Picrews be like yeah omg acab dxde but as soon as you say bi lesbians are a thing you have a swat team at your door. Tumblr and it’s consequences have been a disaster for the human race

  • neebay [any,undecided]
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    4 years ago

    some people want lesbian to be a label that includes all WLW identities

    not a WLW myself, but as a bi/pan guy I can feel where they're coming from

    I'll often identify as gay in situations where my attraction to men is what's relevant, but I don't want to bother explaining how I'm pansexual or NB-inclusive bisexual or whatever

    we are also subject to much of the same homophobia, it doesn't matter to most homophobes whether you're also attracted to the opposite gender, but on the other hand it is easier for us to have relationships that pass socially in a heteronormative culture

    there are many lesbians and gay men who believe these labels should only apply to exclusively homosexual people, and I'm sympathetic to their desire for exclusively homosexual spaces

    so I'm a bit conflicted about it