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==In the gay community==
==In the gay community==
Bisexual Erasure may stem from a belief that bisexual people do not deserve equal status or inclusion within [[gay]] and [[lesbian]] 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> This can take the form of omitting the word ''bisexual'' in the name of an [[organization]] or [[gathering|event]] that serves the whole [[LGBT community]]. [[Homosexual]] people who engage in bisexual erasure may claim that bisexuals are actually [[The closet|closeted]] gay people who wish to appear [[heterosexual]].<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 may stem from a belief that bisexual people do not deserve equal status or inclusion within [[gay]] and [[lesbian]] 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> This can take the form of omitting the word ''bisexual'' in the name of an [[organization]] or [[gathering|event]] that serves the whole [[LGBT community]]. [[Homosexual]] people who engage in bisexual erasure may claim that bisexuals are actually [[The closet|closeted]] gay people who wish to appear [[heterosexual]].<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>


== See also ==
== See also ==
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== References ==
== References ==
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== Further reading ==
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* [[Mariam Fraser|Fraser, M.]], ''Identity Without Selfhood: Simone de Beauvoir and Bisexuality'', Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press 1999. p.124-140.


== External links ==
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* [http://www.bialogue.org/Pages/InfoPackets/MentalHealth.html Bialogue/GLAAD Bisexuality Packet for Mental Health Professionals]
* [http://www.bialogue.org/Pages/InfoPackets/MentalHealth.html Bialogue/GLAAD Bisexuality Packet for Mental Health Professionals]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/05/health/05sex.html Straight, Gay or Lying? Bisexuality Revisited] New York Times, July 5, 2005.
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/05/health/05sex.html Straight, Gay or Lying? Bisexuality Revisited] New York Times, July 5, 2005.

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== Related reading ==
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* [[Mariam Fraser|Fraser, M.]], ''Identity Without Selfhood: Simone de Beauvoir and Bisexuality'', Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press 1999. p.124-140.


[[Category:Bisexual community]]
[[Category:Bisexual community]]

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Bisexual erasure is the tendency to ignore, remove, falsify, or reexplain evidence of bisexuality in the historical record, academic materials, the news media, and other primary sources. When bisexual erasure is found in intellectually dishonest or erroneous works, it is a manifestation of biphobia. In its most extreme form, bisexual erasure can include denying that bisexual people actually exist.[1]

In the gay community

Bisexual erasure may stem from a belief that bisexual people do not deserve equal status or inclusion within gay and lesbian communities.[2] This can take the form of omitting the word bisexual in the name of an organization or event that serves the whole LGBT community. Homosexual people who engage in bisexual erasure may claim that bisexuals are actually closeted gay people who wish to appear heterosexual.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Hutchins, Loraine (2005). "Sexual Prejudice: The erasure of bisexuals in academia and the media". American Sexuality magazine. 3 (4). National Sexuality Resource Center.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Yoshino, Kenji (January 2000). "The Epistemic Contract of Bisexual Erasure" (PDF). Stanford Law Review. 52 (2). Stanford Law School: 353–461.

Further reading

  • Fraser, M., Identity Without Selfhood: Simone de Beauvoir and Bisexuality, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press 1999. p.124-140.
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