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. @BiTransAlliance @StillBisexual are there any sources you think are vital to understanding bisexual history, particularly when it comes to the term & #39;bi lesbian& #39;? It& #39;s my understanding this isn& #39;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& #39;s roots seem to be vaguely connected to transphobia. I& #39;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& #39;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& #39;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& #39;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. & #39;Bi lesbian& #39; isn& #39;t a new descriptor, I& #39;ve seen it as far back as the 70s/80s. What& #39;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& #39;all really that pressed or just going with the ahistorical non-reading crowd?
