Saying "you're not really queer/gay/lesbian/bisexual... You're just curious" is very common from both gay gatekeepers and straight men.
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so the label is used as an insult but what if it's used as self-description?
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if you’re surrounded by insults you might internalize them into categories
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Yeah. I mean it's actually very common. Think of self-deprecating women who basically say sexist/misogynist things about themselves.
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I would not tell women who tell me they are bicurious to not use this label for themselves, it's really up to them. all in all they are
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I wouldn't tell them anything either. But I'd come to conclusions in the privacy of my mind.
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I would not judge them.
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Concluding something in my mind isn't synonymous with judging. But if I did judge them for using biphobic language to describe themselves
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Replying to @o_guest @maria_ndrnh and
it would be about my own preservation given baseline biphobia against people like me is high AF.
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you mean it's in the same category as "bitch" for self-description, so what they do is ok, but they should use another word?
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I'm not really interested in telling anybody what to do but I can still decide e.g., if they pose a threat to me given their choices.
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