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tsunflowers:
if I could change one thing about the way my sexuality is portrayed in the media so that future bi kids could have it easier it would be to eliminate the idea that bisexuality is necessarily all about sex. this is a stereotype for all non-straight people to be sure, but the representation of bisexuality as being sex-driven was what impacted me the most. I was able to find books by gay authors that fought against the stereotypes and showed gay and lesbian romantic love being more important than just sex, but even in those books I didn’t see the same for bisexuals. when I was twelve I was able to recognize that I had the same crush feelings for boys and girls, and I knew the word bisexual, but I wasn’t able to apply it to myself bc I was twelve and didn’t feel sexual attraction yet. what I got from the media I consumed was that straight love was the norm, gay love was difficult but beautiful, and bi love was irrelevant. people were only bi bc they liked to sleep around. if they fell in love with someone they would become aligned with gay or straight values and cease to be bi
but you know you can be bi in and out of a relationship. you can be bi and have sex and you can be bi and not. you can be fundamentally, intrinsically bi. and you can realize that at any time, from childhood to the day you die
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tsunflowers:
if I could change one thing about the way my sexuality is portrayed in the media so that future bi kids could have it easier it would be to eliminate the idea that bisexuality is necessarily all about sex. this is a stereotype for all non-straight people to be sure, but the representation of bisexuality as being sex-driven was what impacted me the most. I was able to find books by gay authors that fought against the stereotypes and showed gay and lesbian romantic love being more important than just sex, but even in those books I didn’t see the same for bisexuals. when I was twelve I was able to recognize that I had the same crush feelings for boys and girls, and I knew the word bisexual, but I wasn’t able to apply it to myself bc I was twelve and didn’t feel sexual attraction yet. what I got from the media I consumed was that straight love was the norm, gay love was difficult but beautiful, and bi love was irrelevant. people were only bi bc they liked to sleep around. if they fell in love with someone they would become aligned with gay or straight values and cease to be bi
but you know you can be bi in and out of a relationship. you can be bi and have sex and you can be bi and not. you can be fundamentally, intrinsically bi. and you can realize that at any time, from childhood to the day you die
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