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6 years ago
List some of the forms that biphobia can take.
 
  What will be an ideal response?
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Biphobia is the fear or hatred of bisexuals, sometimes manifesting in discrimination, isolation, harassment, or violence. Often biphobia is based on inaccurate stereotypes, including associations with infidelity, promiscuity, and transmission of sexually transmitted diseases. Biphobia can take the form of the following:
 Assuming that everyone you meet is either heterosexual or homosexual.

 Automatically assuming romantic couplings of two women are lesbian, or two men are gay, or a man and a woman are heterosexual.

 Expecting a bisexual to identify as gay or lesbian when coupled with the same sex/gender.

 Expecting a bisexual to identify as heterosexual when coupled with the opposite sex/gender.

 Believing that bisexual men spread HIV/AIDS to heterosexuals.

 Believing that bisexual women spread HIV/AIDS to lesbians.

 Thinking bisexual people haven't made up their minds.

 Refusing to accept someone's self-identification as bisexual if the person hasn't had sex with both men and women.

 Feeling bisexuals just want to have their cake and eat it too.

 Thinking bisexuals only have committed relationships with opposite sex/gender partners.

 Assuming bisexuals would be willing to pass as anything other than bisexual.

 Believing bisexuals are confused about their sexuality.

 Feeling that you can't trust bisexuals because they aren't really gay or lesbian, or aren't really heterosexual.

 Using the terms phase or stage or confused or fence-sitter or bisexual or AC/DC or switchhitter as slurs or in an accusatory way.

 Assuming bisexuals are incapable of monogamy.

 Not confronting a biphobic remark or joke for fear of being identified as bisexual.

 Thinking that bisexual people will have their rights when lesbian and gay people win theirs.

The impact on the invisibility of bisexuals has negative impacts on their physical and mental health.
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