Idk but I feel like a lot of the distinction is really trans-exclusionary. I so frequently see it defined as bisexuals date “biological men and women”, whatever that means, whereas pansexuals also date trans men and women. My issue is that I just see trans men as men and trans women as women, so why should I need an extra descriptor for my love. It feels like it’s othering them, as though bisexuals shouldn’t love trans folk by default, and that feels like total bullshit to me.
I’ve been around a while and I never heard this interpretation up until very recently.
Ever since same-sex marriage passed, certain well-funded bigot groups have been explicitly and deliberately engaging in a “divide and conquer” strategy for taking down progressive movements. First they pushed transphobia as a Feminist quality. Now I guess the whispers are that bisexuals are trans-exclusionary, which in turn is stoking biphobia too? Don’t fall for it.
Idk but I feel like a lot of the distinction is really trans-exclusionary. I so frequently see it defined as bisexuals date “biological men and women”, whatever that means, whereas pansexuals also date trans men and women. My issue is that I just see trans men as men and trans women as women, so why should I need an extra descriptor for my love. It feels like it’s othering them, as though bisexuals shouldn’t love trans folk by default, and that feels like total bullshit to me.
sobbing by how common this take is
bisexuality isn’t inherently transphobic!
it’s a general stereotype which, while it can be true on an individual level, certainly isn’t when taken as a whole
here’s the bisexual manifesto, also, since it goes hard: https://bitheway.carrd.co/#manifesto
regardless of where we fall in the bi vs pan argument, i think it’s really important we don’t let reactionaries define bisexuality for us!
I’ve been around a while and I never heard this interpretation up until very recently.
Ever since same-sex marriage passed, certain well-funded bigot groups have been explicitly and deliberately engaging in a “divide and conquer” strategy for taking down progressive movements. First they pushed transphobia as a Feminist quality. Now I guess the whispers are that bisexuals are trans-exclusionary, which in turn is stoking biphobia too? Don’t fall for it.