- Parade sees thousands defy rain to celebrate the LGBT community.
- It all started with XOJane posting a REALLY terrible article demonstrating some major biphobia.
- Entitled UNPOPULAR OPINION: If You Only Date Men, You Don't Get to be Queer, it made a lot of us see red.
- This is SERIOUSLY fucked up >.< https://twitter.com/AnaMardoll/status/623948272260923393 …
https://twitter.com/spidey_j/status/623957337452097536
— Imperator Spiderosa (@spidey_j)Wed, Jul 22 2015 20:46:36 - "If You Only Date Men, You Don't Get to be Queer" #nope #wrong #YourUnpopularOpinionIsOppression #alsoStatusQuo https://twitter.com/xojanedotcom/status/623907866894856192 …
https://twitter.com/AnaMardoll/status/623948272260923393
— Ana Mardoll (@AnaMardoll)Wed, Jul 22 2015 20:10:35 - "There's two people being terrible here." No, there is only one, and you should have stopped right there. pic.twitter.com/oYEzgIMznW
https://twitter.com/spidey_j/status/623957780836122624
— Imperator Spiderosa (@spidey_j)Wed, Jul 22 2015 20:48:22 - "It's totally a jerk move to appoint myself the arbitrator of my friend's sexuality and identity." STOP RIGHT THERE
https://twitter.com/spidey_j/status/623957926546268160
— Imperator Spiderosa (@spidey_j)Wed, Jul 22 2015 20:48:56 - "It's none of my business, it is none of my business, and truly, it is none of my business." STOP
https://twitter.com/spidey_j/status/623958040958513152
— Imperator Spiderosa (@spidey_j)Wed, Jul 22 2015 20:49:24 - "She's dipping in and out of privileges that benefit her the most in each situation she's in." All right, I'm gonna throw some stats at you
https://twitter.com/spidey_j/status/623958190028226560
— Imperator Spiderosa (@spidey_j)Wed, Jul 22 2015 20:49:59 - I think it's really important to highlight that this notion that bisexuals have privilege that benefits them is an illusion. There are no statistics to support this idea.
- Because this privilege you're talking about, it DOESN'T EXIST.
https://twitter.com/spidey_j/status/623958466214793216
— Imperator Spiderosa (@spidey_j)Wed, Jul 22 2015 20:51:05 - Bisexual women are TWICE as likely as straight women to be abused and 50% more likely than lesbians: http://www.buzzfeed.com/annanorth/bisexual-women-almost-twice-as-likely-to-be-abused#.uwGdmGRKLy …
https://twitter.com/spidey_j/status/623958637690490884
— Imperator Spiderosa (@spidey_j)Wed, Jul 22 2015 20:51:46 - Bisexual women are at higher risk for suicide and mental health disorders: http://sf-hrc.org/sites/sf-hrc.org/files/migrated/FileCenter/Documents/HRC_Publications/Articles/Bisexual_Invisiblity_Impacts_and_Recommendations_March_2011.pdf …
https://twitter.com/spidey_j/status/623959219658604544
— Imperator Spiderosa (@spidey_j)Wed, Jul 22 2015 20:54:05 - Bisexual women are twice as likely as lesbians to be living in poverty: http://sf-hrc.org/sites/sf-hrc.org/files/migrated/FileCenter/Documents/HRC_Publications/Articles/Bisexual_Invisiblity_Impacts_and_Recommendations_March_2011.pdf …
https://twitter.com/spidey_j/status/623959773113745408
— Imperator Spiderosa (@spidey_j)Wed, Jul 22 2015 20:56:17 - BTW, THIS IS NOT A COMPETITION. LGBTQIA folk all suffer from homophobia & all of the attendant societal & mental health issues.
https://twitter.com/spidey_j/status/623960142208339968
— Imperator Spiderosa (@spidey_j)Wed, Jul 22 2015 20:57:45 - This is not me saying that other LGBTQIA folks do not suffer. We ALL suffer. This is me saying that we need to stop erasing the suffering of bisexuals.
- BUT STOP FUCKING SAYING THAT BI PPL HAVE PRIVILEGE THAT PROTECTS THEM. IT DOES NOT EXIST.
https://twitter.com/spidey_j/status/623960257115521025
— Imperator Spiderosa (@spidey_j)Wed, Jul 22 2015 20:58:12 - By EVERY single marker of health, wellness & success, bisexuals (and esp bi women) are suffering MORE than almost any other LGBTQIA group.
https://twitter.com/spidey_j/status/623960484920692736
— Imperator Spiderosa (@spidey_j)Wed, Jul 22 2015 20:59:06 - It should be noted that trans women, especially trans women of color, are at higher risk than bisexual women for all of these issues. Of course, trans women can be bisexual too. I don't think there are statistics available for that specific group, but I can't imagine that they don't suffer from all of the problems that plague bisexuals as well as transgender folks.
- Even worse, we only recently learned about this because as a group they have been ignored by every organization, every study, every grant.
https://twitter.com/spidey_j/status/623960664936071168
— Imperator Spiderosa (@spidey_j)Wed, Jul 22 2015 20:59:49 - Everyone has been assuming that bi folks are just fine because of this "privilege" of being invisible.
https://twitter.com/spidey_j/status/623961315472621568
— Imperator Spiderosa (@spidey_j)Wed, Jul 22 2015 21:02:24 - Being erased is not a privilege. It is incredibly damaging on every level. No community, no support, no acceptance anywhere.
https://twitter.com/spidey_j/status/623961563582468097
— Imperator Spiderosa (@spidey_j)Wed, Jul 22 2015 21:03:24 - The straight world hates your queerness, the queer world hates you for not being "queer enough".
https://twitter.com/spidey_j/status/623961745967558661
— Imperator Spiderosa (@spidey_j)Wed, Jul 22 2015 21:04:07 - Even other bi people will hate you and participate in your erasure. You will be the secret partner, the hidden relationship.
https://twitter.com/spidey_j/status/623961931653644288
— Imperator Spiderosa (@spidey_j)Wed, Jul 22 2015 21:04:51 - They will say you can't commit to anyone, that you're incapable of faithfulness and trustworthiness.
https://twitter.com/spidey_j/status/623962157848211456
— Imperator Spiderosa (@spidey_j)Wed, Jul 22 2015 21:05:45
