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'''Bisexual erasure''' is a manifestation of [[biphobia]] characterized by dismissing, ignoring, removing or misstating/misidentifying references to [[bisexual|bisexual people]] in the [[History|historical record]], [[Academic|academic materials]], the [[news media]], and other [[primary sources]]. When done by [[homosexuals]], it often takes the form of claiming these people as [[Closeted|closeted homosexuals]] whose [[heterosexual]] relationships were merely for conformity and when done by [[heterosexuals]], it is done for that very conformity.<ref name="bisexual erasure">{{cite journal |last=Yoshino |first=Kenji |authorlink=Kenji Yoshino |title=The Epistemic Contract of Bisexual Erasure |journal=[[Stanford Law Review]] |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=353-461 |publisher=[[Stanford Law School]] |date=January 2000 |url=http://www.kenjiyoshino.com/articles/epistemiccontract.pdf }}</ref> |
'''Bisexual erasure''' is a manifestation of [[biphobia]] characterized by dismissing, ignoring, removing or misstating/misidentifying references to [[bisexual|bisexual people]] in the [[History|historical record]], [[Academic|academic materials]], the [[news media]], and other [[primary sources]]. When done by [[homosexuals]], it often takes the form of claiming these people as [[Closeted|closeted homosexuals]] whose [[heterosexual]] relationships were merely for conformity, and when done by [[heterosexuals]], it is done for that very conformity.<ref name="bisexual erasure">{{cite journal |last=Yoshino |first=Kenji |authorlink=Kenji Yoshino |title=The Epistemic Contract of Bisexual Erasure |journal=[[Stanford Law Review]] |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=353-461 |publisher=[[Stanford Law School]] |date=January 2000 |url=http://www.kenjiyoshino.com/articles/epistemiccontract.pdf }}</ref> |
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Additionally, it can take the form of omitting the word [[bisexual]] or appropriate variants in the name of an [[organization]] or [[gathering|event]] that serves the whole [[LGBT community]]; or believing that [[bisexual|bisexual people]] do not deserve equal status or inclusion within the [[gay]], [[lesbian]], or [[heterosexual|straight]] communities.<Ref name="BT archaeology">{{cite journal |last=Weiss |first=Jillian Todd |authorlink=Jillian Todd Weiss |title=GL vs. BT: The Archaeology of Biphobia and Transphobia Within the U.S. Gay and Lesbian Community |journal=[[Journal of Bisexuality]] |volume=3 |issue=3/4 |pages=25-55 |publisher=[[Haworth Press]] |date=2004 |url=http://phobos.ramapo.edu/~jweiss/glvsbt.htm }}</ref> |
Additionally, it can take the form of omitting the word [[bisexual]] or appropriate variants in the name of an [[organization]] or [[gathering|event]] that serves the whole [[LGBT community]]; or believing that [[bisexual|bisexual people]] do not deserve equal status or inclusion within the [[gay]], [[lesbian]], or [[heterosexual|straight]] communities.<Ref name="BT archaeology">{{cite journal |last=Weiss |first=Jillian Todd |authorlink=Jillian Todd Weiss |title=GL vs. BT: The Archaeology of Biphobia and Transphobia Within the U.S. Gay and Lesbian Community |journal=[[Journal of Bisexuality]] |volume=3 |issue=3/4 |pages=25-55 |publisher=[[Haworth Press]] |date=2004 |url=http://phobos.ramapo.edu/~jweiss/glvsbt.htm }}</ref> In its most extreme form, bisexual erasure can include denying that [[bisexual|bisexual people]] actually exist.<ref name="media erasure">{{cite journal |last=Hutchins |first=Loraine |authorlink=Loraine Hutchins |title=Sexual Prejudice: The erasure of bisexuals in academia and the media |journal=[[American Sexuality magazine]] |volume=3 |issue=4 |publisher=[[National Sexuality Resource Center]] |date=2005 |url=http://nsrc.sfsu.edu/MagArticle.cfm?Article=475&PageID=0 }}</ref> |
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Bisexual erasure is a manifestation of biphobia characterized by dismissing, ignoring, removing or misstating/misidentifying references to bisexual people in the historical record, academic materials, the news media, and other primary sources. When done by homosexuals, it often takes the form of claiming these people as closeted homosexuals whose heterosexual relationships were merely for conformity, and when done by heterosexuals, it is done for that very conformity.[1]
Additionally, it can take the form of omitting the word bisexual or appropriate variants in the name of an organization or event that serves the whole LGBT community; or believing that bisexual people do not deserve equal status or inclusion within the gay, lesbian, or straight communities.[2] In its most extreme form, bisexual erasure can include denying that bisexual people actually exist.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Yoshino, Kenji (January 2000). "The Epistemic Contract of Bisexual Erasure" (PDF). Stanford Law Review. 52 (2). Stanford Law School: 353–461.
- ^ Weiss, Jillian Todd (2004). "GL vs. BT: The Archaeology of Biphobia and Transphobia Within the U.S. Gay and Lesbian Community". Journal of Bisexuality. 3 (3/4). Haworth Press: 25–55.
- ^ Hutchins, Loraine (2005). "Sexual Prejudice: The erasure of bisexuals in academia and the media". American Sexuality magazine. 3 (4). National Sexuality Resource Center.
External links
- Dear Fellow Non-existent Beings: countering current attempts to erase bisexuality
- Bialogue
- Bisexual erasure in literature at GLBTQ.com.
- Curiouser and curiouser by Mark Simpson
- Bialogue/GLAAD Bisexuality Packet for Mental Health Professionals
- Straight, Gay or Lying? Bisexuality Revisited New York Times, July 5, 2005.
Related reading
- Fraser, M., Identity Without Selfhood: Simone de Beauvoir and Bisexuality, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press 1999. p.124-140.