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mspec people are nothing like straight people because they are not straight. they experience multi-attraction. having attraction to multiple genders doesn’t make them “closer to being straight people.” we’re all oppressed and repressed by heteronormativity for not being straight.
not all bi, pan, and other mspec people call themselves gay or use it as a label, but if they feel attraction to similar genders, it’s no different than my attraction to women & non-binary people. my gay attraction is not fundamentally different from a bi woman who loves women.
the rhetoric that mspec people are substantially different and separate from the lesbian & gay men’s community is ahistorical and biphobic. mspec communities absolutely have their own spaces nowadays, but acting like they don’t also have claim to the gay experience is ridiculous.
for example, the bi community’s history is deeply intertwined with lesbian and gay history/culture. no matter how far you look back: Stonewall, the lesbian bar scene, Ballroom culture, etc., there were bi folks or (people who would ID that way today.)
they were always with us.
they were always with us.
this conversation isn’t even new. it’s been happening for decades. we need to remember our history and listen to bi, pan, and other mspec activists of the present and future, as well as lesbian and gay men who spoke out against the exclusionism, such as in this paper below. https://twitter.com/radiantbutch/status/1321630615779872768
all i’m saying is, bi, pan, omni, etc people don’t have to participate in gay spaces or terminology, but if they’re comfortable doing so, they have every right to, and all the discourse claiming they’re “invasive” or “stealing” is not only ahistorical, but it’s cruel and wrong.
