rouye
Dec 22, 2016, 10:15 PM
Though the LGBT community has won some important victories recently all over the globe (the most important being the Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges case, where same-sex marriage is recognized as a fundamental legal right under the 14th Amendment), those wins can create a false sense to the outside observer that the LGBT community finally has everything sorted out for them.
Yet, many members of the LGBT community will quickly tell you that they still find themselves surrounded by a plethora of prejudices, technical problems, blatant violence and downright ignorance about their ways.
The "B" in LGBT is definitely facing those problems.
No one, not even the members of the LGBT community, seem able to properly define and completely accept those who "prefer not to prefer." This can leave some bisexuals completely confused and makes it difficult for them to deal with all the hardships of life. In fact, bisexual women are more susceptible to mental illnesses than their straight or lesbian counterparts.
What does this leave you with to date? A pool of bisexual people (after all, you will both understand each other), or people who have no problems with you being bi. Going out to pubs and cafes to meet new potential partners is difficult because you don't know whether people you meet have the same preferences as you. A lot of bis prefer looking at bisexual dating sites (such as bi cupid (http://www.top10bisexualdatingsites.com/bi-cupid.html), bi people meet (http://www.top10bisexualdatingsites.com/bi-cupid.html)), because, if nothing else, they're on their own playing field, and do not have to worry about whether that guy/girl is actually bi.
Yet, many members of the LGBT community will quickly tell you that they still find themselves surrounded by a plethora of prejudices, technical problems, blatant violence and downright ignorance about their ways.
The "B" in LGBT is definitely facing those problems.
No one, not even the members of the LGBT community, seem able to properly define and completely accept those who "prefer not to prefer." This can leave some bisexuals completely confused and makes it difficult for them to deal with all the hardships of life. In fact, bisexual women are more susceptible to mental illnesses than their straight or lesbian counterparts.
What does this leave you with to date? A pool of bisexual people (after all, you will both understand each other), or people who have no problems with you being bi. Going out to pubs and cafes to meet new potential partners is difficult because you don't know whether people you meet have the same preferences as you. A lot of bis prefer looking at bisexual dating sites (such as bi cupid (http://www.top10bisexualdatingsites.com/bi-cupid.html), bi people meet (http://www.top10bisexualdatingsites.com/bi-cupid.html)), because, if nothing else, they're on their own playing field, and do not have to worry about whether that guy/girl is actually bi.