What is Bisexuality
Bisexuality is a sexual orientation which refers to the aesthetic, romantic, and/or sexual attraction of individuals to other individuals of both their own and the opposite gender ...
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Let's face it, the world wasn't made for bisexuals. All LGBT people face setbacks, but I feel like it's harder for bisexuals. For me, it seems that people either want to believe you're heterosexual and looking for attention or gay and in denial.
Since I was young I have known that there's something very different about me. When I was 11 I realized I liked girls, but I denied it for years. One thing that bothers me is how much this has become a fad. It seems like every teenage girl in existence has churned out a confession to being bisexual. I feel that very few of these are genuine. Another thing that doesn't help is the celebrity hype. How am I supposed to present myself when Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox are standing around talking about how bisexual they are? It's not that I don't respect that, it's just that it seems so glamorized, like something people are going to gravitate toward to make them more popular or interesting. I try my best to just stay true to myself and not let these things bother me, but in a way they undermine everything that I am. Any thoughts? Posted on 09/25/09, 10:09 am |
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For this sole reason I dont even express my sexuality unless directly asked. I have a boyfriend so most people assume im strait but if I am directly asked for one reason or antoher I will tell people. I just dont advirtise when not asked. That seems to keep people taking me seriously. But i agree i am almost ashamed to admit i am bi because i realy realy do not want to be categorized with megan fox, and lady gaga who are "bi" . Ugh its lame. 
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I'm pretty private about being bi, too. I just don't want to be taken as a joke. Too many girls will claim to be bisexual just to put fantasies in some guy's head. I'd rather not be mistaken for one of them.
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Yeah...that really bothers me. It's become such a problem where I have to hide who I'm attracted to because a lot of really nasty assumptions are made.
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i understand. i want the word bisexual to be changed to somethin more meaningful and loving, i wont be using bisexual once i date more and more women, the word has 2 much assumptions behind it. i should of asked this question about bein taken seriously. my thing is i have always been honest and genuine about my sexuality and about dating women.
ive been accused of bein a fake and a liar. i take offense to that, i have never gave anyone an indication that i am fake or a liar. ppl see honesty and generosity in me yet why do i get called a fake and a liar? my ex friends in hs would fake bein lesbians and got all the guys attention. i never participated cuz i felt it was wrong and fake. one ex friend told me after hs shes bi but she is a pathological liar so she isnt bi. if u see a girl kissing another girl at the club, im sure most cases its fake to get the guys attention, but what about the ones who are genuinely in love? take TATU for example, the 2 russian singers. i dont think they are fake, but if u love someone u should be able to express love...
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i argree i lot of gay and stright people think we have it easy and i think we have it hardest
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all this is interesting but it's not fashionable for guys now that would be cool. Love and hugs, Md2.
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I'm not sure sexuality should ever be "fashionable", but it would be nice if it were more acceptable for guys to say they're bisexual. It seems like when a woman says she's bisexual everyone wants her number and when a guy says he's bisexual everyone looks for the exits.
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Yeah okay....the term transexual was changed to transgender because with the sexual in there people assume its about sex which its about so much more than that.....
Meanwhile bi people still got to deal with having the sexual in our label. Which...as I have said..... I am done with labels anyway. So...yeah. I think we need a new term. I have been known to say....when it comes to gender attraction and affection I am bipartisan. I don't know....
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I just say im not closed minded, or I am open minded. There is no definate lable, you are attracted to who you are attracted to no sense in restricting yourself with lables, and feeling like you have to fulffill them
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Same here, Coexzist03. I mean, I wouldn't go around saying, "I am straight! I'm attracted to males!" Why should I do so if I'm bisexual? I mean, there -is- the added pressure to come out for the sake of the LGBT community, but otherwise, I can't see what all the hooplah is about. Granted, I -do- feel a bit like I'm lying whenever orientation comes up. If directly asked, or if it just makes sense and I feel like it, I'll say something like, "Yea, as I happen to like girls as well, I can relate to your statement."
(I'm tired. It's 3:30 AM, so excuse an idiocy, please!) In any case, being rather shy about the subject to begin with and being strangely unattracted to the physical without being in love with the personality behind it, I don't dwell to much on this. It's confusing at times, yes, but it doesn't haunt me that I haven't come out to everyone I know (including my family). The supposed "trend" (or at least the categorization of bisexuality as such) is just another, extraneous reason why I'm not very vocal.
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