BiSexual Visibility Day
Several years ago, when I first heard about Bi-Visibility (and it's mate, Bisexual Invisibility, I was so clueless I thought: why do bisexuals need additional visibility, like brighter lights on their bicycles?
So the thought experiment goes like this:
- You see two men holding hands.
- You see a man and a woman holding hands
- You see two women holding hands.
What have you seen?
- Answer A: Four gay people and two heterosexuals
- Answer B: Six Bisexuals
Straight people and gay people tend to classify bisexuals the same way: the bisexuals are gay people in denial, or straight people transitioning into being gay, or disturbed selfish people who want to have sex with everybody, or just nice people who are confused.
In this tendency to minimize bisexuality, to erase bisexuality, to render bisexuality invisible, both gay people and straight people find themselves aligned as monosexuals.
Monosexuals are so invested in their binary orientations that they deny the identity or existance of bisexuals.
Rather than bisexuals enjoying a larger pool of potential partners, they actually face a very small group; straight/gay women don't want a bi-man who's been with men; gay men don't want a bi-man who insists on their identity.
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