dear bisexual / pansexual women and political lesbians,
you need to immediately disclose to any woman you plan on dating if you are, in fact, a lesbian, or if you are something else. some lesbians are open to dating bi / pan / PL ladies. some are not. withholding this information is harmful, deceitful behavior that can make lesbians feel unsafe and devalued.
picture it: you’re a lesbian, looking to start a relationship. you meet a woman who claims that she, too, is a lesbian. this signifies that you have, at the very least, a shared sexuality, and you can bond about your experience as a woman who is attracted exclusively to women, which is outside of the patriarchal, heterocentric structure of the vast majority of societies.
now, imagine that you, a lesbian who is incapable of being attracted to men, get a confession from your girlfriend: she discloses to you that, yeah, actually, she could possibly be with a man and feel emotionally and sexually fulfilled. she, as a bi- or pansexual, is capable of thinking about having sex with a man and not feeling revulsion. your initial feeling of intimacy and security related to the sharing of a sexuality - one of the most basic aspects of your being, which is essential to you - is gone.
wouldn’t that hurt? wouldn’t that make you feel insecure? wouldn’t you get angry, if you were put into that position?
You know what would hurt me?
If I was in a relationship with a lesbian and her finding out I am bi was some sort of horrific secret that must be confessed like some shameful pox.
The fact that bisexual women are seen as being dirty or alien because we have or feel the capacity to be in intimate relationships with men is HARMFUL. It is biphobic and it is disgusting.
The entire notion that bi women are less valuable and less desirable as partners because we have and/or have the capacity to be intimate with men is so blatantly biphobic and bigoted that I can’t believe I even have to explain it.
How about THIS: Biphobic lesbians who would feel betrayed and insecure because of a bi partners identity have an OBLIGATION to disclose that they are biphobic assholes when they enter into a relationship, in case any bi woman they are interested in was unaware of what an asshole they are.
also some lesbians have had intimate relationships with men in their past before finding out they’re lesbian so like this entire argument about bi women being gross because they’ve been with men or have the capacity to be with men is moot and ridiculous….
cat-invasion-leader liked this
mossydryad liked this
tuberculosisbug liked this
gloudenrush liked this absentminded-potato reblogged this from cringeposter9000
absentminded-potato liked this
cringeposter9000 reblogged this from dualclock
cringeposter9000 liked this
aquarius-vittata liked this starblazer01 reblogged this from shyleviathan
starblazer01 liked this
shyleviathan reblogged this from dualclock
dualclock reblogged this from electricpoolshark
dualclock liked this
littlelezka liked this notexactlythatgirl liked this
oh-helenofsparta liked this
gay4dana-scully reblogged this from foxscully
gay4dana-scully liked this
foxscully reblogged this from terfshatewomen
foxscully liked this
theigh reblogged this from terfshatewomen
theigh liked this
crypt1db1tch reblogged this from bi-four-bi duckiethots liked this
a-a-eq reblogged this from fandomsandfeminism
dovahkiira reblogged this from terfshatewomen
dovahkiira liked this
angelbabecash liked this pot-yacht reblogged this from unfukwitable
electricpoolshark reblogged this from alientrade
sassidegrassi reblogged this from unfukwitable
alientrade reblogged this from terfshatewomen
rhythmloid liked this
bi-four-bi reblogged this from terfshatewomen
rebeccabinch liked this
worldwidewanderlust liked this
unfukwitable reblogged this from terfshatewomen
terfshatewomen reblogged this from everything-to-me
meaningless-stuff reblogged this from cruciatus-animus and added: Não tenho nem palavras para definir o quanto a bifobia me faz chorar
everything-to-me reblogged this from cyanidefemme
roadbrrrn liked this morishige-on-the-phone reblogged this from 7-oh-ta1
morishige-on-the-phone liked this
7-oh-ta1 reblogged this from cruciatus-animus
mokyma liked this pimfinity liked this
- Show more notes

