Since 1999, Bi Visibility Day, or International Celebrate
Bisexuality Day, has been observed all over the world on 23 September. Bisexuality is not a way station between the
terminals of heterosexuality and homosexuality, but rather the obverse of a
coin with the reverse being the monosexuality of which heterosexuality and
homosexuality are variations.
When I first posted the bi flag as my Facebook cover photo
on in April 2017, I wrote: “This is the
bi pride flag. I couldn’t care less about “bi pride”, though I am bisexual and
have known that since I was 15, but have made this my cover in solidarity with
the gays being persecuted in Chechnya.”
Today, I have to change the statement above somewhat.
I do care about Bi Pride, and I care about Bi
Visibility. For me, bi visibility is not
just just about resisting bi erasure, but about bisexuals coming out of the
shadows to stand in solidarity with our LGTBQ+ siblings and cousins throughout
the world. It’s why for the past several
months I have been involved with the Chattanooga Queer Community Forum and the
Chattanooga Equality Project. For
bisexuals, particularly those more attracted to the opposite sex rather than
the same sex, it is all too easy to hide.
Let us stand and be visible.
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