Lena Waithe attends the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City.
it’s not a coincidence that reece king, keiynan lonsdale, alia shawkat, and sara ramirez all became more overtly gender non-conforming after coming out as bisexual. this is a bisexual tradition. bisexuality enables us as bisexual individuals to express ourselves wrt gender even more because it frees us from the shackles of heteronormativity. if we’re lucky enough to be openly bisexual, it means that our gender performance is very likely to change as well. this is not some random pattern that i’m making up because i’m an idiot who knows nothing about ~real~ lgbt history. it’s a reality for bi people, especially bi people of color, but it’s not a reality you’ll be willing to admit to if you fundamentally don’t see bisexuals are complex and multidimensional people.
Nothing, actually, because no item or person is specifically for anyone. So screw off with this post because straight girls wear crop tops, the military wear combat boots, rainbows can be a sign of peace, Tyler Joseph has a mustard yellow hoodie, some of my friends wear jean jackets, and almost everyone’s worn a beanie at one time in their life.
“Bisexuality is a whole, fluid identity. Do not assume that bisexuality is binary or duogamous in nature: that we have “two” sides or that we must be involved simultaneously with both genders to be fulfilled human beings. In fact, don’t assume that there are only two genders. Do not mistake our fluidity for confusion, irresponsibility, or an inability to commit. Do not equate promiscuity, infidelity, or unsafe sexual behavior with bisexuality. Those are human traits that cross all sexual orientations. Nothing should be assumed about anyone’s sexuality, including your own.”
(From the 1990 Bisexual Manifesto, Bay Area Bisexual Network, “Anything That Moves”)
In honor of Janelle Monáe coming out I put together a lil graphic about bi & pan identities! This is based on my own experiences within the community as someone who uses both terms. It of course does not cover everything! Image description under the cut.
You want me to support a movie because it’s about the Kenya LGBTQ+ community? How about plot does it have a good story? You want me to only support it because of those two points makes me not want to see it.
A program has to be good in order for me to want to see it and support it, like Life of Pi or Luke Cage. It has to have plot and value and not just including as many minorities groups in it as possible then guilt trip.
how about you realize not everything is for you and if you don’t enjoy it you can shut your mouth lol
Your right. But when Tumblr can’t tell me why to watch something besides they are black, and gay then you don’t have my attention. How is that a fucking pitch. According to Tumblr I can get any minor group with a diverse sexual orientation and you will support it 100%, no plot is needed. That’s not worth support. But good job waste money on shit programs with no plot.
Trust me, you’re not the target audience for this film. For one thing, it’s hard to watch a movie with your head up your ass. For another, it’s a film about how the queer (specifically lesbian in this case) community in Kenya finds ways to love each other even with the odds stacked against them. That actually *is* a good reason to watch it, considering we don’t get many movies here that don’t paint Africa as some lawless hellhole full of drugs and wars and AIDS, and none that show the queer community there.
Also, it’s nobody else’s job to educate you about why you should watch something.
like who did the paleolithic gays stan for ? who was the lady gaga the beyoncé the katy perry of their era? did she just like bang rocks together and slap her titties like drums
“MY SON IS BI…I DON’T ASK WHY.” – “MY MOTHER IS STRAIGHT…BUT SHE DON’T HATE.,” Michael Szymansky and his mother, March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, Washington, D.C., April 25, 1993. Photo by Lynn Harris Ballen (@lynnharrisb), c/o @onearchives. #lgbthistory #HavePrideInHistory #CrystalPepsi (at Washington, District of Columbia)
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