. @BiTransAlliance @StillBisexual are there any sources you think are vital to understanding bisexual history, particularly when it comes to the term 'bi lesbian'? It's my understanding this isn't a new term yet it seems to be a sport on Twitter to shit on bisexual terms?

I have been collecting information in a dropbox in order to piece together the history of bisexuality. A lot of these attacks seem to focus on bisexual women, as does the political movement, but it's roots seem to be vaguely connected to transphobia. I'm struggling to find more.

In lieu of attacking trans people (which in certain circles is now politically incorrect and a draggable offense) I think that bisexuals in general tend to be low hanging fruit online, especially since internalized biphobia seems to be hard for some to reckon with?

There's a lot of crossover between the bisexual and trans communities. My goal is to figure out why it has become trendy to attack bisexual women in particular at a time when new identities are being created, gender is in flux, and trans politics are waxing.

Tbh I sense a lot of cissexism and insensitivity in these conversations that's masked as "protective." I se a lot of people weaponizing their identities in order to invalidate how other people describe themselves and this is something I witnessed with the term "nonbinary" too.

I don't know if people remember but people used to shit on and delegitimize *nonbinary* as a "tumblr term." They also did this to "demisexuality" and other asexual spectrum terms. 'Bi lesbian' isn't a new descriptor, I've seen it as far back as the 70s/80s. What's the deal?

I wanna know why in this supposedly very fluid, trans wave people are doubling down on demanding prescriptive definitions of sexuality when terms entire function is to find community? Are y'all really that pressed or just going with the ahistorical non-reading crowd?

I'm just seeing a lot of aggression that I'm struggling to understand. As someone just mentioned this also popped up with the "bisexuals can't use butch/femme" discourse.

It's biphobia y'all. It doesn't matter if a bisexual says it either. It's still biphobia.

Also: I don't use the term 'bi lesbian' to describe myself. I know that for some reason that was a rumor. I don't have a problem with the term because how someone else describes themself in this context isn't my business. This isn't like 'alt- right.'