Hey friends: question for those with more knowledge than I. Last night I saw someone claim that our attachment to bisexuality is strange because it used to be based on a gender binary and we should stop holding onto this term, saying that we can evolve past it or some such.
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However this strikes me as potentially incorrect? Surely there have been non-binary and trans bisexual people around longer than the last few years.
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I found this to be a pretty hurtful thing to read, especially from someone who I respect. I don’t know them personally but I always liked reading their thoughts.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
Yeah, that person doesn't know their history. From the 1990 Bisexual Manifesto: "Bisexuality is a whole, fluid identity. Do not assume that bisexuality is binary or duogamous in nature [. . .]. In fact, don’t assume that there are only two genders."
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Replying to @DanielleGAllor @AdmiralHip
In my personal experience, I started hearing "bi means two and is also transphobic" discourse in the early 2010s. I stopped referring to myself as bisexual for a while because of it.
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