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actually here’s some nifty links discussing butch/femme history and how it’s not lesbian exclusive and never has been

this one includes quotes about butch mlm, who have been using the term butch since at least the 1960s

this one discusses bi women using femme, even when they’re with men

this discusses the history of femme and butch in wlw spaces

this discusses how claiming butch/femme is lesbian exclusive is antiblack and racist

this one talks about femme as a term for all lgbt people (includes the d slur and f slur)

some more discussion of bi femmes

here’s a long article about femme bisexuality

some more quotes about bi femmes and bi butches, including a quote from leslie feinberg about butch bis

this talks about femme as a community wide term

this one is about butch bisexuality (d slur)

this is about femme bis and butch bis

read about polari

this is about butch/fem(me) history

here’s this about ball room culture, and this, and this

aaand here’s butch is a noun

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Controversial take (that shouldn't be so controversial)

OK, this applies to average people/normies, celebs and sometimes fictional characters alike (I debate these latter ones in a different manner). You know, sometimes I suspect someone is bi, but if I find out they are/identify as gay (or even straight, but this is less frequent), I just say "Oops, OK," shrug and move on. If it's someone I like, I don't stop liking them. But when someone shows queerness and I -and others- suspect them as bisexual (or multiple gender attracted), some people get angry, offended even. They just read "heterosexual" when multiple genders attraction also include queerness; homosexual (and scoliosexual) attractions; the possibility of preference for similar genders/same sex and/or the other possibility of ending up in the queer pairing you can feel represented by. It's as if some people feel threatened or discredited by someone identifying as bi/pan/queer; or use no labels but acknowledge or at least seemingly show attractions to different genders. As a bi woman, I have had past relationships with women and I feel happy when another woman in a same-gender relationship identifies as Multiple-gender attracted. That might be why it bothers me when people who insist these women are "gay all along and lying" get mad at me for the mere pointing out at them talking about their bisexuality. And as a normie example, I have a friend who after a lifetime of dating men she ended up marrying a woman and for her, while comphet affected her in the way it affects all women, it never affected her in the way it affects lesbians. Her attractions and love for these men were genuine to her.

Also, it seems that nowadays some people in Social Media seem to get a pass to men who had girlfriends or casual sex with women as long as they identify or are perceived as gay. Granted, some gay identified men do that for a variety of reasons, but how about those who make obvious their attraction to women as well as men, and acknowledge attractions? I have also come to the conclusion that how you identify your sexuality might be a personal thing. I know people who identify as gay because they are not attracted to all genders equally; or they base it on who they prefer to have romantic relationships with. And there are people in these same situations who identify as bi/pan/queer... And that seems to offend those who identify as gay. Maybe take a closer look and see what their reasons are? Same with bisexuals being offended at someone who identify as pansexual. Or viceversa. Maybe there are particular reasons for each to identify the way they do? Sometimes I admit I struggle with that, or with Multiple gender attracted people who choose not to label themselves, but I don't let that bother me. I'd rather live and let live and listen to individual experiences. Anyways... I am just pondering as I go.

I actually don’t think posts about how bi women need to shut up about their relationships in lgbt spaces can ever be lighthearted or acceptable and I think any attempt to paint them as such fundamentally misunderstands the purpose of the lgbt community at its core (:

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THIS BLOG IS A SAFE SPACE FOR ALL BISEXUAL WOMEN.

whether you have only dated men, only want to date men, have only dated women, only want to date women, have dated both and more genders, at the same time or not, don't want to date at all;

whether you are in a relationship with a man, in a relationship with a woman, in a relationship with a nonbinary person, in a relationship with someone who is not any of those, in a relationship with multiple people, or not in a relationship at all;

whether you enjoy threesomes or not;

whether you have a preference for men, a preference for women, a preference for nonbinary people, a preference for other genders, or have no preference and feel attraction regardless of gender, whether you're attracted to all genders, or are only attracted to some genders;

whether you've always known you were bisexual, you identified as a different sexuality before coming out as bisexual, you use other labels as well as bisexual interchangeably or simultaneously, or you're still unsure about or are scared of being bisexual;

whether you are masculine, feminine, androgynous, have mixed presentation, or something else;

whether you are a butch, a femme, a futch, a stud, a fish, a stem, or none of these;

whether you are a cis woman, a trans woman, a nonbinary woman, a multigender woman, a genderfluid woman, or have a different relationship with your womanhood;

whether your experiences with your bisexual womanhood is like something listed above or something different altogether;

NO MATTER WHAT, MY BLOG IS A SAFE PLACE FOR ALL BISEXUAL WOMEN.

here you will not be judged. here you will not be belittled. here you will not be abused or ridiculed. here you will not be bullied. here you will not be treated as lesser. here you will not be vilified or told you are wrong because of your sexuality.

bimisia has no place here or in the community.

here you will be loved. here you will be respected. here you will be honored. here you will be uplifted. here you will be praised. here you will be adored. here you will be respected. here you will be supported.

MY BLOG IS A SAFE PLACE FOR ALL BISEXUAL WOMEN.

because you belong here, and you deserve to have a community that supports you.

the bisexual pride flag was unvelied for the first time on december 5, 1998

the pink represents same gender attraction

the blue the attraction to different genders

purple, the resulting overlap of the two color, represent bisexuality and its uniqueness and entirety

bisexual people can have overlap experiences and history with other communities but we are also a separate and unique sexuality and identity, we are not “half straight and half gay” and we shouldn’t be perceived or treated as such. just like we see purple as its own color.

it was designed by michael page who took inspiration from the “bi triangles” also called “biangles”, created by liz nania in the 1985

it was important for her emphasizing both bi visibility and its existence outside of binary AND how we have always belonged in the queer community

original thread source

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