50 years after Stonewall we are now fighting bisexual people as well as heterosexuals for our right to same-sex attraction

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[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 27 insightful - 5 fun27 insightful - 4 fun28 insightful - 5 fun -  (3 children)

In general, there are three categories of bisexuals out there. The first category consists or normal human beings who just so happen to go both ways. I call them normal people. You wouldn’t tell that they’re bi because they either enter into permanent monogamous relationships or they don’t go on about their dating or sex lives - you’d only know they’re bisexual if you asked them. For example, most of the people on this sub. My sister is another example - it’s such an afterthought for me, I know she’s bisexual and she even gets more involved in this pride stuff than I do, but it’s just there. I hardly notice it.

The second category consists of bisexuals who never shut the fuck up about being bisexual. I call them whiners. They whine about supposedly being more oppressed than homosexuals, and hog most of the oxygen for themselves at gay spaces. Look, I know it sucks when society tells you to pick a side, accuses you of being horny or accuses you of being incapable of commitment. Apples to oranges, because at least in a homophobic society a bisexual can stay in the closet and find love in a socially sanctioned manner with a member of the opposite sex. Different oppression, but no better or worse than ours. These people are part of the reason why biphobia is still a thing even in gay-friendly areas. Examples include the idiots who bullied August Ames to suicide, or Buck Angel, who thinks that everybody owes her an Australian kiss.

Finally, there are bisexuals who deny they are bisexual. Claim to be straight or gay, and then turn around and say that “sexuality is fluid” or “sexuality is a choice”. I call them shapeshifters. These people are one reason why bisexual erasure is dangerous. This primary hurts bisexuals, but it hurts homosexuals and heterosexuals as well. Examples include the idiot who wrote this article, “straight” or “gay” people who are dating transsexuals like Blaire White’s boyfriend, and Ted Haggard used to be in this category until he got caught. Maybe Gavin McInnes is in this category as well?

EDIT: added some sentences.

[–]MyLongestJourney 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

This post deserves all the upvotes!

[–]haveanicedaytoo💗💜💙 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yes! /u/redeyedwarrior thanks for breaking it down so plainly. The bisexual "community" is so disjointed and fractured that it isn't really a community at all, especially when such a big chunk of it won't even admit to being bi and at the same time harming us.

[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you. It's not a "community" and people with psychological issues will have them regardless of whatever orientation they claim—and those are the people we're talking about, here: People who are not reality-based and level-headed. I'd prefer it if we'd use the proper terms for them and leave bisexuality out of it with respect to the correct definition. There are unstable and unwell people of all orientations. We don't use that to smear an entire category of people. (Imagine, for example, if lesbians were smeared as a group based on the antics of AGP males who claim they are lesbians—the word "lesbian" isn't relevant there just like the word "bisexual" isn't relevant here. The orientation (or bogus use of such a term) is not what inspires the crappy behavior or the delusions or the character flaws.)