#bisexual discrimination

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Bisexuality Summed Up

Lgbtq+ people: you're not gay enough Straight people: you're not straight enough All people: u can't go from a hetero relationship to a homo one ?? You're just confused

[thatgayfangirl]

Since getting more involved in the LGBT community I have noticed some things that make me ashamed of my fellow lesbians. In particular this stigma some lesbians seem to have towards bisexual women. "How can I trust her?" "She's just going to leave me for a man." "I don't date bi girls." "She's going to cheat on me with a guy." "She's probably a slut." "I just can't date a girl knowing she has slept with a man." "She is probably just experimenting." Stop. Trust me, I've been there. I've been hurt by a bisexual woman. She chose him, not me. But I realize now that her choice has nothing to do with her bisexuality. It has to do with what she feels in her heart (although she could have been less of a bitch about it, but that's neither here nor there). The point is if a bisexual woman is in a relationship with you she chose you. You don't have to worry about her attraction to men because she is dating YOU. Don't be selfish. How can you say you support the LGBT community when you are discriminating against bi girls? End of rant.

[headjoint-hero]

Bisexuality

As the kind of gay male I am, I've never viewed bisexuality as any less significant than homosexuality. I've known for a while that bisexual people tend to get the bad end of support from both non-LGBTQA and non LGBTQA individuals.  

Recently I've been witnessing a lot of slams taken at bisexual people that I just can't ignore. "they're just confused, they always end up picking a side anyways" Ummmmm, no, they're not confused. They just happen to be attracted to both sexes. No, they also do not pick side, at a point in time they may settle down with someone they love, but it does not mean they picked that side. They are also not any less monogamous than a single sex attracted person. Not that polygamy is wrong, but just because they go for both doesn't mean they need to be dating both at the same time. 

That line was said by a friend of mine. A friend of mine that was dating what I thought to be a straight male for two and a half years. I did not know him before they started dating, I did not meet him until about two years into their relationship. I've only recently become friends with him. What sickens me most about that comment though, I can see affects of her viewpoint on him. It turns out he is not a straight male, he is in fact a bisexual male. But whilst dating her, she made him suppress that part of himself when she accidentally discovered he was bisexual.

Well, now they are broken up, and as I said earlier him and I have become friends, albeit a little more. What I've noticed, is he still feels the need to hide that part of himself. She has made him so ashamed of it, that he feels uncomfortable with it even when talking to me, a gay male who has absolutely no issue with it. What's more is that there is genuine tension between us. I think I kind of like him, and he's brought that up as well. And yeah I have my own issues with dating a guy because I'm terrified of judgement so I try not to be gay in public as much, but I feel his issue is even worse because he's just uncomfortable period. How dare someone make some feel like that? There's a lot more for him to get past that there is for me. 

I feel really bad for him, because he's really a sweet guy, yet I feel he just dated someone who tried to mold him into what she wanted. But aside from that, I cannot believe how cruel people are towards bisexual people. I don't want to say one fight is harder than the other, but bisexual people seriously have to deal with a whole other chunk of nonsense that homosexual people don't have to deal with.

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Scarlet Saint explores common misconceptions about bisexuality.