Bisexual Visibility Day
Today is Bisexual Visibility Day.
I am in a monogamous heterosexual marriage, but that changes my orientation no more than it changes the pattern of my baldness. Attraction to more than one gender* is as much a part who and what I am as is my height and eye color, and I am proud to be known thusly.
If you are not able to be out, know that I understand. I've been there. I know how that feels, and I want you to know that I love you. I am able to be out, and I'm proud to stand up on your behalf and proclaim to society, "We are here. This is who we are. We are your friends and your family, and we're regular folks, just like you."
I'd like to encourage all of my openly bisexual* friends and family to likewise stand up today and be noticed. Bisexual erasure is a real thing, but we cannot be erased, and those of us who are/can be out may serve as beacons of hope for those who are being marginalized or who cannot be out.
My name is Travis Kilgore. I am proud to be bisexual*, and I love all of you, my bisexual* brothers and sisters.
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*Although they are not the same thing, for the purposes of this post only I am using "bisexual" to include "pansexual" as well. I actually identify as pansexual, but bisexual is close enough to the truth and seems to be somewhat easier for many folks to understand.
I am in a monogamous heterosexual marriage, but that changes my orientation no more than it changes the pattern of my baldness. Attraction to more than one gender* is as much a part who and what I am as is my height and eye color, and I am proud to be known thusly.
If you are not able to be out, know that I understand. I've been there. I know how that feels, and I want you to know that I love you. I am able to be out, and I'm proud to stand up on your behalf and proclaim to society, "We are here. This is who we are. We are your friends and your family, and we're regular folks, just like you."
I'd like to encourage all of my openly bisexual* friends and family to likewise stand up today and be noticed. Bisexual erasure is a real thing, but we cannot be erased, and those of us who are/can be out may serve as beacons of hope for those who are being marginalized or who cannot be out.
My name is Travis Kilgore. I am proud to be bisexual*, and I love all of you, my bisexual* brothers and sisters.
____________________________________________________
*Although they are not the same thing, for the purposes of this post only I am using "bisexual" to include "pansexual" as well. I actually identify as pansexual, but bisexual is close enough to the truth and seems to be somewhat easier for many folks to understand.