bisexuality

Bisexual people are bisexual

By: Cynthia Piña, Peak Associate Content warning: mentions of biphobia. Sometimes it feels like bisexuals have to fight multiple battles: the internalized homophobia within themselves, biphobia from society, and the biphobia from those who should be allies. Homophobia and transphobia are both real, distinctive, and intersectional. However, biphobia, for decades, has been brushed off as being unreal. The argument goes that because bisexuals may appear straight — they are privileged — and this erases many of the struggles that are unique to bisexuals.  Biphobia is rooted in specific myths related to bisexual people. These myths can include the idea that…

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