{"id":7754,"date":"2013-10-02T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T16:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=7754"},"modified":"2013-10-01T11:32:54","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T18:32:54","slug":"queerly-forward-bi-doesnt-mean-binary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2013\/10\/02\/queerly-forward-bi-doesnt-mean-binary\/","title":{"rendered":"Queerly Forward<\/em>: Bi doesn\u2019t mean binary"},"content":{"rendered":"

In celebration of bisexual visibility day on September 23, the Camosun College Student Society\u2019s Pride Collective spent time speaking to students and raising some of the issues associated with bisexual identities. Some of the issues contributing to the oppression of such identities include patriarchal double standards, common misconceptions, and lack of representation.<\/p>\n

Double standards for bisexual people of different genders mean that some people\u2019s sexual identities are taken seriously, while others are not. Patriarchal sexualization of bisexual women assumes that women could only be attracted to\u0118other women for men\u2019s pleasure. This is also related to ideas that a bisexual identity is simply sexual and cannot be inclusive of everything from sexual attraction to love.<\/p>\n

Many people also assume that bisexuals are simply confused about which gender they are attracted to, This can result in a rejection of bisexual identities and often means that the specific issues that bisexual people face are left out of queer advocacy efforts.<\/p>\n

One of the biggest misconceptions of bisexuality is that bisexuals are only attracted to men and women. In fact, bisexuality is not binary. Bisexuality just means that a person is attracted to more than one gender.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also important to remember that bisexuality isn\u2019t erased when a person enters into a monogamous relationship. A person, for example, who\u2019s attracted to more than one gender, doesn\u2019t magically become heterosexual or homosexual\u0118if\u0118they enter into a monogamous relationship with a specific gender. After all, like all sexual identities, bisexuality is self-determined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In celebration of bisexual visibility day on September 23, the Camosun College Student Society\u2019s Pride Collective spent time speaking to students and raising some of the issues associated with bisexual identities. Some of the issues contributing to the oppression of such identities include patriarchal double standards, common misconceptions, and lack of representation. Double standards for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-columns","category-october-2-2013"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t