What can we do about the colossal proportion of closeted bis?

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[–]Nani 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

For me at least its a leading cause of my internalized homophobia. So story time. I initially came out as a lesbian as a young teen and had a girlfriend all through high school. I had to overcome some homophobia but it was mostly exterior. In college I had my first crush on a man and honestly it threw me for a loop. Family that had accepted me as a lesbian became less accepting if I showed any further intrest in woman and honestly I struggle internally more with it. Almost like I'm a poser for "choosing" to still have homosexual inclinations. Kinda like a non binary identity.

Does any of that make sense?

[–]usehername[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

So do you see any kind of solution for that kind of attitude? Massive propaganda campaign painting bisexuals as... committed? Or something? I feel like the only solution is really tackling homophobia.

[–]Nani 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That would help. Both the committed and attacking homophobia. But honestly the we are a large and diverse group that its hard to break any stereotypes. Like sure we can campaign that we can be committed and monogamous but that doesn't change the fact that a significant percent of unicorn hunters/poly groups are largely bisexual. And I don't think all the gender stuff and our involvement with that helps either.

[–]usehername[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I just think we should have some kind of bisexual-specific campaign against homophobia. Not sure exactly what it would look like politically or socially, but we have the numbers so it's our best bet.