«Bisexual people are promiscuous», «Bisexuality is a phase», «Bisexual people who settle down with a person of one gender are no longer bi», «Bisexuals don’t exist».
If you’ve ever heard any of these myths and misconceptions about those who identify as bisexual, you’re not alone — and that they persist is the reason behind Bi Visibility Day, on Sept. 23, Yahoo writes.
Launched by three U.S. activists in 1999 as a way to raise awareness and challenge the “erasure” of “B” from the LGBTQ rainbow, the visibility day is still sticking to its mission. «Because as Bis, we get erased sometimes even by our own partners, as well as wider society, as we are often invisible in relationships where we are read as gay or straight», explains Jen Yockney to Yahoo, a bi activist who has been running the Bi Visibility Day website, linking to events around the world, since 2001.
