Today is Celebrate Bisexuality Day.
I don't need to tell you that bisexuals get the shit end of the stick in the LGBTQIA+ community.
They're the butt of the joke, stigmatised, fetishised, made fun of and not taken seriously.
And I've been a part of it.
So this Bi Week, I wanted to say I'm sorry.
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Learn more about the Pew Research Centre studies
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2013/06/13/a-survey-of-lgbt-americans/
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/06/18/bisexual-adults-are-far-less-likely-than-gay-men-and-lesbians-to-be-out-to-the-people-in-their-lives/
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