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So, it’s #BiAwarenessWeek?
Which raises, for me, some existential questions
When I, sheltered in the Midwest within a white, performatively Catholic family, first learned attraction between people could actually be more than vanilla heterosexed, bisexual seemed to fit
But -
Which raises, for me, some existential questions
When I, sheltered in the Midwest within a white, performatively Catholic family, first learned attraction between people could actually be more than vanilla heterosexed, bisexual seemed to fit
But -
Back in the day when I was reading Dykes to Watch Out For & Hothead Paisan, I encountered the term “Stone Butch” which seemed to better encapsulate how I experienced love & affection for people but rarely any desire for them to get sexy with me (asexual wasn’t widely used)
I was sorting out my orientation in the 1990s & had been given virtually no healthy tools to do so
We didn’t have many terms for that complex trifecta of sex/gender/orientation better understood now
Also, AIDS was a thing & alternative sexuality carried enormous stigma
We didn’t have many terms for that complex trifecta of sex/gender/orientation better understood now
Also, AIDS was a thing & alternative sexuality carried enormous stigma
