediate family is really accepting and loving, but it's disapointing that I can't share a big part of my life and identity with my relatives. Anyway, thank you for the comment! Sending some love your way 💕

4 years agoReply

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