National Coming Out Day

[valarltd]

I am bisexual.

This does not make me a slut. I was a (mental) slut before I knew I was bisexual.

I knew I was bisexual when I was still a virgin, when I had done no more than kiss a boy. Even then, I knew I wanted to kiss girls the same way.

Bisexuality is not a phase. 23 years is a heck of a long phase.

Bisexuality is not a fad. Billie Jean King, Janis Joplin, Dag Hammerskold, Alice B. Toklas, Richard the Lionhearted and Alexander the Great were all bisexual.

Bisexuality does not mean I sleep with both at the same time.

Bisexuality is not a sex toy for my husband. When I want a woman, it has nothing whatsoever to do with him. It's not done for his arousal, his gratification or his entertainment.

In fact, it's not done at all. See point one. The fact that I am married means I don't get a lady, the same way I don't get another man.

Bisexuality does not mean I "should make up my mind." I know my own mind.


Bisexuality is real. It is the attraction to both sexes, although one may never be acted on.


Do not assume because I am married, I am straight.
Do not assume because I look at women, I am gay.
I am bisexual.
And so is my daughter.

Comments

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

*applauds*

Very well said.

[sidewinder.livejournal.com]

Beautifully put, thank you!

[reannon.livejournal.com]

*applauds*

[thatvoiceguy.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this. :) Well done!

[empathicfrost.livejournal.com]

Fuckin' a right. *hugs!*

[jedirita.livejournal.com]

My sister has a button that says, "I'm bisexual, but I'm still not interested in you." :D

I had to do some educating to convince my local PFLAG lady that bisexuals aren't just sitting the fence.

The D-Man checks in

[(Anonymous)]

Very well put, although nothing I (we) did not already know. (*Hugs*)

Re: The D-Man checks in

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

Wasn't meant to be news. Just a manifesto/clarification. I seem to be running into a lot of men who think bisexuality is just for their amusement.

BTW: can you e-mail me the file of your book as an attachment? I think you'll like where The Gemini Paradox went, but I need some help.

[ruckuskitten.livejournal.com]

Yay! Me, too!