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Biphobia from gay people, also known as “gay biphobia” or “biphobia within the gay community,” is a real issue that bisexual individuals often encounter. Despite both groups facing discrimination based on their sexual orientation, some gay individuals may hold prejudiced views towards bisexual individuals. Here are some common manifestations of biphobia from gay people:
1. Invalidation of Bisexual Identity: Bisexual individuals may experience their identity being questioned or invalidated by some gay individuals. This can manifest as claims that bisexuality isn’t real or that bisexual individuals are just confused or experimenting.
2. “Not Gay Enough” or “Not Queer Enough” Attitudes: Bisexual individuals may feel pressure to conform to a binary understanding of sexuality within the LGBTQ+ community, leading to the perception that they are not “gay enough” or “queer enough” to belong.
3. Stereotyping: Bisexual individuals might face stereotypes within the gay community, such as being seen as promiscuous, incapable of monogamy, or simply going through a phase.
4. Exclusion or Tokenization: In some cases, bisexual individuals might be excluded from gay spaces or events, or they might be tokenized as a curiosity rather than fully accepted as part of the community.
5. Assumption of Preference: Similar to the broader society, bisexual individuals in the gay community may experience the assumption that they have a preference for one gender over the other.
6. Dating Challenges: Bisexual individuals may encounter challenges in dating within the gay community, as some potential partners might harbor biphobic beliefs.
It’s important to recognize that biphobia from gay people does not represent the views of all gay individuals. Many gay individuals are supportive allies and embrace the diversity of the LGBTQ+ community. However, biphobia remains a problem that needs to be addressed and challenged to create a more inclusive and understanding community for everyone.
Promoting education, open dialogue, and empathy within the LGBTQ+ community can help reduce biphobia and foster an environment where all sexual orientations are respected and accepted. Bisexual visibility and representation within LGBTQ+ organizations and spaces are also essential steps in combatting biphobia. Remember that solidarity within the LGBTQ+ community is vital in the fight for equality and acceptance for all its members.
My guys it is starting to work, I’ve seen some people I know complaining about the writer’s strike and turning against them because their favorite shows and/or movie got put on hold. Please do not be fooled like this, this is exactly what the corporations want. It can wait, I promise you will find other things to focus, but writers need this.
Reword every headline they put out. “Due to not wanting to give writers money, Marvel has shut down pre-production on…” You can end this strike any time you want to, pal.
“Marvel too cheap to pay writers, production shuts down”
“Disney too greedy to pay residuals, deletes shows/movies”
“Studios cut corners on safety, production values, writing, acting, etc. in order to make more money; won’t share with anyone below CEO level”
I don’t understand when people complain about “likespamming.” If I see the same person 20 times in a row in my notifs, even if they don’t reblog anything or follow me, I’m excited that they came to my gay little museum and had a good time! That’s literally what it’s for!!
It’s a tiktok thing. Supposedly, tiktok knocks you down in the algorithm if people go through and like a bunch of your videos at once.
But first of all, the Tiktok algorithm is insane and constantly changing so who gives AF. And secondly, this isn’t TikTok and WE DON’T HAVE AN ALGORITHM.
If someone is ‘spamliking’ on Tumblr, that likely means that they’ve actually gone to your blog and are now enjoying everything you post. AND THAT’S GREAT.
So leave your TT trauma at the door and enjoy our beautiful hellscape with as much spamliking as your heart desires.
My instant reaction when I see spamliking is “!!!!! FRIEND”
I feel like this is an unpopular opinion, but more people should read incomplete/unfinished/in-progress fanfics.
I’ve noticed this huge trend where creators on tiktok and tumblr who will be explaining how to use Archive Of Our Own to new users and they always say “and make sure to scroll down and click completed only” or how people will go out of their way to mention they only read completed fics ‘because they were traumatized when they forgot to check the dates and didn’t realize this fic hadn’t been updated since 2012’.
The thing is - I think by not engaging with and/or actively avoiding writer’s WIPs readers are potentially adding to the aggregate of abandoned works. Now this obviously isn’t the case for all abandoned fics, anything from major life events, to loss of interest, to getting busy can be a reason for a fic getting abandoned - but at least on some level I just know that writers are quitting while they’re ahead when they aren’t garnering any response or feedback because reading WIPs has become unpopular. If you’re worried about reading something that hasn’t been updated since 2012 then you can use the date updated function to sort out old fics.
Anyways, support your favorite fanfic writers by engaging with their WIPs.
Legit, getting a subscription on a fic I’d abandoned 10 years earlier spurred me into action to finish it (and write a sequel!)
#The journey of reading a fic while it’s updating is part of the fun!
Yes exactly this! I love subscribing to fics forgetting about them a bit and then being pleasantly surprised when they update again and they show up in my inbox. It makes me feel like I’m a Charles Dickens fan living in 1830s London waiting patiently for his new chapter to be released via the daily paper.
At this blog, we try our best to finish WIPs within a certain time frame (a month for short WIPs in January/February and seven months for longer WIPs) and I love listening to the reasons why people picked the particular WIPs they’re finishing. Sometimes they get a comment or a subscription notice that sparked interest again, or it’s a fandom they gave up years ago that they got back into, or it started off as a challenge/bingo answer and it grew unwieldy so they left it alone for a while.
Never doubt what a little love towards a WIP can get you!
