Bi-supremacy - Untitled

“Although bisexuals have always been part of lesbian and gay movements and communities, they have often not been visible as bisexuals in these groups. Consider, for instance, these little-known historical facts:

A bisexual man was one of the key organizers of the first national March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1979. He also cofounder the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays and led a delegation of black gays to meet with White House staff while Carter was President.

A bisexual Washingtonian was one of the first women to write about living women in the national feminist news journal, off our backs, in 1972.

It was a bisexual man who conceived and spearheaded the successful national “gaycott” of Florida orange juice in response to Anita Bryant’s homophobic “Save Our Children” campaign in Dade County, Florida, in the late 1970s.

A lesbian-identified bisexual ex-suburban housewife ran for Vice President on a bisexual/lesbian/gay civil rights platform during the 1984 Democratic Party convention in San Francisco.

In May 1989, a bisexual veteran from New England, representing the National Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Veterans Association, was the first out-of-the-closet veteran invited to testify before Congress on behalf of all lesbian, gay, and bisexual veterans.

But even in these high-profile “out” positions, bisexuals often continued to be perceived as gays and lesbians by both the gay rights movement and the rest of society.”

- Loraine Hutchins, Bisexuality: The Psychology and Politics of an Invisible Minority

“This culture is not only heterosexist, homophobic, and biphobic, it is thunderously sex-phobic, and we women especially have borne the brunt of it. It seemed we could only choose between pristine purity - with attendant boredom - or infamy as sluts. Worse, if we showed any interest in sex at all, sexist men would take that as an invitation to walk all over us and abuse us. Even if we showed no interest, sexist males would take our mere femaleness as invitation. No wonder the radical-feminist line hardened around an anti-sex stance, and the whole realm of sex had become tainted by all that uninvited, often violent attention.

But, isn’t it about time to reconquer the realm of sex for ourselves? Isn’t it time for this woman to ask: “What do I want? What turns me on? Who turns me on if I’m not influenced by any attitudes whatsoever, neither from left nor right, neither from straight nor gay and lesbian? Isn’t it time to finally drop all labels of sick or sinful or politically incorrect? Is this not the most revolutionary act as a woman could perform today?””

- Ellen Terris, Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out

“For too long I allowed society, people, and institutions to take away big chunks of my life and happiness. Who the hell are these people anyway?

The truth is, I have a multitude of choices. I have my likes and dislikes, loves and turn-ons, hatreds and heart-throbs. I will never be pressured into giving up my heart and my lust and my unique self again. I’m back in my life and sharing my love.”

- Paul Haut, Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out