[ SECRET POST #3444 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3444 ⌋

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Comments

Re: "Bisexual Erasure"

[(Anonymous)]

Nine times out of ten, the "straight passing privilege" advocate will go on to deny the realities of mental health problems and intimate partner violence faced by bisexual people. It's not a healthy environment for a nuanced discussion of what actually happens in the closet right now.

(Often this reminds me so much of college smokers, "Yeah, I've been smoking since high school and haven't caught a cold. Maybe those warnings are overblown.")

Re: "Bisexual Erasure"

[a_potato]

That's definitely a problem, and the inability of many LG people who speak of "straight passing privilege" to recognize that having to hide a part of one's identity in order to pass is itself a lack of privilege is a problem, as well. I think you touch upon the opposite side of the nuance-lacking coin.

I don't think the solution is to deny the nuance, however. I'd like to be able to talk about things like mental health problems, and partner violence, and suicide rates while also acknowledging that straight passing is a thing.

Re: "Bisexual Erasure"

[(Anonymous)]

For example, last week I saw, "I date bi men and I don't think bi men significantly affected by biphobia." (Or words to that effect.) Wonderful for them. I'm spending almost $100 a month (with insurance) wrestling with issues as a rape and abuse survivor where my bisexuality is absolutely a factor. But hey, biphobia doesn't really exit because it's just homophobia, misogyny, and intra-community conflict! Theory trumps reality!