Something a friend of mine posted...

[tanyad]

...and it's re-posted here with her permission. A thoughtful piece on bi-prejudice.

Common misconceptions regarding bisexuality which anger me greatly

Comments

[vortex]

I think you missed an (i) tag if you were going for the Question/Answer look for this post...

[tanyad]

No, I was going for italics because its quoted verbatim.

[vortex]

Ahh...I see.

It is a good piece, though we've all had those discussions before :)...

[chibiabos]

I haven't really been "out much" in a bisexual community, haven't really shared a lot, and especially the past five years I haven't been active at all relationshipwise ... but I have seen a lot of that on my own.

I went through some bad relationships, and am not sure if I'll be ready for another one anytime soon ... but I am fine with open or closed relationships, I've been in both, and when in a closed relationship, not only did I have not the slightest desire to cheat, I actually felt sick and disgusted when I got approached by people who knew I was in a monogamous relationship and wanted to get it on with me.

I'm pondering some civil dissent at an upcoming Dr. Laura visit ... that homophobic Nazi quack needs to know there are Americans born bisexual and homosexual who don't take kindly to her promotion of Nazi family values.

[blkrabbitofinle]

Great post. One thing that drives me up the wall is the amount of bitchery towards 'fake' bisexuals or 'trendy' bisexuals, and people clamouring about how certain people 'give bisexuals a bad name'.

Someone else expressing their sexuality differently does NOT make them any less entitled to identify however they feel comfortable with. Bisexuality is a hugely diverse orientation, and yet while on one hand people rant about not being accepted or taken seriously, they turn the blame inwards instead of acknowledging that it's the outside perceptions. It doesn't matter how many drunk girls kiss their girlfriends in a bar to impress guys, that is no more a threat to our sexuality than gays are to heterosexual marriage.

[_kommando_]

iawtc.