BiNet USA Wins Over Google in Search Term Dispute

[bialogue]

After a campaign by BiNet USA and bisexuals worldwide, Google has removed “bisexual” from its list of banned words.

BiNet USA is pleased to confirm that Google Inc. has unblocked the term “bisexual” from its search algorithm. Now that “bisexual” is allowed, terms such as “ bisexual quotes”, “bisexual rights”, and “bisexual parenting” are

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[haveitall]

I was so disappointed when I heard about that, so I'm glad it's being fixed. I always feel uneasy letting others know I'm bisexual, especially since my fiance basically shouted me down on the issue. Little things like this mean a lot!

[mollywobbles867]

Why is he/she your fiance then? I'm curious. That would be it for me.

[haveitall]

Oh, this just happened this weekend and I'm still sort of processing. It's disappointing because usually he's very liberal and understanding. That he got so irritated that I bought a bi pride suncatcher for my car is just baffling to me.

[maclyn]

What a charmer!

[celtic_thistle]

:/

[tnganon]

wow, i'm really sorry that happened to you. that's a really, really big warning sign :/

[effervescent]

:/ I hope you are able to discuss this with him and work out what the issues are around it.

[etherealtsuki]

I have to second that that's a really fucking huge red flag. Be careful.

[chaya]

Thirded.

[rainbow_fish]

.... is he at least open and willing to have a conversation about this, or... not?

[romp]

ouch on the fiance's reaction :(

[the_gabih]

Oh, ouch. /hugs, if wanted

The guy I was going out with while I identified as bi used to think it was great from the perspective of 'oh, it's okay if I look at other girls- you understand right, aren't they gorgeous?' (and so long as he was just looking, I'd usually agree), but if I mentioned it out of that context, he tended to get pretty uncomfortable and would change topics quickly.

[haveitall]

Yeah, that's really the deal here. He'll ask if I find this woman or that attractive, which doesn't bother me much, but I think the actual thought of the real life me being bi makes him insecure.