Comments | i_am_pansexual: Biphobia Alerts: Two separate incidents to deal with

bialogue in i_am_pansexual

Biphobia Alerts: Two separate incidents to deal with

Mar 16, 2009 02:31

X-Posted with permission from BiNet USA News and Opinions: News, Essays and Editorials by & for America's Bisexual Community (on LJ as binetusa) from a post by Estraven a Mod from the Westchester Bisexual Group

( First incident: A 'Gay Unity' website says 'Bi Rhymes With Lie and Die' among other repulsive things )

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veninbaiser March 16 2009, 07:54:48 UTC

bialogue March 16 2009, 08:06:13 UTC

*sigh* I am "biracial," even though "race" does not exist and cannot be defined either phenotypically or even genetically. I think comparing one's lineage to one's sexual orientation/preference(s) is a strange jump. It makes me feel funny (neither negative nor positive). I can't define "race," but I can show you pictures of my parents... However, I can't show you pictures of my sexuality.

I feel your pan being from a 'mixed' family myself, but I think the commentator was just trying to use it as an example of implausibility and silly thinking

But really, all those quotes make me wish people would think less on the binary - and stop such hate within the LGBT community. How frustrating.

sometimes with dim people - like the kind that thinks you can determine people's sexuality and/or even gender-identity via an on-line poll - you have to take baby steps, so the people were probably trying to play to their audience

(And Tyra just gets on my Goddamn nerves.)

LOL! make SURE you put in a complaint to GLAAD, they have a lot of clout

ffarff March 16 2009, 08:38:49 UTC

"Bisexuals" (homosexual liars) are simply collaborating with the "conservatives", christian fundamentalists and bigots alike-

err, what?

what the hell does 'greet the storm' mean?
its like the fundy christian ministry called 'catch the fire'.

bialogue March 16 2009, 21:26:58 UTC

some of the people behind the "Gay Unity" site seem truly weird, and there is (possibly was by now, we've been told there is a whole lot of deleting and cleaning going on) including some sort of gay pro-Nazi stuff . . . and here you thought THAT went out with Ernst Röhm and the Night of the Long Knives

eidolonamorata March 16 2009, 14:30:43 UTC

Thanks for posting this. I wrote and plan on posting this to my personal journal, as well.
It makes me so much more angry when gays and lesbians bash us than when straights do. It's like, "Guys, we're on the same side!" Ugh.

bialogue March 16 2009, 22:28:44 UTC

It makes me so much more angry when gays and lesbians bash us than when straights do. It's like, "Guys, we're on the same side!"

I know, it's very strange

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bialogue March 16 2009, 23:08:37 UTC

actually we use it for historical reasons and as "short hand" for the entire spectrum of people who are not 100% straight or 100% gay/lesbian ourselves

back in the day when we were started there were no words for or understanding of the continuum of both sexuality and gender-identity, so bisexual was it,

but in reality as we are always pointing out we represent the interests of the entire fluid, pansexual, bisexual, omnisexual, hetroflexible, homoflexible as well as bi-curious, bi-inclusive communities along with our gay, lesbian and "straight-but-not-narrow" allies

theic0noclast March 17 2009, 11:09:35 UTC

absolutely disgusting. thanks for posting. action taken.

bialogue March 17 2009, 16:38:34 UTC

thank you for your assistance, due to the outcry GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) has gotten involved on the Tyra Banks thing