Comments on: Bisexuality myths persist

By: bookwench

bookwench — Sun, 13 May 2012 18:53:05 +0000

I really don’t get monosexual people. How can you *not* be bisexual when there’s all these gorgeous, sexy people in the world? Shakira’s booty and Jason Moma’s thews, seriously – can I just be stuck in the middle? I’d look like the lardy white cream filling in a typical sandwich cookie, but I’m kind of ok with being mocked if I’m being gloriously smothered to death between those two.

I have a hard time believing monosexual people who claim they’d never, ever, ever nibble on the ears of their non-preferred partner when I see some of those hotties our gloriously varied human genes have produced.

now ‘scuse me, but that image up above was just too hot. I’ll… be in my bunk.

By: John Tozeland

John Tozeland — Fri, 11 May 2012 11:39:40 +0000

The discrimination against bisexual identity is very evident in both the community and with the ranks of the services in NSW!!!….

By: Paul Mitchell

Paul Mitchell — Fri, 11 May 2012 04:06:40 +0000

Lets get rid of all these labels, it is the 21st century for goodness sake!

By: Kathi

Kathi — Thu, 10 May 2012 10:06:02 +0000

Thanks for the article Laura, some important points raised. I did wonder though why only Vic Aids support services were listed and what message this might give regarding bisexual men? There are other services that can also support people who identify as bisexual or are perhaps questioning. Two exmaples that immediately come to mind are G & L switchboard (despite their name, offer support to GLBTI) http://www.switchboard.org.au/ Bisexual Alliance Victoria www.bi-alliance.org The latter organisation (of which I am a committee member) was the one to draw attention to biphobia at Pride, which you cite in above. Thanks again.

By: Chloe

Chloe — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:15:00 +0000

I’m the author of the Jessie J book and I completely agree with you Laura, which is why I think you may have misunderstood what I was trying to say. The fact that bisexuality exists (for me, at least) was never something to contest.
I’ve never said that Jessie was gay simply because she hadn’t dated men in several years, but that she herself privately identified as gay but was asked to keep it under wraps and play the bisexual card instead.
This would avoid alienating homophobic people (the 475,000 people here in the UK who recently signed a petition against our government legalising gay marriage proves that there are many out there and that homophobia really COULD have had a harmful impact on Jessie’s career).
In contrast, bisexuality is less threatening to these types as they might assume it’s a “phase” rather than a real lifestyle choice. It’d also keep male fans’ fantasies alive that they could have a threesome with her one day, as improbable as that clearly is.
The fact is that all around the supoosedly liberal western world, there IS a lot of stigma attached to alternative sexuality and with that type of attitude out there, it’d be an injustice NOT to talk about it.
My aim wasn’t to out Jessie, as she was already open about liking women anyway, but to out the mentality of anyone who would ask to pretend to be something she wasn’t.
I can certainly appreciate why it would be annoying to constantly battle the views of ignorant people who deny bisexuality (or have stereotypes that you can’t like women unless you have a skinhead and tattoos and ‘look’ gay, which is another one I’ve heard)- it shouldn’t be an issue, but for so many people it is.

By: Dale Mills

Dale Mills — Wed, 09 May 2012 10:12:07 +0000

I think we bi people just have to be a bit queer about biphobia. If you hassle me because of my sexuality, I will tell you to “fuck off” with gusto.