I don’t really have experience with the queer community in person (I rarely go anywhere, and have lived mostly in small towns and conservative areas since I realized I was bisexual in my 30’s) but I’ve definitely run up against biphobia quite frequently online just chatting with people. Like you said, it feels even worse to get that from people in your own community. I think you make a really good point about people not liking things that don’t fall into neat categories. Beyond people’s own biases and phobias around those identities, the idea that people who are bisexual or on the ace spectrum or non-binary are somehow just wishy-washy people who are making the community “look bad” is far too pervasive.
I don’t really have experience with the queer community in person (I rarely go anywhere, and have lived mostly in small towns and conservative areas since I realized I was bisexual in my 30’s) but I’ve definitely run up against biphobia quite frequently online just chatting with people. Like you said, it feels even worse to get that from people in your own community. I think you make a really good point about people not liking things that don’t fall into neat categories. Beyond people’s own biases and phobias around those identities, the idea that people who are bisexual or on the ace spectrum or non-binary are somehow just wishy-washy people who are making the community “look bad” is far too pervasive.