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i still think experiencing aligned attractions is a privilege.
most people who experience split attraction (including me when i did) use at least two labels for their orientation. but because the world focuses on sexual orientation, that& #39;s what people focus on
so say i& #39;m biromantic ace. in surveys or stuff like that i& #39;d always have to choose whether to put asexual and have my romantic orientation erased, or put bisexual and have my sexual orientation erased and my romantic one misrepresented
it& #39;s alightly less of a problem with words like gay or lesbian as they don& #39;t have the typical -sexual suffix, but they& #39;ll still make you erase a part of yourself
people who experience split attraction are often accused of faking their sexuality ("you& #39;re not really a lesbian if you& #39;re not romantically attracted to women")
or "you& #39;re not really bisexual if romantically you only like men".
people who experience split attraction are often accused of having comphet or internalised homophobia, like "you& #39;re not biromantic homosexual, you just have comphet" and "you& #39;re only asexual because of internalised homophobia, you& #39;ll come around eventually" and the last one
has big "you& #39;ll find the right person eventually" energy
all of this is stuff people can deal with when their attractions don& #39;t align. most of this stuff i experienced when i identified as bi/pan ace. and i get none of this shit now that bisexuality fully describes me
