Boyslut by Zachary Zane

Author:Zachary Zane
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2023-03-23T00:00:00+00:00

Bisexuality is transphobic.

I’ve heard this from queer Gen-Zers and some younger Millennials. Their logic is such: Bisexuality has the prefix “bi,” meaning “two,” which refers to men and women. Therefore, it’s exclusionary of trans people. This makes no fucking sense. Trans men are men, and trans women are women, so if you’re making that distinction, I’d argue that you are the transphobic one. The argument to be made is that it’s exclusionary of nonbinary people or anyone who doesn’t identify as a man or woman.

Still, I think that’s utterly ridiculous, a major reason being that the majority of self-identified bi people are indeed attracted to all genders. We use the word bi because that was the word we had. When bisexuality broke into modern vernacular, however many years ago, we didn’t yet have the same language and nuanced understanding of gender that we have now. And from what I’ve gathered, bisexuality previously referred to biological sex and not gender. In this regard, it was actually inclusive, as nonbinary people still have a biological sex (i.e., assigned female at birth or assigned male at birth).

So, I simply do not believe that whoever coined “bi” was like, “But exclude those nonbinary people. I don’t wanna fuck them!”*

Of note, the people who typically claim that being bisexual is transphobic are not trans or nonbinary themselves. They’re cisgender people getting offended on behalf of a population who are not offended themselves. Do you know why trans or nonbinary people (typically) do not believe that bisexuality is exclusionary? Because bi people are the ones dating and fucking them! Do you think the toxically masculine straight dude is openly dating a nonbinary person? No, we are, by a large proportion.

How I’ve responded: Honestly, I get pretty upset and should work on not letting my anger lead this discussion. I just find it absurd that the vast majority of straight, cis men wouldn’t openly date a trans woman, yet bi people who date and love trans/nonbinary folks are deemed transphobic. One of my least favorite things is when progressives cannibalize each other, which is what’s happening!

How I wish I responded: Taking a step-by-step approach, explaining the history of bisexuality, why it’s not transphobic, and how we (pansexuals, bisexuals, fluid folks, etc.) have very similar sexual orientations. We should unite instead of picking each other apart.

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