Maybe one of the reasons bisexuals
get a bad rep from lesbians
is that 'bi-curious' girls tend to take on the bisexual
label for a period of time
and then later on realize that they're actually straight
And many women who also take the label of 'bisexual' are actually just bisexual and not also bi-romantic
Which, as you can understand, would scare away a lot of lesbians
because many of us want relationships
I want a relationship
And of course, while there is no shame in bi-curiousness or being bi-curious,
it, in my opinion, is very different than being bisexual
But, we have some bisexual girls to talk about just that.
I am comfortable using the labels bisexual and biromantic
to describe my sexual orientation and my romantic orientation.
So, bisexuality means that you are attracted to more than one gender
You can be attracted to two genders or three genders or all of the genders
So, I know at least for me, the word bi
I think of it anyway as a kind of umbrella term
for people who are
bi-curious, bisexual, biromantic
all of the many bi s
people who might be anywhere here on the spectrum
that's not quite straight, and not quite gay
they might be anywhere in the middle
Sexually, gender plays no real role in who I'm attracted to
When I say that I'm a bisexual
I identify as someone who is attracted to all genders
even though in my early understanding of my own sexuality
I identified as bisexual in that I was attracted to men and women
but now as an adult, with better understanding of what I really like
I like uuh everyone
I also think a lot of people who are actually pansexual
identify as bi and all that kinda stuff
I am someone with the capacity to feel romantic feelings
towards women and sexual feelings towards women
In order to be biromantic that means that you
can pursue romantic engagements with more than one gender
so it can be two genders, three genders, all of the genders and so on
but that is the main difference between
bisexual and biromantic
romantic signifies romantic interest
Romantically tho, I'm more drawn to women
So if I had to put it in percentages
I'd say like 70% of me is usually typically attracted to women
the other 30% of me is attracted to men
and nonbinary people and everyone else
so I have like a homoromantic leaning
The way that I experience my sexuality is that I
tend to go through phases
and I think sexually I think I'm about
maybe 70, 80% gay
Early on when I was first becoming aware of my
queerness, and how I wasn't heterosexual
I linked sexual interactions with romance
because that was what I was exposed to culturally
when you have sex with someone you have to have
a romantic intendment with them
So sexual orientation indicates who a person
is or isn't sexually attrcted to
A really simplified way to put this is who they kind of
you know, want to do sexual things with
like who they wanna bang, who they wanna kiss
whatever they think is sexual
And then your romantic orientation indicates the kind of person
you are romantically drawn to
And romantically, and maybe about 78% straights
some kinds are very used to
straight relationships
So when i was first coming out as a bisexual
i was bi in that i knew i could have romantic relationships with both men and women
I looked around me
and i found all kinds of people sexy
so thats how i knew i was bisexual