I can see two potential problems to navigate, and I don't think they're related: one is the 'how bi are you' question that deals with self-identification, and being open about it, and being bi but in long-term relationship with a member of the opposite sex and others denying your bi-ness etc.
And the other is the question of being poly. For every bi-in-relation-with-one-sex who also wants to form attachments to member of the other sex there is at least one gay or bi person who is stereotyped as non-monogamous, so I see that as a problem area of its own.
(I suppose the whole gender identification thing is a third axis.)
Until people can find acceptance as individuals, some of these will be minefields, however you navigate it for yourself.
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Date: 2010-09-23 10:14 am (UTC)And the other is the question of being poly. For every bi-in-relation-with-one-sex who also wants to form attachments to member of the other sex there is at least one gay or bi person who is stereotyped as non-monogamous, so I see that as a problem area of its own.
(I suppose the whole gender identification thing is a third axis.)
Until people can find acceptance as individuals, some of these will be minefields, however you navigate it for yourself.