Shit People Say to Bisexuals

After watching and thoroughly enjoying Shit Girls Say to Gay Guys I thought it might be fun to share some of the remarks I’ve received over the past year or so (oh God, it’s only been about 18 months. Imagine the bucketfuls of original insights looming at the horizon). But I’m not one for making videos, and furthermore, I’m currently in the middle of assignment stress. So what I’ll do is, I’ll just make a start on the list here, and everyone can copy and add and remark, and perhaps someone else will at one point like to take it to the next level?

‘But you have a boyfriend.’

‘Don’t you have a boyfriend, though?’

‘Oh that’s weird, ’cause I thought you had a boyfriend.’

‘How does your boyfriend feel about that?’

F: ‘So, would you fancy me?’

‘So what do you like better, girls or guys?’

M: ‘You’ve just never been with the right guy.’

‘Yeah okay, but who do you like more?’

‘You know what, this annoys me. Lately I’ve been meeting girls all over the place who say: “Oh yeah, I’m bisexual,” but then they still have a boyfriend.’

‘So how are you bisexual?’

‘How old are you? Yeah, that’s a phase.’

‘Oh fun, I have never met any gay people before!’

‘Wow! That’s amazing! So, when you go out, you have like a 100% chance of hooking up!’

‘You mean you’re pansexual.’

‘You mean you’re a lesbian.’

‘You mean you’re bicurious.’

‘But have you ever been in a relationship with a girl.’

‘Alright, alright, but how do you know?’

‘I still think you’re straight.’

‘So you’re like a wanna-be-lesbian?’

‘But, you say you have a boyfriend, so.. How does that even work?’

‘Well yeah, of course deep down, we’re all inherently bisexual. But if you’re really honest, there’s always one (ed.: gender) you prefer.’

‘So you can just sleep with… .. … EVERYBODY!’

‘That has to be so hard.’

‘That has to be so easy.’

Blaine will openly question whether bisexuality is real. I think that some people will love that discussion and some will not love it.

Ryan Murphy, Out.com (via leeyna)

I want to cry. I really want to cry, reading this- I’m furious, but I’m horribly sad as well. Because I can’t help but think of myself as a teenager, stumbling across websites like AfterEllen that convinced me that I was a confused, traitor to the LGBT community for being bi- and now another generation of bi teenagers are going to watch this show expecting it to help them, and instead they’ll get slapped in the face with this. You know I actually sobbed with relief when I found a book that defined bisexuality in a way that made sense to me? I sobbed. Because everyone was telling me I was wrong, I was fake, I was lying- and then someone came along and said I wasn’t. And instead of using his platform to provide that voice, Ryan Murphy is going to use it to deny the identities of thousands of kids who are already struggling with who they are.

Go fuck yourself, Ryan Murphy.

(via evewithanapple)

Really? Some people will not love their identity, who they are, being questioned? Would it be acceptable to question whether or not being gay is real? No, it would not. Because clearly homosexuality is real and a legitimate identity that should not be questioned. Sexuality exists on a SPECTRUM. Not everyone fits in a rigid box. And as one of those people who is bisexual and does not fit in a rigid box, I am so tired of being told by both gay and straight people that I need to “choose” or categorize myself as one or the other because they think that’s acceptable. I am NOT one or the other, and clearly I EXIST. I am clearly real, and my sexuality is clearly real.

(via linesinbetween)

I don’t know who these Blaine and Murphy douches (think they) are, but I agree wholeheartedly with the commentary.

(Source: justanothergirlonfire)

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