Writer of Purple Prose: Bisexuality in Britain, Kate Harrad covers the significance of Bi Visibility Day in addition to main reasons why stereotypes and stigma have to be discussed. Whenever individuals declare that bisexuals are “greedy and promiscuous”, they base their presumptions in the known proven fact that simply because bisexual individuals encounter attraction to one or more sex they have to be “sleeping around with everyone”. These claims are particularly harmful and certainly will cause many individuals to either stay static in the wardrobe or perhaps ashamed to be linked to the label. Internalised bi-phobia can manifest because of all or some of these reasons, bisexual males are accused of utilizing this label to cover that they’re really homosexual and women can be blamed for wanting male attention.

These harmful stereotypes hinder any progress that LGBT+ activists attempt to make, they may not be only damaging for bisexual individuals but towards the community in general. Just how can we fight for equality and acceptance once we shun those in your very very very own community? Continua a leggere