Bisexual Woman confronts biphobia from within the LGBT community

[12voltyV2.0]

An interesting story and good for both the woman who stood up to this and the writer of this piece---a lesbian who tells others in the lesbian/gay community to stop dissing bisexuals: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/02/15/biphobia-at-pride-yes-it-happened-the-response-is-epic/

[NakedInSeattle]

Here, Here!

[sweecocksucker69]

I'm in agreement 100%

[JaredT77]

I swear I get that from both the straight and gay communities, to pick a side. Negative. I'm bisexual and proud of it.

[Gearbox]

Did you also hurl abuse at other groups like TGV or Seahorses?
WTF does she mean by 'Seahorses'?:confused:

[tenni]

Yes I wondered about the seahorse comment too?

“There are people who absolutely do not view bisexual men and women as a part of our community. They are told to pick a side, that they aren’t queer enough, that they don’t exist, that they aren’t community members when they get into relationships with people of the opposite sex.”

“for daring take our non-monosexuality out in the open and be present and proud with all the other members of the LGBTIQ communities.”

“and yet reject an entire community in that broader community. “
“Do you think we’re all deluding ourselves? All of us? All 50% of the LGBTI community? (http://www.lgbtmap.org/file/understanding-issues-facing-bisexual-americans.pdf)”

“Ms. Dominguez is right. It’s time to get over this and be one community. “


The reality is that bisexuals are not part of the GLT community. The reality is that the bisexual number compared to GL&T is that bisexuals represent closer to 80% of people under this false umbrella of GLBT and not 50%.


The community that bisexuals belong to is weak and that is the bisexual community. Financial grants and funds are not spent on Bisexuals in proportion to their numbers that the GLBT organizations. They use the numbers and words like community while biphobic people in the G&L community act like this woman.

Fortunately, most G&L are not directly biphobic like this bigoted person. Unfortunately, GLBT spend time and money on issues that they assume meet bisexual needs. Meanwhile the Bisexuals have the highest rate of thought of suicide and depression of all the communities under the GLBT banner. Its fake. Bisexuals are not totally innocent as they tend to be passive about these injustices. They are hardly the squeaky cog in the wheel of the so called "GLBT community".

[open2both]

YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!

[void()]

Financial grants and funds are not spent on Bisexuals in proportion to their numbers that the GLBT organizations. They use the numbers and words like community while biphobic people in the G&L community act like this woman.

Fortunately, most G&L are not directly biphobic like this bigoted person. Unfortunately, GLBT spend time and money on issues that they assume meet bisexual needs. Meanwhile the Bisexuals have the highest rate of thought of suicide and depression of all the communities under the GLBT banner. Its fake. Bisexuals are not totally innocent as they tend to be passive about these injustices. They are hardly the squeaky cog in the wheel of the so called "GLBT community".

You must have comprehended something vastly different from what I did
from the reading of the article.

What I took from the article follows.

1. The woman was not acting biphobic. She was in fact disparaging those
who are acting biphobic.

2. The article does not even broach the issues of depression or suicidal
thoughts.

3. The article does not assign guilt or innocence to anyone for
anything.

Not sure exactly how you come to the point in the path you are on. Not
sure I much care to know either. What I do know is your perceptions
continue to remain eerily negative.

I suggest re-framing a thought process here. It may be that a lot of
bisexuals while seeing discrimination, even within the LGBT realm, see
it as not really an issue.

For example a lot of Russian people did not see it as an issue that
Russia took Russian land back from NATO provocateurs. These Russian
people allowed Russia to retain its land, with Russian people living on
it, without firing a shot or causing a war of aggression either by the
people or Russia. There was no issue. NATO wanted a war. No one showed
up to fight the war NATO wanted. People had peace.

I think a lot of bisexuals see what you consider this terribly
imperative and dire problem, as a non-issue. There is no need to demand
change when change has already been won. No need to cause waves/wars
when continuing a policy of living and letting live works just fine. Why
fight when you want peace? Why not simply be peaceful?

Again though, I may be over thinking, or over simplifying everything. I
do think different, act different and at times get different results.
I keep being the change I like to see happen. I re-frame my thinking
sometimes by the minute, other times by the year or decade. All in I
keep seeing you curse darkness.

Light a candle, you might start to see where we need to go.

[pole_smoker]

You must have comprehended something vastly different from what I did
from the reading of the article.

What I took from the article follows.

1. The woman was not acting biphobic. She was in fact disparaging those
who are acting biphobic.

2. The article does not even broach the issues of depression or suicidal
thoughts.

3. The article does not assign guilt or innocence to anyone for
anything.

Not sure exactly how you come to the point in the path you are on. Not
sure I much care to know either. What I do know is your perceptions
continue to remain eerily negative.

I suggest re-framing a thought process here. It may be that a lot of
bisexuals while seeing discrimination, even within the LGBT realm, see
it as not really an issue.

For example a lot of Russian people did not see it as an issue that
Russia took Russian land back from NATO provocateurs. These Russian
people allowed Russia to retain its land, with Russian people living on
it, without firing a shot or causing a war of aggression either by the
people or Russia. There was no issue. NATO wanted a war. No one showed
up to fight the war NATO wanted. People had peace.

I think a lot of bisexuals see what you consider this terribly
imperative and dire problem, as a non-issue. There is no need to demand
change when change has already been won. No need to cause waves/wars
when continuing a policy of living and letting live works just fine. Why
fight when you want peace? Why not simply be peaceful?

Again though, I may be over thinking, or over simplifying everything. I
do think different, act different and at times get different results.
I keep being the change I like to see happen. I re-frame my thinking
sometimes by the minute, other times by the year or decade. All in I
keep seeing you curse darkness.

Light a candle, you might start to see where we need to go.
Exactly. Or for the majority of LGBT people who were at Melbourne pride who saw that woman acting a fool, or talking loud and saying nothing (much like Tenni loves to do when he trolls ;) ) they just shook their heads and ignored her histrionics.

Given how most cellphones have cameras nowadays the entire thing probably went viral on youtube anyway.

[Long Duck Dong]

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WTF does she mean by 'Seahorses'?:confused:

seahorses is a trans term, generally its males that take on the traditional female role and it can cover people that are trans ( gender transition, role players, cross dressers and so on ) a bit like the male seahorse is the one that carries the eggs to maturity, not the female seahorse

[Gearbox]

seahorses is a trans term, generally its males that take on the traditional female role and it can cover people that are trans ( gender transition, role players, cross dressers and so on ) a bit like the male seahorse is the one that carries the eggs to maturity, not the female seahorse
Thanks. Never heard of it, sounds silly, but will def be using it any chance I get now.:tongue:

[Christine76]

Honestly I dont understand the hate for bi-sexuals from the lgbt community, There is no side to pick I am married, she knows, and plays with me exclusively.

[void()]

There is no side to pick ...

Exactly. As I had a psychologist put it to me, and a medical doctor as well. "Oh, you love people", they both said with smirks upon their respective faces at my telling them I am bisexual. I replied, "well yeah, more often than being misanthropic anyway." Neither one saw that there was any problem at all so long as I played cautiously.