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Bisexual+ people aren't an intersection of lesbian or gay! | ILGA-Europe
This piece was originally published at TheLStop. Within every lesbian community there exists a tale as old as time, a proverb as common as it is contentious: Bi women cheat, betray, and ultimately leave — never for another woman, but for a man. Like those who flee the tumults of city life for quieter and less complicated pastures, bisexual women may seem destined, in the eyes of gay women, to trade the grit and hardships of queer life for the suburbs of heteroville. But is this really because we prefer a life of white-picket simplicity and comfort? Or could it be that, when it comes to romance between queer women, the game has been rigged from the start?
Why Bisexual Women Struggle In Lesbian Relationships
The current study examined the potential for mental health to mediate associations between earlier attachment to parents and peers and later relationship adjustment during adolescence and young adulthood in a sample of sexual minority youth. Participants included lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth who participated in six waves of data collection over 3. Parental attachment was associated with an older age of dating initiation, while peer attachment was associated with longer relationship length. Both peer and parental attachment were significantly associated with mental health in later adolescence and young adulthood.
I'm mainly speaking about Turkey - but my argument can be repeated for all around the world because of the invisibility and ignorance about bisexuality. As bisexuals, we are frequently seen as an intersection set of other sexual orientations, especially monosexual ones. On the one hand, no one dares to completely erase B from LGBTI but on the other hand, no one wants to mention bisexuality. Bisexuality is generally limited to women - as if just some women who couldn't become lesbian are bisexual.