Inspired by: the Bisexuals of the Blades (iconic bi wives) who were commonly mistaken (even by their own wedding photographer!) as lesbians. Bisexuals are a force to be reckoned with <3
While Battleaxe Bisexual is a panphobic notion (and the flag doesn’t resemble the bi flag as well as it could!) I do appreciate the idea of a term for bisexuals that look at the nuances around how bisexuals are treated. Blade Bisexual is not against pansexuality, however, is critical of how pansexuality has been far too often seen as a “better alternative” than bisexuality. I think that a few well meaning bisexuals who are exhausted with biphobia can be swept up into the Battleaxe Bi community. It is no excuse, but vulnerable ppl can be taken in and influenced by harmful notions. Blade Bisexual advocates for bisexuals without it being a footnote or stepping stone to gay/lesbian, or an “outdated version of pan”. And swords are just as cool as axes!
Being exclusive is not always a bad thing!! While pride is open to everybody- queer ppl of any time, cishet allies, ppl who are questioning, etc. there are also queer clubs, communities, bars, that are lgbtq ONLY. And that’s so necessary. Lgbtq ppl need a space away from cishets- while joining vast communities is so important, we do not need that all the time. I also think that bisexuals need their own spaces (just as gays/lesbians have their own spaces) for their solidarity.
Blade Bisexual is against biphobia, and is less about “all lgbtq should stick together all the time!!!1!” and more about “while the lgbtq is all valid and is not a choice, there are too many biphobes within cishets and the rest of the queer community as well”. Blade Bisexual is about bisexual solidarity, bisexual love and bisexual romance, bisexual friendship, bisexual pride, and that well earned bisexual rage ;) Blade Bisexual is just a less hateful version of Battleaxe Bisexual tbh.
Join the Blade Bisexual discord groupchat! https://discord.gg/PCXxcAex
Brenda Howard infographic!
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THIS BLOG IS A SAFE SPACE FOR ALL BISEXUAL WOMEN.
whether you have only dated men, only want to date men, have only dated women, only want to date women, have dated both and more genders, at the same time or not, don't want to date at all;
whether you are in a relationship with a man, in a relationship with a woman, in a relationship with a nonbinary person, in a relationship with someone who is not any of those, in a relationship with multiple people, or not in a relationship at all;
whether you enjoy threesomes or not;
whether you have a preference for men, a preference for women, a preference for nonbinary people, a preference for other genders, or have no preference and feel attraction regardless of gender, whether you're attracted to all genders, or are only attracted to some genders;
whether you've always known you were bisexual, you identified as a different sexuality before coming out as bisexual, you use other labels as well as bisexual interchangeably or simultaneously, or you're still unsure about or are scared of being bisexual;
whether you are masculine, feminine, androgynous, have mixed presentation, or something else;
whether you are a butch, a femme, a futch, a stud, a fish, a stem, or none of these;
whether you are a cis woman, a trans woman, a nonbinary woman, a multigender woman, a genderfluid woman, or have a different relationship with your womanhood;
whether your experiences with your bisexual womanhood is like something listed above or something different altogether;
NO MATTER WHAT, MY BLOG IS A SAFE PLACE FOR ALL BISEXUAL WOMEN.
here you will not be judged. here you will not be belittled. here you will not be abused or ridiculed. here you will not be bullied. here you will not be treated as lesser. here you will not be vilified or told you are wrong because of your sexuality.
bimisia has no place here or in the community.
here you will be loved. here you will be respected. here you will be honored. here you will be uplifted. here you will be praised. here you will be adored. here you will be respected. here you will be supported.
MY BLOG IS A SAFE PLACE FOR ALL BISEXUAL WOMEN.
because you belong here, and you deserve to have a community that supports you.
all biphobes ever do is lie, and this is perfect proof lmao
People who get really bothered by the fact that bisexual women like men are so funny to me . “Bisexual women be like I am into a man 😂” yes that is something that often happens when a person is bisexual
hey, i hope it was okay that i added a background circle with a shade of purple exactly in-between the two you used! i just felt it looked a little too simple, so for fun i wanted another slight detail:
i also made versions with the classic double moons symbol as well!
