Before insisting bisexuality originally intended to exclude trans and/or nonbinary people because of the prefix bi-, remember that bisexual is a reclaimed word. It was coined to pathologize our multigender attraction. We took it back, we get to decide what it means.
people who say "bi people only like two genders, pan like ALL genders" or, even worse, "bi people like men and women, while pan people like nb people as well" are biphobic and lack the basic understanding of what bisexuality really is, and the history of the term "bisexual"
Using “I’m gay” to justify yourself and your decisions is good and fun when it’s to defend your tacky outfit or your 3 am impulse-buys but don’t let me catch you using it to defend your biphobia or transphobia
Any time I tell my mom about a male-identifying crush of mine she says “see? You’ve always been boy crazy!” as if that cancels out my bisexuality. I don’t prefer any gender bc bi is its OWN THING. I’m not 30% gay & 70% straight, I’m 100% #bisexual.
I want bisexuals to be able to say they have a preference without people questioning their sexuality. I want lesbians to be able to say they're lesbians without people questioning their sexuality. That's why the term "bisexual lesbian" is damaging to us all
Signed, someone who both has NPD, and was abused my entire life by someone in a way that could be described as """narcissistic""" abuse. Sorry, but don't get to throw mentally ill people under the bus just to describe your own trauma.
This isn't bi related, but important to me: stop using "narcissist" as if it's interchangeable with "abuser." For that matter, stop saying "narcissistic abuse"--it's just abuse. You're doing nothing but contributing to ableist stigma when you do this shit.
I'm sorry, but identities are not above critique. Just because a word makes you feel comfortable doesn't mean you get to disregard the possible harm it does to other people. We all need to be doing better.
What the hell is this "bisexual lesbian" bullshit I've been seeing? Trying to push that as a valid identity just hurts both communities. Sure, at one point "lesbian" meant anyone attracted to women, but it doesn't anymore. It's not for bi people. Stop.
I understand the history of the word lesbian used to include us, but it no longer does, and we have to respect that. To me, insisting on using the term "bisexual lesbian" sounds like rampant lesbophobia with a pinch of internalized biphobia to boot.
hi its obnoxiously biphobic to say that identifying as bi means gender is the primary defining trait you are attracted to and pan means you care about the person like get the fuck out of here with that bullshit
Hello Lauren! Bisexuality actually has been defined as attraction to two *or more* genders for decades! Officially since the publishing of the Bisexual Manifesto in the 90s, and unofficially since long before then. https://t.co/7Pd1wATuOy
If I see one more pansexual say "I fall in love with the person, not their gender" when asked the difference between bi and pan, I'm going to scream. Falling in love with someone's gender is not a thing people do, least of all bisexuals.
It was one of the few children’s films to show a strong, resilient female character overcome adversity and a family that did not understand her to create her own family and her own happiness through hard work and friendship.
Also, they all have crushes on Miss Honey. https://t.co/E69yR3pfmG