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I understand that it& #39;s way more common for bi/pan people to experience erasure than it is for lesbians but do y& #39;all have any idea how often I get told I "don& #39;t count" because I& #39;m not attracted to men? Happens pretty much daily.
Pls understand I& #39;m not trying to compete, it& #39;s just frustrating how a lot of people think it& #39;s easier for lesbians to feel "valid" in the LGBT community and they conveniently forget all the ways we get dismissed as humans literally everywhere else
Also, unless I talk about it constantly, a lot of people either forget that I& #39;m gay (including my family and closest friends) or they assume I mean bisexual when I tell them I& #39;m gay, so it& #39;s not like lesbians don& #39;t experience erasure too
Sorry this is about to turn into a rant. I also have people like my sister, who knows I& #39;m gay and is supposedly "accepting" of it - whenever she feels insecure, she yells things like "ugh i look SO ugly. My outfit is gross. I hate my hair. I look like a fucking lesbian".
Or my dad, sometimes my mom will buy him an outfit that he doesn& #39;t like, and he says "oh god, why& #39;d you make me look like a lesbian" and my mom cracks up and agrees
Or when that photo of tr*mp& #39;s tan line was floating around and people kept commenting on it saying he looks like a british lesbian
I know there is still a lot of weight and negative stereotypes associated with other sexual orientations as well but I don& #39;t often see people equate the words bisexual or pansexual with "disgusting"
If you are bi or pan or have experienced attraction to a person of the opposite gender, that means you most likelu HAVE experienced attraction before that didn& #39;t make you feel disgusting. Most lesbians have never felt that before and don& #39;t know what it feels like to feel love
Without also feeling intense shame towards that love AND intense fear of it.
