Me: hey I have a question
Bisexual Friend: shoot
Me: I don’t understand bisexual erasure. I mean, like, I get what it is conceptually but it’s one of those things, like, I’ve never seen it or am aware of it and I’m hoping you can shed some light on it for me maybe?
Bisexual Friend: interestingly enough, most of my straight friends feel like that. In my personal experience it’s usually queer folks who come at it with this “us vs them” attitude, like by being bi we are making some kind of non-decision as a political statement? Like, I have to be gay if I want to be in the queer club, so to speak.
Me: huh. So we’re not ALL bad.
Bisexual Friend: no you guys just fetishize us and that’s arguably worse
Me: aww