Society is constantly calling us to be open, to experience new things, and to make a name for ourselves no matter how hard the challenges are. The same society is calling us to hide who we are, to be ashamed of what we feel, to know who we like, but to abide by the social norms telling us to like someone else.
What is a society that is built on contradictory ways of thought? What is a society that is built on hate?
The same love that is present in our queer relationships is somehow missing in the way everyone chooses to think. We are not looked at as average people of society, we are looked at as problems, discussions, debates, and laws.
Being bisexual in 2016 is more than just being different than the rest of society. It is more than just being a minority inside of a heterosexual majority. It is more than YouTube videos coming out. It is more than your favorite celebrity showing support.
Being bisexual in 2016 is about finding and loving yourself under a radar where hatred is normal, and through the eyes of millions of people waiting to judge the person you were created to be.
Being bisexual in 2016 is about sitting and waiting for a change that hasn’t come.
Being bisexual in 2016 means discrimination not only in your everyday life with the people you encounter, but when you try to utilize your basic rights such as using the bathroom you feel appropriate.
Being bisexual in 2016 means explaining yourself to almost everyone you meet, when in reality the only person that should be worried about your sexuality is you.
As a bisexual female in 2016, for me, it means fighting everyday to be who I want to be without labels, without judgement, without worry, and without hatred, in such a destructed society.
As a bisexual female 2016, it means I have to disagree with the people closest to me. It means I lose family and friends at the snap of a finger based on one small part of who I am. It means I have to think about my sexuality and what it means to be queer everyday, while my heterosexual peers do not even blink at the thought of their own sexuality.
As a bisexual female in 2016, It means that I have to be open, I have to want to experience new things, and want to make a name for myself no matter how hard the challenges are. It means I have to follow society’s ideas of a perfect life in my tiny bubble I call being bisexual. Hoping for a change in the world that will make life just a little bit easier for not only me, but for every queer person that is battling the same issues trying to keep their heads above water.
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