"Checkmate Transphobe---I mean, BIPHOBE"

submitted by PeakingPeachEater from self.Bisexuals

Source: Post from reddit

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By saying that being bisexual is transphobic, you are saying trans women aren’t women and trans men aren’t men. So while calling someone transphobic, you are showing how YOU are transphobic. That’s all. Have a good day :)

I mean...That's not biphobic, that's a true statement. Transwomen are not women and transmen are not men.

But yeah, I guess the woke crowd is eating each other up and trying to be the "most" oppressed.

Speaking of "most oppressed"...

Saw another post here called Periodt.

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"straight passing privilege" could literally apply literally any sexuality, maybe you should unpack why you talk about it in regards to bisexuals.

oh right, it's because you see it as a tragic thing for homosexual people to not be seen as the sexuality they are, whereas for bi people it's somehow a privilige to for their sexuality to be erased.

I never heard of "straight-passing privilege". Wtf is that? And why are they attacking homosexual people just to make a point? I understand the sentiment of bisexuality being erased and people being considering us "secretly gay(for men)" or "secretly straight(for women)" but that doesn't mean we, as the B, should be like "well, fuck homosexuals, we're more 'oppressed'".

I really hate this victim mentality and who's the "most oppressed".

Currently, they are saying that transsexuals/transgender people are the "most oppressed."

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[–]diapason 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Ugh yeah I can't stand the oppression competitions. In life there's always going to be someone who has things worse than you, it's not a contest. It's better to just try to make things better for everyone rather than having the whole crabs-in-a-bucket mentality and fighting over who has it worse, especially when they're just coming up with dubious reasons to justify their hierarchy

[–]PeakingPeachEater[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

For sure!

I think as the B we should focus on addressing bisexual issues without bringing somebody else down, whether that be the L or the G, and even the heterosexuals.

I'm hoping that people see us as no different than them and do not treat our sexuality as some sort of "special trait" when really it's just...a small part of us. I mean, sure,we like males and females but other than that? There's really nothing else to it. No "bisexual culture" with stupid finger guns or lemon bars. It's just...a regular trait, nothing hyper special.

It just sucks that even within our own bisexual group, it's been split off to "pansexual", "biromantic", "demisexual", "polysexual", and "omnisexual" which causes unnecessarily "bisexual civil wars" when really we're all the same but basically different political views---with "bisexuality" not being a political identity like the others I listed off.

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[–]usehername 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sorry to necro this post, but this forum is dead. "Straight passing privilege" means that a bi person can "pass" as straight when in a het relationship.