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On Bisexuals and “Hetero Privilege”

Mar 29, 2011 19:05

I've seen bisexual friends, whose lives were heteronormative in every way, lose their jobs because they came out as bisexual at work. Just because you've got the opposite sex partner/spouse, the house, the kids and the traditional gender presentation doesn't mean that heteroprivilege can't be pulled out from underneath you at any time like a rug.

( I can't help noticing that the whole subject of heteroprivilege comes up whenever bisexuality comes up or when a bisexual comes out in a LGBTQ organization. )

Comments 3

elorie March 30 2011, 02:37:03 UTC

Yep. I've had someone pull that crap on me in a women's studies class...the individual in question was a gay man who (bonus points) didn't believe he could possibly have male privilege.

cryx March 30 2011, 23:07:08 UTC

Good points, and well made. It's certainly given me pause for thought. Thank you.

smurfindisguise June 6 2011, 04:47:29 UTC

"only brought up in LGBTQ groups in order to stigmatize and delegitimize bisexuals and dismiss them as valid members of queer struggle ( ... )