Fact: There is no gatekeeper in the world who can keep you from being who you are.
Fact: You don’t have to project an image of bisexuality that is sanitized or more respectable to society. It’s okay if your bisexuality intersects with other identities in ways that others don’t always understand or accept. It is not on you to change your identity to make yourself acceptable: it is on others to learn to love and accept you for who you are, even if you are different from them.
Fact: Bisexual people who are promiscuous, polyamorous, or into threesomes are not “bad representation” or “reinforcing stereotypes.” It is not the responsibility of bisexual people to avoid fitting stereotypes. It is the responsibility of other people not to stereotype us.
Fact: You cannot be “bad representation” as a bisexual because of how your orientation or gender manifests. We are an incredibly diverse community, so the more variety of people who represent us, the more accurate that is!
Fact: Bisexuality is not half gay and half straight. It is an entire orientation in itself and doesn’t need to be defined by analogies to other orientations.
Fact: You can still be bisexual whether you’ve ever kissed anyone or not, whether you’re single or not, no matter the gender of your partner or partners. Your orientation is not defined by your relationships with others.
Fact: You don’t have anything to prove. You don’t have to prove that you’re really bisexual, or that you’re not a stereotype, or that your orientation doesn’t make you a bad person or a bad partner. You just have to work on loving yourself and finding happiness and the rest will fall into place.
Fact: Your partner should never hold your orientation against you, expect you to stay closeted for them or claim to be gay or lesbian instead of bisexual, isolate you from LGBTQIAP+ friends or community, treat you as less trustworthy because of your orientation, or threaten to out you. These are all examples of biphobia and can be signs of an abusive relationship.