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[–]reluctant_commenter 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

No one bothers calling you bi, so why should you call yourself bi right?

Gotchaaaaa. That totally makes sense when you put it that way.

I agree it only harms all of us when bisexuals co-opt L/G labels. At the very least I can try to get those around me more comfortable with using the term 'bisexual'.

That sounds like a good place to start. :) I'll try to do the same for the people I know who are bisexual when I see it.

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Good luck haha. It's been rougher than I thought honestly. I had one friend who kept telling me it was ok if I came out as a lesbian and I was like. I mean I appreciate the support but I'm not a lesbian. Even if I'd only ever been in relationships with women (which isn't the case, but for arguments' sake), I'm still attracted to men therefore I can never be a lesbian. It was just strange to me that she kept telling me it was ok if I was a lesbian when I kept telling her I was bi. It felt like she wanted me to be either gay or straight and I was just like. Well, I'm neither. And unlike biological sex there is actually a third option so...