Dear DIVA: One Does Not Simply Justify Biphobia

Apr 09, 2012 19:36


Dear DIVA:
One Does Not Simply Justify Biphobia
Last month, DIVA Magazine, which advertises itself as one of the leading magazines for queer women, ran a feature in which they examined biphobia in the queer community. Seeing as this is the magazine which, not so long ago, listed Lady GaGa in an article entitled 'Top Ten Women We Wish Were Gay' ('... ( Read more... )

biphobia, bisexuality, i'm the only sane person in the world, ranty rant, lgbt+

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chryssalys April 10 2012, 01:46:00 UTC
My wife is bisexual. I very much am not. So what? I love her and she loves me, and she would no more think of cheating on me with a man than she would with another woman. It comes down to love and trust, and if you don't have that with the person you are in a relationship with, then you shouldn't be in that relationship, whether they like men, women, both, or little green aliens.

Sigh. Yep. Fuck that bullshit.

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firefly124 April 10 2012, 06:37:29 UTC
Very well said. I'm not familiar with the magazine, and now have no desire to be.

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ext_1029532 April 10 2012, 12:33:57 UTC
Sigh. And no-one has even mentioned the possibility of polyamory - which is not cheating because it is all up-front and everyone knows what is going on.

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ext_1153835 April 10 2012, 15:45:06 UTC
I just wanted to say that my partner is a bi, poly woman and I'm proud to be with her. Thank you for this article
- A

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softfruit April 11 2012, 13:02:49 UTC
I wonder if it might reflect on the centre-of-gravity of Diva's readership ( ... )

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