Bisexual erasure
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Bisexual erasure is a manifestation of biphobia characterized by dismissing, ignoring, removing or misstating/misidentifying references to bisexual people in the historical record, academic materials, the news media, and other primary sources. When done by homosexuals, it often takes the form of claiming these people as closeted homosexuals whose heterosexual relationships were merely for conformity and when done by heterosexuals, it is done for that very conformity.
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Additionally, it can take the form of omitting the word bisexual or appropriate variants in the name of an organization or event that serves the whole LGBT community; or believing that bisexual people do not deserve equal status or inclusion within the gay, lesbian, or straight communities.
In its most extreme form, it can include denying that bisexual people actually exist[1].
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Sexual Prejudice: The erasure of bisexuals in academia and the media Hutchins, Loraine American Sexuality magazine Volume 3, No. 4 (2005)
- Bialogue/GLAAD Bisexuality Packet for Mental Health Professionals
- Weiss, Jillian T., GL vs. BT: The Archaeology of Biphobia and Transphobia Within the U.S. Gay and Lesbian Community, Journal of Bisexuality (Haworth Press 2004), available at http://phobos.ramapo.edu/~jweiss/glvsbt.htm
- Straight, Gay or Lying? Bisexuality Revisited New York Times, July 5, 2005.
[edit] External links
- Yoshino, Kenji (2000). "The Epistemic Contract of Bisexual Erasure" [2]. Stanford Law Review, 52 (2).
- Dear Fellow Non-existent Beings: countering current attempts to erase bisexuality Bialogue
