Sorry if this is the wrong comm, but I had to get this off my chest. I am so sick and tired of dealing with bi-erasure. I am a bisexual man who is I'd say 90% attracted to women and 10% attracted to men. Best I can explain it, I am mostly attracted to women and occasionally attracted to a man. It really is that simple, but for a lot of people I might as well be explaining calculus. I understand if most straight people can't fathom it, after all they are straight. But what really irks me is when other LGBT people erase it, telling me I am "in the closet" or whatever. It makes me so damn angry because I am not in the closet, I am open about my bisexuality, yet no one believes it. I have only dated women, but everyone in my life off and online including my gf who herself is LGBTQ+ thinks I am gay. I'm so sick of it I think I'll either just tell people I am straight or become gay.
This thread has a lot of examples, but to put it succinctly it is the erasure of bisexuality as its own distinct and internally diverse thing. People aren't bi, they're straight or gay and pretending. Or they've experimented, but their orientation doesn't actually contain a rang of attraction to different kinds of people, they're just horny. If you date a member of the opposite gender, but still are attracted to people of the same, you're just straight (or even stealing queer valor.) That sort of thing.
Beyond personal circumstances and reactions from friends, etc. Bi people in popular culture or history are very often reduced to being gay or straight. This can get a bit circular where people will often just pretend to have the orientation that they're currently displaying or is most acceptable for their circumstances because it's not worth the hassle of affirming that yes, you do like it two or more ways.
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