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- noun
Antipathy towardsbisexuals .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Twenty years ago, I never would have imagined that anything called the "National Center for Lesbian Rights" would be standing up for us bisexuals against biphobia and bi-invisibility in the LGBT community.
Afternoon Fizz: Gay Softball League Sued for Discrimination « PubliCola 2010
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However, he has privilege as a man that plays out in a different situation for example sexism, racism, biphobia, and transphobia is very common within the ‘Queer community’?
What does feminism mean for you? « Gender Across Borders 2010
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I think that the biphobia is one reason that we don't aren't more organized or involved than we are, so it's a Catch-22 in a way.
Myths about Bisexuality gay person of color 2009
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This leads many minorities and minority communities to resist their subjugation by retaining or adopting what they perceive to be non-Western values such as homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, and queerphobia, despite the fact that often such values originated in the West and were inculcated by "other" cultures through colonial and imperial rule.
Archive 2009-09-01 gay person of color 2009
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This leads many minorities and minority communities to resist their subjugation by retaining or adopting what they perceive to be non-Western values such as homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, and queerphobia, despite the fact that often such values originated in the West and were inculcated by "other" cultures through colonial and imperial rule.
Dr. Louis-Georges Tin to be keynote speaker for Ethnoculture event celebrating LGBT ethnic and racial minorities in Montreal gay person of color 2009
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Having said all that, it seems to me that bisexuals, before charging “biphobia” and dissatisfaction with “discrimination” by gays and lesbians, they might want to consider whether they really understand the situation of gays and lesbians.
Biphobia in the GLBT community from a bi man’s point of view 2005
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Is this the reason for all biphobia amongst lesbians?
Biphobia in the GLBT community from a bi man’s point of view 2005
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I know I have my own biphobia, but how about you shutting the hell up, how about that instead?
Biphobia in the GLBT community from a bi man’s point of view 2005
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Are you denying that biphobia exists int he lesbian community?
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Similarly as a member of a lesbian community I have biphobia (lesbians are HUGELY biphobic, ask any bisexual woman) and am trying to work on my discomfort in that regard (hell, I am completely comfortable with trans friends more than I am with my bi friends).
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