Biphilia attraction to two or more genders.
The suffix “philia” Greek word means “love, affection”. Philic attraction would mean love (towards two or more genders).
Bi individuals may prefer this term, some because they are variorented, such as gyneromantic androsexuals or androromantic gynesexuals, etc. Biphiliac encompasses all bi-prefixed orientations.
The first flag was based on the gynephilic and androphilic flags, can be used for ambiphilic flag too. The sencond one on the bisexual flag, I would like to make the size of the purple color the same as the others, but it would look like some androgyne flags.
See also: ambiphiliac.
the bisexual pride flag was unvelied for the first time on december 5, 1998
the pink represents same gender attraction
the blue the attraction to different genders
purple, the resulting overlap of the two color, represent bisexuality and its uniqueness and entirety
bisexual people can have overlap experiences and history with other communities but we are also a separate and unique sexuality and identity, we are not “half straight and half gay” and we shouldn’t be perceived or treated as such. just like we see purple as its own color.
it was designed by michael page who took inspiration from the “bi triangles” also called “biangles”, created by liz nania in the 1985
it was important for her emphasizing both bi visibility and its existence outside of binary AND how we have always belonged in the queer community
if anyone out there would want to make barbie icons with a bi flag background i would be sooo eternally grateful to you 🤲🏼
THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF MY FAVORITE POSTS OF YOURS I'VE EVER COME ACROSS MARI OMG THESE ARE ALL SO GORGEOUSLY PRETTY FUCK I LOVE YOU MUTUAL /P
@xxcalicofemmexx i know you make wallpapers like this, look! 🫶
Pastel Bi (same meaning as OG bi flag) 🩷💜💙
Bi4Bi (bisexual who dates fellow bi’s) 🩵🌙💜
Selenic (specific to bi wlw/bi sapphics) 💜🌙🤍
Bi dyke (selenics who reclaim dyke) 💜💛❤️
Bihet (selenics who reclaim bihet) 🩷🖤💙💜
Camellian (selenics choosing saph4saph) 🩷🌸💜
Bi femme (a bi who is femme) ❤️🩷💜
Bi butch (a bi who is butch) 🩵💛💙
Bisexual activist and scholar Robyn Ochs just announced the successful conclusion of a project she has been working on for 7 ½ years in collaboration with Amy Benson of Harvard University’s Schlesinger Library.
Back issues of Bi Women (now the Bi Women Quarterly) (1983-2009) and of North Bi Northwest (a publication of the Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network) are now archived and available via Harvard University’s Schlesinger Library. They have been digitized, and are searchable and available to the public.
Here’s the press release from Harvard’s Schlesinger Library:
Boston is home to the longest-lived bisexual women’s periodical in the world. Bi Women Quarterly, a grassroots publication, began in September 1983 as a project of the newly-formed Boston Bisexual Women’s Network.
Staffed entirely by volunteers, and containing essays, poetry, artwork, and short fiction on a wide range of themes, Bi Women Quarterly provides a voice for women who identify as bisexual, pansexual, and other non-binary sexual identities.
Robyn Ochs, editor of Bi Women Quarterly since 2009, donated the only complete collection of this publication to Schlesinger Library several years ago with the agreement that it would be preserved, and digitized in a searchable format. The digitized collection at Schlesinger covers the years 1983 to 2010. We are delighted to announce that this project is complete, and this resource is now available to researchers and to the general public through Harvard’s catalog.
Making the voices of bi women accessible will hopefully provide researchers primary material with which to begin to fill this gap.
Issues of Bi Women Quarterly from 2009 to the present can be found online a BiWomenBoston.org. These more recent issues will be added to the Library’s collection in the near future.
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