Love and LGBTQIA+: Biphobia is a thing

Biphobia is a thing

By Anonymous - 05/08/2021 06:01

Today, I’m bisexual. My straight friends think it’s a phase and I should just "pick one". My LGBTQ friends think I’m straight and should stop "posing". I’m regularly accused of trying to steal people's partners or asked to join marital threesomes. Can’t I just be a regular person? FML

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Same thing different taste

By Just_do_it_17 - 09/05/2011 04:03 - United States

Today, after being out of the closet for over three years, I learned that some of my friends still don't believe me that I am really a lesbian. They still think I made the whole thing up because I can't get a man. FML

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Identity politics

By Anonymous - 21/04/2022 10:00 - United States

Today, I came out as a lesbian to my friends. They were supportive, save for my one friend, who accused me of copying her by also being a lesbian. FML

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Delusional

By PleaseStop - 18/12/2022 21:00

Today, a female friend of mine keeps telling people we’re dating. No matter how many times I told her I'm gay and only attracted to men, she won’t take that for an answer. She’s actually arranged for me to meet her parents next weekend. FML

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By likesboys - 19/05/2010 12:00 - Canada

Today, my entire family thinks I'm a lesbian. I'm straight. I'm embarrassed and don't know how to tell them that I've been single for so long because I can't get a guy. FML

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Denial

By Anonymous - 25/11/2021 23:00

Today, and every time I try to talk to my mother about being a lesbian, she just says in the most condescending way, "Oh no you're not sweetie, it’s just a phase." The "phase" has lasted 17 years, including marrying my wife and adopting twin sons, but sure, it’s “just a phase.” FML

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Relatable, unfortunately

By Anonymous - 30/12/2020 13:58 - United States - Pittsburgh

Today, I realized that I'm at the age that whenever I mention a friend of the opposite gender, my family's first response is asking whether that friend is single. I've already accepted no one will want a pathetic freak like me, so their poking around what few friends I have makes it awkward. FML

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By Anonymous - 03/12/2009 08:23 - United States

Today, I found out that my friends were convinced that I was gay. I have known most of them for 3 plus years, they all thought my girlfriend was a special shopping partner. I found this out while announcing my engagement. FML

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Shipping culture

By Anonymous - 07/03/2022 14:00

Today, my friend accused me of lying about being gay. Why? I happen to ship some m/f couples in the works of fiction I follow. According to her, gay people are inherently opposed to anything heterosexual, and therefore it shouldn't be possible that I like those ships. The kicker? She herself is straight. FML

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Keeping up

By Anonymous - 09/05/2019 22:00

Today, I found out that my mother has been telling everybody that I’m a lesbian, because both of her best friends have at least one gay child each, and she was feeling left out. This explains why people have been treating me differently the last few weeks. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/08/2012 22:06 - Thailand - Bangkok

Today, my girlfriend, who I've loved and dated for over a year, confessed that she's actually straight as an arrow. All this time, she's basically been using me as an accessory to enhance her "social status" and make her guy friends horny. FML

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Nico Noppe 9

Thursday 5 August 2021 9:42

Wait... your LGBTQ friends think you're straight? What do they think the B stands for?

treehead42 10

Thursday 5 August 2021 6:31

I am bi as well. Very sorry your friends treat you like that. Their fear-type bigotry is especially showing with the "accusations of trying to steal people's partners" as if bi people are raging horny home wreckers.

Comments

treehead42 10

Thursday 5 August 2021 6:31

Brightside86 30

Thursday 5 August 2021 6:59

College humor has a video about this exact thing and it's amazing. "When coming out goes better than you thought"

Nico Noppe 9

Thursday 5 August 2021 9:42

Wait... your LGBTQ friends think you're straight? What do they think the B stands for?

RichardPencil 30

Thursday 5 August 2021 15:23

Boners? Wait...are you telling me it's not "boners?"

ChipBoundary 9

Saturday 7 August 2021 7:50

You'd be surprised how common this is. My sister is a lesbian and tons of her friends that are gay hate bisexuals.

Gemfez 15

Friday 6 August 2021 22:49

Unfortunately this is pretty normal for being Bi. You end up with both camps thinking you’re just hedging your bets. Good for you for being honest.

AutisticPat 10

Saturday 7 August 2021 7:27

I’m so sorry that you’re going through this. If a person is incapable (or unwilling) to try to accept your identity, I don’t think that they are very good friends.

IHaveThePower 16

Wednesday 8 March 2023 3:42

I don't know what queer folk you're hanging out with, but go find a new group. I'm a raging butch and I don't have a single problem with you--and no one else should, either. You're as queer as we are, and you need to go find your real family so you know it too.