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ok, when i say biphobia isn’t real i’m not saying bisexual people don’t face discrimination. obviously, that isn’t true.

bisexual people are discriminated against because of homophobia - like gay men and lesbian women, they’re attracted to members of the same sex. the systemic hate and violence directed toward gay people isn’t directed toward bisexual people. there are harmful and erasing stereotypes that exist about bisexuals, but gay people experience that on a much, much larger scale. i would even go so far as to say that lesbians in particular are hated so violently because they’re 100% not sexually available to men, while bisexual women are.

if a bisexual woman kisses her girlfriend on the street and someone screams “dyke”, that’s not biphobia, that’s homophobia. when two bisexual people in a same-sex relationship are denied apartment leases, that’s not biphobia, that’s homophobia. nobody asks if you’re bisexual so they can specifically oppress you - all they see is two men or two women together romantically and decide to act based on that alone.