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[–]shveya 21 insightful - 3 fun21 insightful - 2 fun22 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

A few weeks ago a bisexual man wrote a post on one of the Gayden subreddits asking them if it was normal for him, as a "gay man", to not care whether or not his partner was transgender. All of the Aidens were like "No, that's normal, that's what everyone who isn't a bigot is like!" They unironically think that same-sex attraction is transphobic. They can't grasp the concept of homosexuality.

[–]RaspberryTea 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Bi people who act like this are frustrating to me. I'm not exclusively attracted to one sex, but I'm still capable of comprehending that other people are and respecting that. And yet, I can also see where having a "gay" identity (and therefore a place to belong) becomes so important a person does all sorts of mental gymnastics to justify holding on to it, probably not even thinking of the harm this causes. Internalized biphobia is one helluva drug.

[–]shveya 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They frustrate the hell out of me too. They make life harder on actual gay people who cannot be attracted to the opposite sex.